General Fasteners Company

(A2LA Cert. No. 0170.01) Revised 07/22/2024 Page 3 of 3 1 When the date, edition, version, etc. is not identified in the scope of accreditation, laboratories may use the version that immediately precedes the current version for a period of one year from the date of publication of the standard measurement method, per part C., Section 1 of A2LA R101 - General Requirements- Accreditation of ISO-IEC 17025 Laboratories. 2 Commercial dimensional testing service is sometimes available for this laboratory. 3 Calibration and Measurement Capability Uncertainty (CMC) is the smallest uncertainty of measurement that a laboratory can achieve within its scope of accreditation when performing more or less routine measurements of nearly ideal measurement standards or n early ideal measuring equipment. CMCs represent expanded uncertainties expressed at approximately the 95 % level of confidence, usually using a coverage factor of k = 2. The actual measurement uncertainty of a specific measurement performed by the laboratory may be greater than the CMC due to the behavior of the customer’s device and to influences from the circumstances of the specific measurement. 4 This test is not equivalent to that of a calibration.

For the types of tests to which this accreditation applies, please refer to the laboratory’s Mechanical Scope of Accreditation. Accredited Laboratory A2LA has accredited GENERAL FASTENERS COMPANY Madison Heights, MI 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 19th day of April 2024. _______________________ Mr. Trace McInturff, Vice President, Accreditation Services For the Accreditation Council Certificate Number 0170.01 Valid to July 31, 2026 Revised July 22, 2024