Terms and Conditions for Compliance

To be listed as a recommended laboratory, the facility must comply with the following criteria:

  1. Be independent and shall not be the manufacturer, supplier, designer or owner of the tested items, nor the authorized representative or a subsidiary of any of these parties.
  2. Be free from any undue commercial, financial and other pressures which may interfere with their independence, judgement capability and integrity.
  3. Possess a benchtop FTIR spectrophotometer for FTIR structural test.
  4. Have at least one IMM certified Coating Fingerprint Quality Controller (FPQC) signatory personnel.
  5. Be listed in the “Recommended list of 3rd-party testing laboratories” by Institute of Materials, Malaysia.
  6. Be recognized by the owner for a grace period of at least 3 years. After the grace period, the appointment as the 3rd-party testing laboratory for Coating Fingerprint Certificate shall be made based on its accreditation by authorized body.

NOTE: Compliance to ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories is encouraged but not compulsory.

How to Register

Testing laboratories may download the form and submit the completed form via email to secretariat@iomm.org.my

IMM Third Party Lab - General Criteria & Checklist