INSPEC International Ltd is the world's leading independent organisation for the testing and certification of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and related Quality Management Systems.

Our scope of activity covers all types of PPE - from head to toe - as well as the provision of the associated laboratory test equipment.

We are a 'family firm' and currently employ about 40 staff, operating from seven laboratories and three office locations. 

We have been in business in the United Kingdom since 1981 and in China since 2002.

We now provide our services and products to a wide range of clients - from the largest to the smallest - all around the world.

We offer testing to European, American and Australian PPE standards, CE marking to the European PPE Directive, Wheel marking to the European Marine Equipment Directive and certification of Quality Management Systems to ISO 9001.

In cooperation with the Safety Equipment Institute (SEI) in the USA, we also provide PPE testing and certification programmes for the North American market.

Our testing and certification activities are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

And about this site . . .

We have organised the site by topic - just the company in general and our three core businesses.  Under each main tab at the top, detailed information can be found by selecting one of the sub-tabs on the left, above the globe.

The five sub-tabs below the globe are specific to the subject of the screen that you are browsing. 

Click on the INSPEC logo at the top, to return to our Front page.  Click on the globe to the left to go to our Welcome / language selection page.

Throughout the site you will see words underlined in blue.  If you click on these, you will be directed to further information on that subject.

We endeavour to keep the contents of this site up-to-date and hope that it provides all of the information that you are looking for.  If it does not, please get in touch with us directly for more details.

Finally, we are always seeking to improve our operation.  One way you can help is to give us your opinion of our services, our equipment, this website - any observations you care to make.  Before you leave, please take a moment to send us your comments on the Feedback form - the tab is just to the left.

Thank you for your time and interest in INSPEC.

Paul Clarke, Managing Director