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Intertek Automotive Services & Intertek ETL SEMKO To Present Seminar on Accelerated Stress Testing (AST) & Global Market Access Program (GMAP)

Shanghai, China— Intertek Automotive Services (IAS) and Intertek ETL SEMKO – Shanghai will present a seminar on Accelerated Stress Testing (AST) and the Global Market Access Program (GMAP) on February 23, March 23 and April 20, 2006. The seminar will be held at the IAS laboratory in the Pudong District of Shanghai.

This free public training is an introduction of various AST methods, including:

· FMVT® (Failure Mode Verification Testing)

· HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Testing)

· HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screening)

Benefits, limitations, processes and applications for each method will be discussed. Attendees will learn how AST can help optimize resources to meet the challenges of:

· New Technologies

· Shorter Product Development Times

· Higher Reliability Expectations

ETL SEMKO will present information on GMAP ("Global Market Access Program") which will introduce global certification marks besides CE and GS within their service scope. Benefits of this program include enabling to access key Geographic Market, distributing products into more countries faster & more efficiently and reduction in certification time & cost.

To register for one of the 3 sessions, please call Intertek Automotive Services at +86 21 5031 9089 ext: 211, or e-mail sail.cheng@entela.intertek.com

“We’re looking forward to sharing our knowledge of cutting edge testing technology with automotive suppliers in China ,” states Brett Margolis, General Manager. “Intertek Automotive Services is uniquely positioned to aid these companies through our consulting, supply chain development, program management/ integration and testing services.”

Intertek Group plc (FSE:ITRK), an international testing, inspection and certification organization, operates in 294 laboratories and 531 offices in 102 countries throughout the world. The company assesses customers' products and commodities against a wide range of safety, regulatory, quality and performance standards and in some cases, certifies the management systems of customers. Intertek ETL Entela, parent company of Intertek Automotive Services, provides Automotive Product, Systems and Material/Component Testing and Failure Analysis, Engineering Services, Accelerated Stress Testing, and Automotive Certifications (ISO 9000, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 14000, QS-9000, TE Supplement). For more information, please see www.intertek-etlentela.com.

Intertek Automotive Services provides Automotive Product, Systems and Material/Component Testing, Engineering Services and Consulting. For more information, see www.intertek-automotive.com.

Linda Hall

Marketing Project Manager

Intertek ETL Entela

Corporate/Marketing

Ph: 616-247-0515, ext. 5604 Fax: 616-574-9752

linda.hall@entela.intertek.com

http://www.intertek-etlentela.com