Acquisition expands environmental services

Ageus Solutions is one of the leading global REACH, EU RoHS, EU WEEE, China RoHS and Japan Green service providers

Intertek Group has acquired Ageus Solutions, a company that provides global environmental compliance consulting, technology services and product stewardship to the electronics and other industries. Ageus helps clients facilitate corporate and product compliance with the myriad of global regulations related to the environment.
Ageus Solutions is one of the leading global REACH, EU RoHS, EU WEEE, China RoHS and Japan Green service providers.

Since its inception in 2004, Ageus Solutions has assisted over 150 companies complete RoHS conversion of thousands of products ranging from musical instruments to telecommunications devices to medical devices.

Intertek Executive Vice President, Mark Loughead, said: 'Ageus Solutions significantly expands and compliments existing Intertek expertise and value-added services in areas such as REACH and RoHS.

Our customers will greatly benefit from the addition of Ageus Solutions to our offering, on a global basis'.

Ageus Solutions President and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Calder, said: 'Becoming part of the global Intertek network allows Ageus Solutions to reach many new potential clients'.

'Ageus Solutions' core strength lies in taking regulatory knowledge and applying it to a company's specific products and processes'.

'Ageus Solutions understands global environmental legislation from a macro-level to a micro-level to facilitate accurate interpretation of client obligations and effective implementation into their supply chains'.

Intertek and Ageus Solutions provide comprehensive REACH services to clients including on-call consulting services integrated to all levels and sises of business.

With the on-call consulting service, clients gain access to unlimited REACH support with Ageus Solutions' REACH experts.

Combined with Ageus Solutions' expertise, Intertek can now effectively manage client's REACH strategy, ensure their REACH requirements are properly applied and met, and educate employees on REACH policy.