The contract, which will run for 19 months, consists in designing, building, providing, installing and integrating specific equipment, as well as training ANCOM staff that will be working in the laboratory. ANCOM will finance the project from its own revenues.
The laboratory, accredited for tests of electromagnetic compatibility, will allow ANCOM to check, within its attributions, whether the electrical and electronic products sold on the Romanian market comply with the valid European Directives in terms of electromagnetic compatibility, health protection and safety of both users and other persons.
The laboratory will have state-of-the-art technology and will run various tests and will measure, amomg others, the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). SAR is a measure of the rate at which energy, commonly known as radiation, is absorbed by the body when exposed to a radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic field. The first laboratory in Romania measuring the SAR was opened in Craiova in 2009, by the National Institute of Research, Development and Testing for Electrotechnics.
Comtest Voluntari reported turnover of RON7.6 million in 2011, down 14.6% from 2010. The company is owned by private individuals Lucian Ionel Dumitru with a 98.02% stake and Mihaela Dumitru with a 1.98% stake.
Founded in 2009, Thermo Fix Brasov ended 2011 with turnover of RON4.5 million, up 73% from 2010. The company’s associates include Alexandru Dan Lupsan with a 50% stake and Radu Marius Nemes with a 50% stake. (EUR1=RON4.3894)