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As a nationally and internationally accredited independent thirdparty testing, certification, and field evaluation body, AC & E is an international leader in safety and certifications for the machinery manufacturing industry. AC & E is a reliable partner for several sectors and countries, enabling machinery and equipment manufacturers to meet national and international regulatory requirements in a timely and cost-effective manner. The company’ s operations fall into three categories: certification for global markets, laboratory testing, and cybersecurity.
AC & E’ s story begins in 2000, when current President Gino Zampieri and CEO Matteo Marconi saw the growing need for compliance among Italian industrial machine manufacturers and buyers looking to expand outside of Europe. Headquartered in Verona, Italy, the business has since established several subsidiaries: AC & E Brazil in 2014, AC & E Iberia in 2016, AC & E North America in 2017, and AC & E Shanghai in 2023. The group has also recently launched a cybersecurity division to specialize in operational technology and ensure compliance for the industrial and IoT sectors in alignment with the NIST framework and NIS 2 directive.
Based in New York, AC & E North America is an IAS Field Evaluation Body for the North American market and an SCC Inspection Body for the Canadian market. Offering certification for global markets, the business works upstream to ensure manufacturers are aware of how important it is to choose certified components and cables to comply with the standards of the country in which they plan to export the machine.
“ Our engineering team works closely with the manufacturer’ s technical team throughout the whole project to provide support and guidance at all stages of the process,” says CEO Matteo Marconi.“ We support industrial manufacturers in a range of diversified sectors, including food processing,
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