Australian Agency for International Standard (Standards Australia International Limited) is Australia's only standard certification bodies.
The agency was founded in 1922, when the name of the Commonwealth Engineering Standards Association of Australia, in 1929 changed its name to the Australian Standards Association. With the continuous development of business in 1990, added Quality Certification Services Limited (Quality Assurance Services Pty Ltd). In 1999, the agency completely abandon the nature of the association, registered as a company so far.

Australian international standard is relatively neutral in terms of the government and consumers. In 1988 it signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal government made clear its independence and authority in Australia. Company is headquartered in Sydney, with offices in the state employees a total of 500 people, and in India, Indonesia and New Zealand branches.

In Australia, whether imported or locally assembled electrical products, on entering the Australian market, we should first through the Australian international standard certification. Different electrical products to do different product quality certification.

All electrical products have to do secure authentication (SAA). Inspection bodies through destructive tests on electrical appliances, check the electrical safety and reliability, such as high-temperature case, the uninterrupted use of electrical overload, check the electrical safety performance. The appearance of the washing machine to conduct leak tests to check leakage. Pairs of electrical sockets for non-normal use to see if there are hidden dangers and so forth.

Into the Australian market of electrical products must comply with local safety regulations, that is the industry are often faced with the SAA certification. As Australia and New Zealand mutual recognition agreement between the two countries, all certified products made in Australia, can smoothly enter the New Zealand market.

SAA logo There are two main one is the form of recognition, a standard symbol. Type Approval is the only sample a negative charge instead of the standard logo is a need to review each of the plant. Currently there are two ways to apply SAA certification, a turn through the CB test report, if there is no CB test report, you can also apply directly.