Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC)
Testing Laboratory, 1001 Kaonan Highway, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 81160, 1001 Kaonan Highway, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 81160, Kaohsiung, 811, Republic of China Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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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 7 standard numbers and the 7 official names we hold. When no standard matches, it searches the method text of every scope line.
ASTM E8Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
ASTM E18Standard Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials
ASTM E23Standard Test Methods for Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials
ASTM F606Standard Test Methods for Determining the Mechanical Properties of Externally and Internally Threaded Fasteners, Washers, Direct Tension Indicators, and Rivets
ISO 898-1Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel - Part 1: Bolts, screws and studs with specified property classes - Coarse thread and fine pitch thread
ISO 898-2Fasteners - Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel - Part 2: Nuts with specified property classes
ISO 6508-1Metallic materials - Rockwell hardness test - Part 1: Test method
ASTM E18; ASTM F606/F606M; ISO 898-1; ISO 898-2; ISO 6508-1; JIS Z2245; ASTM E23; ASTM E8/E8M; JIS Z2241
Read from the A2LA scope document we downloaded on 2026-03-14. Register refreshed 2026-11-06.
Scope as published by A2LA
2 lines
ISO/IEC 17025
Active589.01
The scope document we hold says it is valid until 2027-06-30.
Accredited scope, certificate 589.01
| Line | Method | Matrix | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASTM E18; ASTM F606/F606M; ISO 898-1; ISO 898-2; ISO 6508-1; JIS Z2245; ASTM E23; ASTM E8/E8M; JIS Z2241 | metals and fastener | to 1000 kN |
| 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
METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
(MIRDC)
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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 16th day of May 2025.
_______________________
Mr. Trace McInturff, Vice President, Accreditation Services
For the Accreditation Council
Certificate Number 0589.01
Valid to June 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.
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- SpecTainan, 70142A2LAShares 1 accredited test methodASTM E18
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