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Who is I-WELD
International Weld is a Certification Body that provides certification, testing, and inspection services. Established in 2012, International Weld stems from the vision of creating the first accredited certification body based in Veneto.
It is the culmination of decades of experience in the field of welding certification and training, and the organization was specifically founded to meet market needs in a time of increasing international competition and rapid technological evolution.
International Weld combines inherited experience, professionalism and passion with the impartiality and authority that only an accredited Certification Body can provide. The goal is to offer a service always ready to meet demands: each year, the organization achieves new accreditations and Ministerial authorizations.
The company’s strength lies in its dynamism, as it commits to providing customers with an efficient, active, and energetic service while consistently maintaining high standards of quality.
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Why Choose International Weld
International Weld employs competent and qualified personnel, always ready to provide information about the services offered by the Certification Body. Customers are supported throughout the entire certification process, aiming to enhance performance.
The organization consistently updates and expands its scope to best meet the ongoing market demands. Thanks to its strong presence in the Triveneto region, which consists of small and medium-sized enterprises, International Weld aims to accompany and assist companies in the vast world of certification.
Certification ensures reliability and safety, improves business performance by reducing risks, issues, and anomalies. The advantages of being certified are numerous and include:
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Increased productivity and professionalism of workers -
Verified compliance with applicable mandatory requirements -
Superior efficiency -
High quality and standardization of production processes -
Enhanced corporate reputation
Mission and Values
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Providing added value by collaborating with trust from the client’s perspective: I-Weld guides the client in implementing required regulations, improving internal process management, increasing productivity, and reducing risks. -
Transferring the necessary information to the client for obtaining certification in compliance with standards and leveraging deep internal know-how.
International Weld is primarily inspired by the following values:
Impartiality
The personnel at International Weld consider themselves independent of any vested interests and evaluate certification in accordance with the required standards, always ensuring a service characterized by high professionalism and impartiality. For this reason, procedures have been defined and implemented, including a careful and periodic analysis of the risks associated with all service delivery phases, and the subsequent management of any situations deemed potentially critical.
Integrity
The personnel ensures compliance with the reference standards.
Competence
The personnel involved in the activities is culturally, technically, and professionally qualified.
Ethics
Decisions are made with correctness and seriousness, always referring to the company’s mission and values.
Independence
Inspectors and committees responsible for issuing certification from International Weld ensure the absence of conflicts of interest. In particular, the Impartiality Committee, composed of members external to the organization representing all stakeholders, is tasked with overseeing the certification activity. It verifies independence and impartiality, providing opinions on:
a. The consistency of contracts entered into by I-WELD with its employees, collaborators, and laboratories;
b. Compliance with the applied tariff;
c. All aspects that may influence trust in certification, including transparency and public perception.
Professionalism
The personnel at International Weld carries out its work with competence, thoroughness, and adequate professional preparation.
International Weld undertakes the obligation to notify the National Accreditation Body in the event of:
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Any refusals, limitations, suspensions, or withdrawals of certificates issued by it; -
Any circumstances affecting the scope and conditions of the notification.
International Weld operates in the relevant market solely financing itself through certification activities.
For further details on this, download the ‘Quality Policy’.
Accreditations and Recognitions
International Weld is accredited by ACCREDIA, the sole accreditation body, for the certification of the following professional figures:
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Certification of welders of metallic materials; -
Certification of brazers of metallic materials; -
Certification of operators in charge of non-destructive testing.
International Weld is a Notified Body No. 2620 for the CE marking of pressure equipment in accordance with Directive 2014/68/EU PED. International Weld is also a Recognized Third Party for the approval of methods and personnel involved in the realization of permanent joints and personnel performing Non-Destructive Testing for pressure equipment in compliance with the PED directive.
ISO 17065 Product Accreditation Certificate
ISO 17024 Personnel Accreditation Certificate
ISO 17020 Inspection Accreditation Certificate
Accreditation from ACCREDIA
Decree from the Ministry of Economic Development for recognition as a Notified Body for PED
Recognition as a Notified Body in the Nando database of the European Commission
What is accreditation?
“An attestation by a national accreditation body that a conformity assessment body meets the criteria established by harmonized standards and, where appropriate, any other supplementary requirements […] to perform a specific conformity assessment activity.” – REG (EC) No. 765/2008.
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