On August 22, 2019, hosted by Zhongshan Semiconductor Lighting Industry Association, Mexican Chinese Enterprise Association, Mexico and Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, and co-organized by Zhongshan Business Bureau, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and BACL, the 2019 North America•Mexico Market Exchange Conference was successfully held in Zhongshan Wanwei Hotel!

▲meeting venue

Today, as the global trade war is deepening, it is especially important for the lighting industry to warm up, develop new markets and develop new ideas. The guests were Chen Yuming, researcher of the Economic and Trade Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce,Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the former Chinese Embassy in Mexico, Ms. Tu Qiaoling, Secretary general of Zhongshan Semiconductor Lighting Industry Association, Ms. Wang Wei, Director of the China Representative Office of the Mexican Chinese Enterprise Association, and Ms Han Lifen, BACL Engineering, Technical Director, etc., This event attracted more than 80 companies from the LED lighting industry. They were to discuss the business opportunities in the Mexican (North American "back garden") markets and core topics about how to lay out the market, develop resources, and gain market access and meet NOM certification requirements.

▲photo of participants

As a member and co-organizer, BACL was invited to attend the conference. At the meeting, Ms. Han Lifen explained the “Mexican Market access threshold and NOM Certification for LED Lighting Products” in professional terminology, which contains NOM certification rules and procedures, standards and test items, NOM labels and packaging requirements for lighting products exported to Mexico, what BACL laboratory can do for the lighting companies, how to get the product solutions for entering US, Canada and Mexico markets, and detailed explanation of the precautions of the NOM (Normas Oficiales Mexicanas) certification required for LED lighting products’ entering the Mexican market, greatly inspired the majority of lighting companies looking to enter the Mexican market!

▲Ms. Han Lifen, BACL Engineering, Technical Director

NOM is a Mexican safety certification. According to Mexican regulation, the certificate holder must be a Mexican company who is responsible for the quality, maintenance and reliability of the product. The test report should be issued by a SECOFI accredited laboratory and should be audited by SECOFI, ANCE or NYCE. If the product complies with the relevant regulations, a certificate will be issued to the Mexican representative of the manufacturer or exporter, then the product can be marked with the NOM mark. The scope of NOM certification for lighting products includes: LED lamps used in roads and outdoor public areas, normal lightingintegrated LED bulbs, compact fluorescent lamps.

BACL Service Advantages:

As the professional lighting testing and certification expert in North America and the 16th US OSHA-accredited NRTL/Canada SCC-approved safety certification body, FCC TCB certification body, it is also the EnergyStar testing laboratory and CB certification body of EPA approved in China and has perfect testing, certification and market surveillance capabilities. Over the years, it has successfully served tens of thousands of domestic and foreign lighting manufacturers such as Philips, Osram, GE, CREE and FEIT. In today's changing international trade environment, BACL will continue to provide certification service of FCC, NRTL, FDA, EnergyStar, DLC, DOE, CEC Title20, CEC Title24, ISTA, FTC, CE, CB, PSE, INMETRO, NOM, SASO 2870, SAA, VEET, IPART, etc. and one-stop service for reliability testing of lighting products, manufacturing of testing equipment, R&D verification, pre-production evaluation, quality control, product shipment inspection, factory inspection, metering and calibration of instruments and equipment!