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ER Certification extends its Quality Mark

ER Certification Ltd has taken a number of steps to help ensure it continues to provide its clients in the glazing, window and door manufacturing industries with a first-class service...

Mandatory UKCA Marking

CE Marking will no longer be recognised in the UK after the 30^th June 2025. ER Certification has increased it’s UKAS scope and become a UK Approved Certification Body, registered at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. We can now offer Certificate of Constancy of Performance for a range of construction products.

Secured by Design approval

ER Certification Ltd’s CMS Quality Marks currently include EN1279 for insulating glass units, EN12150 for toughened safety glass, EN14351 and PAS 24 for windows & doorsets, with certification undertaken by the company’s team of dedicated glass and fenestration industry professionals.

Following its selection as an approved Secured by Design certification provider, ER Certification Ltd is able to provide a full auditing service for window and door manufacturers seeking to gain Secured by Design approval for their products.

Overseen by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), Secured by Design is involved in a range of national police projects which seek to ensure that security is designed into both domestic and commercial properties. The organisation uses a number of certification bodies to ensure that approved products are manufactured to agreed quality and performance standards, with ER Certification Ltd licensed to provide the required certification of companies wishing to supply enhanced security windows and doors under the scheme into the UK market. Once approved by a certification body, manufacturers will be accepted into the Secured by Design licensing scheme, which allows use of the Secured by Design logo and the term 'Police Preferred Specification' in marketing collateral.

In order to meet the Secured by Design criteria, ER Certification Ltd will expect window and door manufacturers to be operating a Factory Production Control (FPC) system to comply with the European Standard EN14351 and additionally to have appropriate, independent testing conducted by ERC Testing Ltd. at prescribed intervals.

Download the application form to join one of the ER Certification product certification schemes. (revised July 2022)

Certification to ISO 9001: 2015 of Quality Management Systems

ER Certification is now offering certification of Quality Management Systems to the International Standard, ISO 9001: 2015.  We are offering this service to organisations operating in the specific industry sectors where we have traditionally operated. These are :-

• Insulating Glass Unit producers
• Heat processed glass and laminated glass producers
• Timber window & door producers
• Plastics window & door producers
• Metal window & door producers

How to become certified to ISO 9001: 2015 - The basic process 

1. email us your enquiry at     [email protected]

2. we will make contact to discuss your requirements in more detail

3. we forward a quotation request form for completion and on receipt will produce a formal quotation

4. if not already completed, we will forward an application form for completion

5. on your acceptance of our quotation, we will plan the audit and agree dates.

5. If necessary, we can conduct a pre-assessment audit to help identify any gaps in your system and allow resolution prior to the formal audit.

6. for 'new starts' a 2-stage Initial Audit will be conducted to verify that your systems meet requirements and are operational in accordance with requirements detailed in ISO 9001: 2015.

    In the case of companies wishing to transfer from other certification bodies we will follow procedures written to comply with the requirements of ISO 17021 & IAF MD-2.

7. we conduct the on-site audit(s)

8. we issue our audit report and document any areas requiring resolution before certification can be awarded 

9. we award you with a certificate having a 3 year validity

10. annual surveillance audits 1 & 2 are conducted, then there is a recertification audit to restart the 3 year certification cycle.

For further information on ER Certification Ltd’s range of services including Secured by Design certification and UKCA Marking, please contact Peter Fradley on 07980 863175 or e-mail [email protected] / [email protected]

• ISO 9001 Quotation Request Form 

Our CMS & ISO Scheme Member Companies

updated: 21/11/2023

Our Approved Body Scheme Member Companies

ER Certification Ltd • Unit A8(4) Pennington Court • Moss Industrial Estate • Leigh • Lancashire WN7 3PT

Email: [email protected] • Mobile 07980863175

Company Registration No. 06885800

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