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Retlif Testing Laboratories 795 Marconi Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 USA

Tel: 631-737-1500

Email: sales@ retlif.com • www.retlif.com

CEO/President: Walter A. Poggi

Vice President: Exec VP William K. Hayes

Sales Manager: Owen W. Watford

Engineering Director: Richard Reitz

Testing Capabilities:

Product compliance testing for maritime, marine, military, homeland security, aerospace and commercial applications. EMI,

Environmental, Lightning and Noise testing. USCG approved for 30+ product sectors.

Number of Employees: 75

Established in 1978, Retlif maintains multiple testing, engineering and regulatory offices. Retlif is headquartered in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, NY, where it maintains a 27,000 sq. foot facility which houses its corporate offices and primary testing laboratories. In addition, Retlif also offers testing from its 10,000 sq. foot facility in Goffstown, NH, and its 19,000 sq. foot facility in Harleysville, PA. A Retlif Sales & Engineering office is located in Charlotte, NC and a Regulatory Compliance

Office is maintained in Arlington, VA.

Retlif maintains one of the country’s most extensive list- ing of accreditations, listings and approvals, all which attest to the corporate commitment to testing excellence.

Retlif is fully accredited to ISO-STD-17025 by both the

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), administered by N.I.S.T. and accredited by the

American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). Beyond its accreditations, Retlif is also approved, recognized or listed with: U.S. Coast Guard, Federal

Communications Commission (FCC), Industry Canada,

Japanese VCCI, U.S. Defense Supply Center, U.K. Civil

Aviation Authority, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Lloyd’s Registry. Further, Retlif is designated by the

U.S. Dept. of Commerce as a certified approval body for engineering and consulting for compliance to the

European Union’s CE Marketing program.

Retlif Testing Laboratories is a national conformity assessment testing organization providing testing and engineering solutions in the areas of Electromagnetic

Compatibility (EMC), Environmental Simulation,

Lightning and Acoustic Noise. In addition Retlif provides a conformity assessment system and regulatory compli- ance consulting services such as compliance of Homeland

Security sector products with the Department of

Homeland Security’s SAFETY ACT regulations.

Retlif offers full classic shock testing capabilities as well as Burst & Chirp, SRS, Ballistic and Pyrotechnic shock.

Vibration testing (up to 20,000 lbf), salt fog, inclination, temperature and humidity are a representative sampling of

Retlif’s environmental simulation testing that can be pro- vided to the latest test standards, including MIL-STD- 167, MIL-STD-810, IEC-68, MIL-S-901 and MIL-

STD-202.

Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Electromagnetic

Pulse (EMP), power line fluctuations and magnetic effects testing can also be provided to such standards as MIL-

STD-461, MIL-STD-704 and MIL-STD-1399.

RETLIF provides on-site testing such as: • EMC Site Surveys • EMC Final Compatibility Testing • Vibration Site Surveys • Acoustic Noise Site Surveys

Retlif’s Engineering Services Division can also augment a customer’s own internal engineering staff by generating compliance-oriented plans such as test plans and proce- dures and compliance management plans. Further, Retlif can manage the entire compliance program if desired.

Poggi

EMI EMC Shielded room.

MTR 100

Vibration table.