Laidler Associates launch USA Office

The European Machinery Directive is changing. The 98/37/EC directive will be superseeded by 2006/42/EC directive on the 30^th December 2009. In response to these changes, Laidler Associates are proud to announce the opening of their new Office based in the United States of America on Monday 3rd August 2009.

The new Directive, quoted as follows for the requirements of the Declaration of Conformity –

“Name and address of the person authorised to compile the Technical File, who must be established in the Community;”

By definition this means that companies from outside of the EEA, without an established company or individual within the community who can take the legal responsibility for the machine, will not be able to supply machinery into the EEA after the implementation of the new Directive.

In a statement by Alan Scott, the recently appointed CEO of Laidler Associates (Orlando, Florida, USA) and former Business Development Manager of Safety Systems, Alan explained that:-

“There is a necessity for Laidler Associates to open a US Office at the earliest opportunity in order to facilitate our existing American clientele with respect to the changes implemented by the new Machinery Directive. Historically, American Machine Builders have self-certified their own Machines that are bound for the European Market; however, the New Machinery Directive will negate this action as it stipulates that legal responsibility for the machine must be by an authorised representative, whom is legal and resident within Europe.

As Laidler Associates are both a Notified Body and reside in the UK, these new constraints can be easily met by Laidler Associates acting as “the person authorised to compile the Technical File, who must be established in the Community;” . Also, by utilising the Laidler Certification process, our existing (and future) clients will now be able to access the same expert and professional Laidler Associates service, but from within the USA. All staff will be recruited in America, with the relevant Engineers being professionally trained in the UK by Laidler Associates and Teesside University, thus ensuring a working knowledge and experience of European requirements”.

Alan also went on to state that:-
“Personally I am excited about the challenge that lies ahead and I look forward to initiating a programme of Seminars and Workshops that will explain the Directive changes in more detail, thereby ensuring that we raise the level of awareness for US Machine Builders with respect to these new legal requirements for Importing Machinery to the European Market.”

Our USA Address is:

Laidler Associates Consulting Services Inc (USA)
5401 S. Kirkman Rd.
Suite 310
Orlando,
Florida 32819

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