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News Release from: Sira
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 26 March 2004
Toshiba extends safety certification
eastwards
Sira has entered into an agreement with Toshiba Corp's Industrial and Power Systems and Services Company in Tokyo that will extend Sira's IEC61508 certification capability into the Far East.
Sira has entered into an agreement with Toshiba Corp's Industrial and Power Systems and Services Company in Tokyo that will extend Sira's IEC61508 certification capability into the Far East Under the terms of this agreement, Toshiba will act as Sira's business associate, carrying out assessments of clients and their products for compliance with the requirements of IEC61508 on Sira's behalf, initially in Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 4 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Sira will be responsible for issuing the resulting certificates and ensuring that the activities of its Associates continue to meet Sira's high standards.
The result of this new partnership will be to provide companies with an easy and cost-effective route to IEC61508 certification.
Manufacturers, designers, installers and users across sectors such as process, transport, energy and environmental can be confident in obtaining a practical and commercial approach to compliance with this new alliance in the Far East.
Yasuo Tanabe, Toshiba's negotiator, comments: "This relationship will open up valuable new prospects for both companies in a part of the world where there is a growing awareness of the need to demonstrate compliance with IEC61508 within a number of industry sectors where safety is a significant issue".
IEC61508 is the international standard for the functional safety of electrical, electronic and programmable electronic safety-related systems.
It is a generic life-cycle document, and is used as the basis for industry sector-specific safety standards, such as IEC61511 for safety instrumented systems in the process industry.
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