Accreditation Scopes Include Electrical and Mechanical

NEW CASTLE, PA – April 17, 2012 – Keystone Compliance was recently accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for both electrical and mechanical scopes. The A2LA accreditation signifies that Keystone Compliance has met strict technical competency requirements and quality management system requirements.

“The A2LA accreditation is a testament to the continued development of Keystone Compliance into a premier, full-service regulatory compliance testing facility,” stated Keystone Compliance President Tony Masone. “The A2LA accreditation is a significant accomplishment for our organization, but also a huge benefit for our customers. The A2LA accreditation is internationally recognized, streamlining the product registration process in over 50 world economies.”

Internationally, Keystone Compliance’s A2LA ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation is recognized by all 73 of the signatories to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) mutual recognition agreement and 33 signatories to the Asia-Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) mutual recognition agreement. Domestically, the accreditation is recognized by a number of organizations including the FCC. Keystone Compliance’s accreditation will be recognized in all of the signatories’ economies, serving as a tremendous resource for its manufacturing customers looking to export to international markets.

The electrical scope includes, but is not limited to, radiated and conducted emissions, voltage fluctuations and flicker, radiated and conducted susceptibility, surge immunity and electrostatic discharge (ESD). The mechanical scope includes, but is not limited to, temperature, humidity, water/icing/freezing rain, salt fog, immersion, solar radiation, shock/drop and vibration.

To review the company’s full accredited scopes, please visit www.keystonecompliance.com/accreditation.

About Keystone Compliance:
Keystone Compliance is a regulatory compliance testing laboratory that specializes in assisting manufacturers and engineers in meeting worldwide regulatory compliance in the areas of EMC, EMI, environmental and product safety testing. The newly renovated 20,000 square foot lab is conveniently located between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in New Castle, PA. Keystone Compliance’s EMC/EMI lab includes two anechoic/ferrite lined three-meter test chambers as well as three semi-anechoic chambers. The environmental lab includes two electrodynamic shakers, several walk-in and reach-in temperature/humidity chambers, thermal shock, pneumatic shock, IP code testing equipment, salt-fog chambers and a variety of other environmental test equipment.

State-of-the-art facility designed for functionality and customer comfort

NEW CASTLE, PA – January 4, 2011 – Keystone Compliance, a regulatory compliance test lab, is pleased to announce the completion of its environmental test laboratory. The environmental lab features both climatics and dynamics testing capabilities, which complement the company’s existing EMC/EMI/RF and product safety testing capabilities. The environmental lab is a 4,000 square foot section of the company’s new 20,000 square foot headquarters. The lab offers customers a well-lit, climate controlled clean environment including a large control room with sound-deadening insulation.

Environmental Lab Manager, Scott Maxwell, has overseen the construction and acquisition of the test equipment. Maxwell has over 20 years of environmental laboratory experience and has used his experience visting numerous other labs to develop Keystone Compliance’s lab with nuances that set it apart. “The environmental lab was designed to test customer equipment of all sizes in a comfortable office-like environment,” said Maxwell. “Customers are going to appreciate our knowledge and capabilities while enjoying the engineer-friendly working conditions.”

Keystone Compliance’s climatics testing capabilities include humidity, icing and freezing rain, immersion, ingress protection, salt-fog, solar radiation, temperature, thermal shock and wind & rain testing. The equipment recently purchased and installed includes:

• One walk-in environmental chamber that has temperature and humidity. Inside dimensions are 12’ wide by 15’ deep by 10’ tall with a 9’ tall by 8’ wide door.
• One walk-in environmental chamber that can reach limits of -70 to +100°C. Inside dimensions are 5’ wide by 7’ deep by 7’10” tall. The chamber is cooled with 30 hp compressors for fast temperature transitions.
• Six reach-in environmental chambers, five of which have humidity capability.
• Two salt fog chambers; one roughly 5’ x 3’ x 4’; the other approximately 8’ x 4’ x 4’.
• Wind driven rain machine with a wind turbine capable of wind speeds up to 160 mph.
• Drip pan as required for MIL-STD-810 Drip Testing.
• All necessary IP Coding Equipment including a large dust chamber.

Keystone Compliance’s dynamics testing capabilities include drop, loose cargo, shock and vibration testing. The equipment recently purchased and installed includes:

• One brand new large-size electrodynamic shaker which is a 13,200 lbf shaker with 3” maximum displacement. It includes a unibase with a hydrostatic slip table with journal bearings (specifically for testing tall racks in the horizontal directions).
• One medium size electrodynamic shaker which is an LDS 4,000 lbf shaker with 2” maximum displacement. It includes a unibase and hydrostatic slip table.
• AGREE Chamber for combined temperature/vibration environments. Chamber may be used in both the vertical or slip table orientations.
• A medium size dynamic shock machine, that is capable of thousands of G’s on payloads up to 250 pounds.
• One mechanical shaker with a table size of approximately 8’ x 4’. This shaker is used primarily to simulate loose cargo transport (required by Mil-Std-810 and referenced in many other specifications).
• All vibration and shock capabilities are augmented through Spectral Dynamics Jaguar controllers. Capabilities include sine, random, sine on random, swept sine on random, random on random, resonance tracking, classical shock, SRS shock, transient capture, and transient playback capabilities with these controllers.

About Keystone Compliance:
Keystone Compliance is a regulatory compliance testing laboratory that assists manufacturers with regulatory compliance from a product’s concept to its introduction to the market. The lab is conveniently located between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in New Castle, PA. The Company specializes in assisting manufacturers and engineers in meeting worldwide regulatory compliance in the areas of EMC, EMI, environmental and product safety testing. Keystone Compliance’s EMC/EMI lab includes two anechoic/ferrite lined three-meter test chambers as well as three other semi-anechoic chambers. The environmental lab includes two electrodynamic shakers, two walk-in temperature/humidity chambers, a number of reach-in temperature/humidity chambers and a variety of other environmental test equipment.

Company Ranked Third Highest Among the Region’s Technology Companies

NEW CASTLE, PA – August 29, 2011 – Keystone Compliance, LLC was named the 16th fastest growing company in the Pittsburgh Region by the Pittsburgh Business Times at their annual Pittsburgh 100 reception on August 25, 2011. The Pittsburgh 100 recognizes the fastest growing privately-held companies in the Pittsburgh region with annual revenue in excess of $500,000. In addition to the 16^th place overall ranking, Keystone Compliance was named the third fastest growing technology company and ranked second overall for percentage of workforce growth. The rankings are based on the percentage of revenue and employment growth between the years 2008 to 2010.

Keystone Compliance’s prestigious rankings in the Pittsburgh 100 are a testament to the Company’s ability to service the needs of manufacturers and continually increase its capacity. “Being named to the Pittsburgh 100 is a tremendous honor for us and a proud acknowledgment of what we have been able to accomplish in a short period of time,” said Keystone Compliance President Tony Masone. “However, given all of the exciting changes that we currently have in motion, we fully anticipate being on this list for several years to come.”

Those changes include relocating to a completely-renovated 20,300 square foot facility that is located on a three-acre campus. The new facility will house five EMC/EMI chambers, a brand new environmental test lab and a brand new product safety lab as well. The Company’s current facility is 7,200 square feet and includes only two EMC/EMI test chambers and no environmental test equipment.

In addition to an increase in revenue, the Company has also realized an increase in its workforce from four employees in 2008 to a current total of 12. That workforce growth was the second highest percentage increase in the region. The Company has plans to hire an additional 13 employees in the next three years.

About Keystone Compliance:

Keystone Compliance is a regulatory compliance testing laboratory that assists manufacturers with regulatory compliance from a product’s concept to its introduction to the market. The lab is conveniently located between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in New Castle, PA. The Company specializes in assisting manufacturers and engineers in meeting worldwide regulatory compliance in the areas of EMC, EMI, environmental and product safety testing. Keystone Compliance’s EMC/EMI lab includes two anechoic/ferrite lined three-meter test chambers for radiated emissions and radiated immunity per FCC and European Union requirements as well as three other semi-anechoic chambers. The environmental lab includes two electrodynamic shakers, two walk-in temperature/humidity chambers, a number of reach-in temperature/humidity chambers and a variety of other environmental test equipment. For more information, please visit www.keystonecompliance.com.

Company Looks to Expand Capacity with Three New Chambers

NEW CASTLE, PA – July 1, 2011 – Keystone Compliance, LLC, an EMI/EMC and environmental compliance test lab in New Castle, PA, is pleased to announce the recent addition of Andrew Catterall to the position of EMC/EMI Laboratory Manager. Catterall will be responsible for managing the EMC/EMI division’s day-to-day operations and overseeing the increase in capacity brought about by the addition of three new test chambers.

Catterall has over ten years’ experience in electronics and electrical systems testing, from prototype integrated circuit chips to large cabinet-installed systems. He has significant experience in analog, digital, mixed-signal and RF testing as well as areas as diverse as design-for-test, PCB design and assembly, test automation, data analysis, microcontrollers, telecommunications and semiconductor fabrication. Prior to joining Keystone Compliance, Catterall worked in the nuclear power industry, where he was the lead EMC engineer for the instrumentation and control systems on high-profile projects, both in the US and overseas, for one of the largest OEMs in the industry.

“Andrew’s knowledge of the nuclear and wireless segments will lead our continued expansion in those product categories,” commented Keystone Compliance’s President, Tony Masone. “Andrew not only has a detailed knowledge of EMC test standards and regulatory compliance requirements, he also brings expertise in supporting customers in the areas of troubleshooting and designing for compliance,” said Masone. “That value engineering is what makes Keystone Compliance the premier EMC/EMI compliance lab that it is.”

Catterall will oversee the increased capacity brought about by the Company’s move to a completely-renovated 20,300 square foot facility that is located on a three-acre campus. The new facility will house five EMC/EMI chambers, including two ANSI C63.4 (NSA) compliant three-meter semi-anechoic absorber / ferrite lined chambers.

About Keystone Compliance:

Keystone Compliance is a regulatory compliance testing laboratory that assists manufacturers with regulatory compliance from a product’s concept to its introduction to the market. The lab is conveniently located between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in New Castle, PA. The Company specializes in assisting manufacturers and engineers in meeting worldwide regulatory compliance in the areas of EMC, EMI, environmental and product safety testing. Keystone Compliance’s EMC/EMI lab includes two anechoic/ferrite lined three-meter test chambers for radiated emissions and radiated immunity per FCC and European Union requirements as well as three other semi-anechoic chambers. The environmental lab includes two electrodynamic shakers, two walk-in temperature/humidity chambers, a number of reach-in temperature/humidity chambers and a variety of other environmental test equipment. For more information, please visit www.keystonecompliance.com.

NEW CASTLE, PA – May 10, 2011 – Keystone Compliance, LLC, an EMI/EMC compliance test lab in New Castle, PA, is pleased to announce the recent addition of Scott Maxwell to the position of Environmental Laboratory Manager. Maxwell will lead Keystone Compliance’s entry into environmental testing.Maxwell has over 20 years of experience in the environmental testing industry. His experience includes direct exposure to various types of environmental testing including Dynamics (vibration, shock, shock response spectrum (SRS), and seismic), and Climatics (temperature, humidity, solar radiation, altitude, thermal vacuum). Maxwell also managed a fire resistance testing laboratory that included Telecom (NEBS) GR-63-CORE System Level Fire resistance testing and FAA Jet Engine Fire Simulation with FAA, DER, and government witness. Additionally, Maxwell has managed and performed nuclear qualification testing, pressure testing, air and fluid flow testing and vehicle crash testing.  Maxwell has served on various boards and committees and possesses an intimate understanding of the various military, commercial, and industry specific test specifications used in today’s test protocols.“Scott has the knowledge and experience to establish an environmental lab with the customers’ needs in mind,” said Keystone Compliance’s President, Tony Masone. “His in-the-lab experience and practical knowledge of all aspects of environmental testing will be an enormous benefit to our customers in the successful completion of their qualification test programs.”Keystone Compliance will begin providing environmental testing in June of 2011, initially focusing on the following standards:

-          Military Standards (including Mil-Std-810, Mil-Std-202, Mil-Std-883, Mil-Std-167)

-          Aerospace Standards (including RTCA/DO-160)

-          Automotive Standards (including SAE/USCAR-28, AKLV 16, SAE J1113)

-          Commercial Standards (including ISTA)

-          Telecommunication Standards (including GR-63-CORE, ETSI)

 About Keystone Compliance, LLC:

Keystone Compliance is an electronic compliance testing laboratory conveniently located between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in New Castle, PA. The Company specializes in assisting manufacturers and engineers in meeting worldwide regulatory compliance in the areas of EMC, EMI, Environmental and Product Safety testing. Specific EMC/EMI/RF services include interference testing and certification services to domestic and international standards. Keystone Compliance also offers lightning/surge/transient services for the aerospace, military, telecom and automotive industries and testing for the renewable/alternative energy industry such as solar, wind power, battery and electric automotive components. Keystone Compliance’s lab includes a fully-compliant three-meter test chamber for radiated emissions and radiated immunity per FCC and European Union requirements. For more information, please visit www.keystonecompliance.com.

NEW CASTLE, Pa – May 13, 2010 – Keystone Compliance, LLC, an electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), electromagnetic interference (EMI) and product safety compliance test lab in New Castle, PA, is pleased to announce the completion of a large anechoic/ferrite EMC test chamber.The new EMC test chamber measures 32 feet long by 20 feet wide by 10 feet high, is absorber / ferrite lined and accommodates large products such as automobiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and large industrial equipment. The chamber features large entry doors measuring 7 feet wide by 10 feet high, a flush mount 8-foot diameter turntable capable of rotating loads up to 8,000 pounds and an engine exhaust system which allows Keystone to perform testing on engine operating devices.The initial test program was conducted on an unmanned helicopter for military use. Specific capabilities of the new test chamber include radiated emissions measurements in the frequency range of 10 MHz to 40 GHz and radiated immunity/susceptibility capabilities of 10 kHz to 18 GHz up to 200 volts/meter.The new chamber compliments the company’s existing ANSI C63.4 (NSA) compliant 3-meter anechoic absorber / ferrite lined chamber. The 3-meter chamber allows Keystone to perform full qualification 3-meter measurements in the frequency range of 30 MHz to 1 GHz required by the CISPR 22, CISPR 11 and FCC Part 15 standards, as well as meet the field uniformity requirements of EN 61000-4-3 standard.  Further, to ensure this chamber continues to meet these evolving standards, it has been designed to perform testing up to and beyond 18 GHz.About Keystone Compliance, LLC:

Keystone Compliance is an RF/lightning compliance testing laboratory that specializes in assisting manufacturers and engineers meet worldwide regulatory compliance in the areas of EMC, EMI, Lightning and Product Safety testing. EMC/EMI testing services include FCC (US), CE Mark (EU Nations), Industry Canada (ICES-03), C-Tick (Australia), CCC (China), VCCI (Japan), BSMI (Taiwan), eK/ MIC Mark (S. Korea), FDA, Mil-Std-461, Boeing D6-16050, Airbus and RTCA/DO-160 Certifications. Product Safety evaluations provide certification for UL/cUL, CSA/CSA-NRTL, TUV, SEMCO (Sweden), NEMKO (Norway) and CE for the low voltage directive.

The Company specializes in lightning/surge/transient services for the aerospace, military, telecom, automotive and renewable/alternative energy industries. Keystone also has extensive knowledge in the writing and testing of LED lighting campaigns. The Company’s facility is located in New Castle, PA, just one hour north of Pittsburgh.

Specific military specs competency:

Military Standards (including Mil-Std-461/462, Mil-Std-202, Mil-Std-1275, Mil-Std-704)

Aerospace Standards (including RTCA/DO-160, EUROCAE ED14, Airbus & Boeing Directives)

Automotive Standards (including SAE/USCAR-28, AKLV 16, SAE J1113)

Commercial Standards (including FCC Part 15, EN 61000)

Telecommunication Standards (including GR-1089, ETSI)

NEW CASTLE, Pa – November 4, 2010 – Keystone Compliance, LLC, an EMC/EMI compliance test lab in New Castle, PA, is pleased to announce the recent addition of Ron Hague to the position of EMC Engineer. This new position was created in response to increased growth of Keystone Compliance’s EMC/EMI testing business.Hague brings comprehensive military and EMC/EMI knowledge to Keystone Compliance, having worked over 24 years at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, most recently as a Test Director and Lead Test Engineer. His military testing experience includes extensive work on programs involving MIL-STD 461, MIL-STD 462 and MIL-STD 1399. Hague also has environmental test plan experience and will assist in Keystone Compliance’s planned addition of temperature and vibration testing in 2011.As an EMC Engineer for Keystone Compliance, Hague will be responsible for using his knowledge and experience to assist customers through every step of the EMC/EMI test procedures. “Ron understands the customer side of the EMC/ EMI test process,” said Tony Masone, President of Keystone Compliance. “He has considerable experience in analyzing data and solving complex engineering problems. This experience will be invaluable to our customers as they troubleshoot issues that they might have with their devices. Keystone Compliance prides itself on not just facilitating compliance tests but providing value engineering and technical assistance so that our customers can have a much more efficient and effective compliance experience.”Hague is a US Navy veteran, having received an honorary discharge as a Sonar Technician and First Class Petty Officer. For more information, please visit www.keystonecompliance.com.About Keystone Compliance, LLC:

Keystone Compliance is an electronic compliance testing laboratory conveniently located between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in New Castle, PA. The Company specializes in assisting manufacturers and engineers meet worldwide regulatory compliance in the areas of EMC, EMI and Product Safety testing. Specific services include EMC/EMI/RF interference testing and certification services to domestic and international standards, lightning/surge/transient services for the aerospace, military, telecom and automotive industries and testing for the renewable/alternative energy industry such as solar, wind power, battery and electric automotive components. Keystone also has extensive knowledge in the writing and testing of LED lighting campaigns. Keystone Compliance’s lab includes a fully-compliant three-meter test chamber for radiated emissions and radiated immunity per FCC and European Union requirements.

 About Ron Hague’s Achievements:

Raytheon Six Sigma Specialist

Twice nominated and selected by management and peers as Raytheon Engineer with Honors

Received Vice President’s Hammer Award as part of a team dedicated to innovation in manufacturing

NEW CASTLE, Pa – September 1, 2009 – Keystone Compliance, LLC, an EMC/EMI compliance test lab in New Castle, PA, is pleased to announce the recent addition of Ivan Parsi to the position of EMC Engineer. This new position was created in response to increased growth of Keystone Compliance’s EMC/EMI testing business. Parsi is the third new hire by Keystone Compliance this year.While new to Keystone Compliance, Parsi is not new to the compliance testing industry. He most recently served as an EMC Engineer for a large EMC lab in the suburbs of Los Angeles, CA. Parsi has knowledge and experience with a number of standards and specifications in the Military, Aerospace, Automotive, Commercial and Telecommunications industries. Parsi is an expert programmer in Totally Integrated Lab Environment (TILE) and Labview softwares and has developed automated test systems and designed and manufactured test equipment.As an EMC Engineer for Keystone Compliance, Parsi will be charged with reducing the Company’s lead time in scheduling and completing compliance tests. “Ivan brings a wealth of knowledge and ability to Keystone Compliance,” said Tony Masone, President of Keystone Compliance. “His addition to our organization will further improve our ability to meet customer expectations and expedite our ability to provide manufacturers an efficient way to get products into the market place quickly, without compromising accuracy.”Parsi earned a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering from DeVry University in Pomona, CA. For more information, please visit www.keystonecompliance.com.About Keystone Compliance, LLC:

Keystone Compliance is an electronic compliance testing laboratory conveniently located between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in New Castle, PA. The Company specializes in assisting manufacturers and engineers meet worldwide regulatory compliance in the areas of EMC, EMI and Product Safety testing. Specific services include EMC/EMI/RF interference testing and certification services to domestic and international standards, lightning/surge/transient services for the aerospace, military, telecom and automotive industries and testing for the renewable/alternative energy industry such as solar, wind power, battery and electric automotive components. Keystone also has extensive knowledge in the writing and testing of LED lighting campaigns. Keystone Compliance’s lab includes a fully-compliant three-meter test chamber for radiated emissions and radiated immunity per FCC and European Union requirements.

 About Ivan Parsi’s specific standards and specs competency:

Military Standards (including Mil-Std-461/462, Mil-Std-202, Mil-Std-1275, Mil-Std-704)

Aerospace Standards (including RTCA/DO-160, EUROCAE ED14, Airbus & Boeing Directives)

Automotive Standards (including SAE/USCAR-28, AKLV 16, SAE J1113)

Commercial Standards (including FCC Part 15, EN 61000)

Telecommunication Standards (including GR-1089, ETSI)