MRC Polymers
3307 S. Lawndale Avenue, 60623, Chicago, IL, United States
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What this lab is accredited for
Our reading of the A2LA scope: each standard once, with its official name where we have checked it.
Only this lab. Searches the 19 standard numbers and the 14 official names we hold. When no standard matches, it searches the method text of every scope line.
ISO11
ISO 75-1Plastics - Determination of temperature of deflection under load - Part 1: General test method
ISO 75-2Plastics - Determination of temperature of deflection under load - Part 2: Plastics and ebonite
ISO 178Plastics - Determination of flexural properties
ISO 179-1Plastics - Determination of Charpy impact properties - Part 1: Non-instrumented impact test
ISO 180Plastics - Determination of Izod impact strength
ISO 291Plastics - Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing
ISO 527-1Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 1: General principles
ISO 527-2Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics
ISO 1133Plastics - Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and the melt volume-flow rate (MVR) of thermoplastics
ISO 1183-1Plastics - Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics - Part 1: Immersion method, liquid pycnometer method and titration method
ISO 3451-1Plastics - Determination of ash - Part 1: General methods
ASTM8
ASTM D256
ASTM D618
ASTM D638Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics
ASTM D648
ASTM D790Standard Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials
ASTM D792Standard Test Methods for Density and Specific Gravity (Relative Density) of Plastics by Displacement
ASTM D1238
ASTM D5630
ASTM D638; ISO 527-1; ISO 527-2; ASTM D1238; ISO 1133; ASTM D790; ISO 178; ASTM D648; ISO 75-1; ISO 75-2; ASTM D256; ISO 180; ISO 179-1; ASTM D792; ISO 1183-1; ASTM D5630; ISO 3451-1; ASTM D618; ISO 291
Read from the A2LA scope document we downloaded on 2026-03-14. Register refreshed 2026-11-06.
Scope as published by A2LA
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ISO/IEC 17025
Active1175.01
The scope document we hold says it is valid until 2027-04-30.
Accredited scope, certificate 1175.01
| Line | Method | Matrix | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASTM D638; ISO 527-1; ISO 527-2; ASTM D1238; ISO 1133; ASTM D790; ISO 178; ASTM D648; ISO 75-1; ISO 75-2; ASTM D256; ISO 180; ISO 179-1; ASTM D792; ISO 1183-1; ASTM D5630; ISO 3451-1; ASTM D618; ISO 291 | Plastics | - |
| 2 | Extracted from the scope document; tables may not line up. View scope for the original. For the tests to which this accreditation applies, please refer to the laboratory’s Mechanical Scope of Accreditation.
Accredited Laboratory
A2LA has accredited
MRC POLYMERS, INC.
Chicago, IL
for technical competence in the field of
Mechanical Testing
This laboratory is accredited in accordance with the recognized International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017
General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. This accreditation demonstrates
technical competence for a defined scope and the operation of a laboratory quality management system
(refer to joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communiqué dated April 2017).
Presented this 29th day of May 2025.
_______________________
Mr. Trace McInturff, Vice President, Accreditation Services
For the Accreditation Council
Certificate Number 1175.01
Valid to April 30, 2027 | ||
Ranges are reproduced from the accredited scope document as published, and only where we found that range printed in the document for the line. Otherwise the cell reads “See scope document”. An absent range means the register did not state one. Line numbers are ours, for cross-reference; they follow the order of the scope document.
Location
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