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OurbusinessReliabletestingqualitythatisinternationallyrecognizedTotalsupportforcustomers’testingneedsincompliancewithvariousstandards*1ILAC(InternationalLaboratoryAccreditationConference)Aninternationalorganizationthatcertifiestestcentersandlaboratories*2MRA(mutualrecognitionarrangement)Asystemwhereonecountryacceptscertificationresultsbasedonthestandardsinitscounterpartcountionproceduresdifferbetweenthesetwocountriesthestandardcerificattry,evenif■BatterySafetyTestingCenterThisistheworld’srsttestcenterthatcorrespondstotheUN/ECE-R100,Series2,PartII(UNstandard)onthesafetyofsecondarybatteriesusedinelectricvehicles(EVs).OurpartnershipwithTÜVSÜDJapanLtd.*3enablesustoofferservicesfromtheimplementa-tionofvarioussafetytestingtoapplicationsforcerticationinonelocation.BatterySafetyTestingCenter(WithinUtsunomiyaTechnocomplex)*3TÜVSÜDJapanLtd.JapanesesubsidiaryofTÜVSÜDGroup,athird-partycertificationorganizationheadquarteredinGermany■LaboratoryTestingServiceswith100%greenpowerPOWERWehavebeenswitchingallthepowerusedinourlaboratorytestingservicecentersinJapantopowerderivedfromrenewableenergy.Wewillcontributetoourcustomers’effortstoreducetheenvironmentalburdensviaJapan’srst100%greenpowerlaboratorytestingservices.ESPECprovidescomprehensivesolutionsforen-vironmentaltesting.Usingourwealthofknowl-edgedevelopedviaenvironmentaltestingandun-rivaledperformance,weareabletoprovidecom-prehensiveservicesthatincludeeverythingfromthedesign/implementationofreliabilitytestingtotheevaluation/analysisandproposalsforimprove-ment.ESPEChasestablishedfourtestcenters(Utsunomiya,Toyota,Kariya,andKobe)through-outJapanwiththelatestenvironmentaltestingequipmentandanalyticalinstrumentstoconductreliabilitytestingandtemperatureandrelativehu-miditycalibrationservices.Thecenters(excepttheKariyaTestCenter)havebeencertiedasbeingincompliancewith“ISO/IEC17025,”aninternationalstandardfortestcentercapacity.TheyarealsoILAC*1MRA*2compliant,whichallowsforhighqualitytesting/calibrations.Inaddi-tion,undertheJapanCalibrationServiceSystem(JCSS),wearetherstJCSS-accreditedhumiditycalibrationlaboratoryinJapantoprovidecalibra-tionservices.Also,intheChineseandASEANmarketswherethedemandfortestingisincreas-ing,wehaveopenedtestcentersinShanghai,Suzhou,andChonburiProvince(Thailand)andlaboratorytestingservices.ESPECoffersservicesthatmeettheneedsofourcustomersviaour30yearsoflaboratorytestingservicesandvastex-periencebothinJapanandabroad.UtsunomiyaTechnocomplexWebuilttheBatterySafetyTestingCenter,UtsunomiyaTestCenter,andashowroomintheUtsunomiyaTech-nocomplex,whichfunctionsasoursalesbaseforEastJapanandoffersvariousservicessuchasprovidingproductsandlaboratorytestingservices.AllthepowerusedintheUtsunomiyaTechnocomplexisderivedfromrenewableenergy.Location23-1,KiyoharaKogyo-danchi,Utsunomiya,TochigiUtsunomiyaTechnocomplexYearoperationsstarted1991TotalareaUtsunomiyaTestCenterarea30,320m22,752m2BatterySafetyTestingCenterarea1,085m2InsidethetestcenterESPECCORP.COMPANYPROFILE14