The Standards Institution of Israel (SII) (Hebrew: מכון התקנים הישראלי, ''Makhon haTkanim haIsraeli'') is a state-owned corporation responsible for setting standards for products and services provided in
Israel. The Standards Institute tests and certifies products, granting a "stamp of approval" (''tav teken''). It also verifies that certified products maintain their quality over time.
History
The authority of the Institution is defined in the Law of Standards (1953). The Institution is located in the
Ramat Aviv
Ramat Aviv Alef or Ramat Aviv HaYeruka, and originally plainly Ramat Aviv ( he, רָמַת אָבִיב, ''lit.'' Spring Heights), is a neighborhood in northwest Tel Aviv, Israel.
History
Ramat Aviv was founded in 1950s following the great inf ...
district of
Tel Aviv near
Tel Aviv University.
Established in 1945 by the Society of Engineers and Architects, it was registered as a company and independently set its standards, conducting quality testing and conducting surveys and studies.
The Standards Institution was an outgrowth of the Materials Testing Laboratory established in 1923 to check the quality of building materials. Only 30 years after launching the laboratory in 1953, the Institution was legally acknowledged as the supreme authority for setting Israeli standards.
Its primary task is determining standards and enforcing them. The Institution ensures quality control, does international market surveys, and conducts extensive studies about markets for various products.
Key figures
*Sii chairman - Former
Knesset member
Ran Cohen
*CEO - Daniel Goldshtein
*Director, Industry division - Yakov Vechte]
*Director, Quality & Certification Division (QCD) - Eli Cohen-Kagan
*Director, standardizations - Helen Atarot
See also
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Economy of Israel
The economy of Israel is a developed free-market economy. The prosperity of Israel's advanced economy allows the country to have a sophisticated welfare state, a powerful modern military said to possess a nuclear-weapons capability, modern inf ...
References
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Organizations established in 1945
Government agencies of Israel
Standards organizations in Israel
ISO member bodies