What is ISO

12/22/2024
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What is ISO

ISO is abbreviation of International Organisation for standardisation.
ISO is an independent and non-governmental international organization. Its central secretariat is located in Geneva.
It is made of over 164 representatives from different national standards bodies.
ISO developed and published over 24,000 International Standard for products, services and systems, to ensure quality, safety and efficiency.

The major contribution from ISO international standards can help in facilitating international trade.
There is a popular misconception that ISO issue ISO Certificates. Actually, ISO develop and update ISO Standards only.
All Hong Kong recognised ISO Certificates are issued by the HKAS or UKAS accredited Certification Bodies such as SGS, Lloyds’s, BV, BSI, HKQAA, ACI, DW, Certification Asia..and so on

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