FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:



Porta-Nails, Inc. a USA based a manufacturer of tongue and groove wood flooring installation tools and fasteners has passed its pre-market product safety testing regimen by Intertek ETL SEMKO, a global, independent third-party testing lab and certification agency. As evidence of its compliance to ANSI Standard 101-1993, Portamatic will bear Intertek's proprietary and universally accepted ETL Listed Mark, a requirement of products being sold in U.S. or Canadian markets.

Intertek's ETL Listed Mark is one of many product certification marks (such as the UL or CSA marks) that demonstrate compliance to national consensus standards. The ETL Listed Mark is commonly displayed on product packaging and the product itself to demonstrate compliance to buyers, specifiers and consumers.

Required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), manufacturers are required to submit their products to a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) - recognized by OSHA - for evaluation and certification to consensus standards. Intertek is an NRTL in the U.S. and an accredited Testing Organization (TO) and Certification Body (CB) by the Standards Council of Canada. Its ETL Listed Mark is recognized by Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) such as fire marshals, building inspectors, and code officials throughout North America.


The ETL SEMKO division of Intertek Group plc (LSE: ITRK), an international testing, inspection and certification organization, operates in 273 laboratories and 521 offices in 100 countries throughout the world. The company assesses customers' products and commodities against a wide range of safety, regulatory, quality and performance standards and in some cases, certifies the management systems of customers. For more information, contact icenter@intertek.com or visit www.intertek-etlsemko.com.