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WEST HAVEN, CT – The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation approved accreditation for the Enthone Automotive Science Corrosion Lab in the field of mechanical testing.

The Enthone ASCL is now accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 to perform the following tests on metals, plastics and other metalized substrates, including such applications as fasteners, bolts, chains, connectors and wheels: neutral salt spray; copper accelerated salt spray; corrodkote; cyclic corrosion testing; humidity testing; thermal cycle, and STEP and coating thickness.

Enthone is a business of Cookson Electronics. The company supplies specialty chemicals and coatings.