In accordance with important measures taken by the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to develop and promote metrology, Lloyd Instruments announces that its entire range of ‘Plus’ and EZ materials testing machines (1 kN to 150 kN), the FTPlus friction tester and the TAPlus texture analyzer have been granted ‘Pattern Approval’ and are therefore approved for import into the country. Lloyd Instruments is one of the first manufacturers in its field to be granted this approval.

Policies effective since August 2006 in the PRC under the Law on Metrology, specify that all working measuring instruments used in trade, medical treatment and health, safety protection, and environmental monitoring are subject to compulsory verification. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China has the responsibility of verifying and approving equipment used for calibration and measurement purposes in China and is responsible for issuing Pattern Approval.

Lloyd Instruments’ Managing Director, David Greer, said: “In compliance with Chinese laws and regulations on metrology, all 13 instruments from the Lloyd Instruments Plus Series range have been inspected by one of the Department of Metrology’s accredited laboratories.  All machines have been verified for accuracy and approved for use”.

“We are delighted to have secured this approval”, he continued. “We recently attended the ChinaPlas 2007 exhibition in Guangzhou and our equipment was extremely well received. Now we have the Pattern Approval for so many instruments, customers in China will find the purchase process much simpler”.

Represented in China by AMETEK, Inc., Shanghai, Lloyd Instruments has established a network of multiple distribution channels in key industrial regions throughout China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, providing local access to applications expertise and after-sales service. In addition, a new Chinese-language web site (http://www.lloyd-instruments.com.cn) was launched earlier in 2007, and new product brochures for the company’s range of Davenport polymer and plastics test instruments and materials testing systems are available in ‘Simplified Chinese’.

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Note for Editors 

Lloyd Instruments is a unit of the AMETEK Measurement & Calibration Technologies Division.  Both are part of AMETEK, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company and a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electric motors with annual sales of $2 billion.  Visit www.lloyd-instruments.com for more information.    

Further Enquiries:

Suzanne Sharpe, Lloyd Instruments Ltd. 12 Barnes Wallis Road, Segensworth East, Fareham, Hants PO15 5TT UK. Tel. +44 (0)1489 486399  Fax. +44 (0)1489 885118  http://www.lloyd-instruments.com E-mail suzanne.sharpe@ametek.co.uk   

Jason Zhu, China Regional Manager, AMETEK, Inc. Shanghai Representative Office, Rm 912, Metro Tower, 30 Tian Yao Qiao Road, Shanghei 200030, People’s Republic of China.  Tel. +86-21-6426 8111, Mob. (0) 139 1610 8343  Fax. +86-21-6426 7818 Ext. 12  E-mail lloyd@ametek.com.cn 

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