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About KCL

We are making a leap forward as a global testing and research institute and providing the highest level of trustworthy testing and research services.

2010s

2020 ~ Now
2010s
2000s
Prior to 2000

KCL History

2019s

  • Nov

    • Accredited as a certified testing institution by the International Association of Athletics Federations

  • Oct

    • Designated as a performance certification institution for simple fine dust measuring instrument(National Institute of Environmental Research)

  • Sep

    • Designated as a fire safety testing & certification institution(UL 723) for the Underwriters Laboratories

  • Aug

    • Awarded the presidential citation at the 20th Innovative Technology Show

  • Jun

    • Signed a MoU with the Cuban Technology and Industrial Quality Center under the Cuban Ministry of Industry

  • May

    • Opened the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Branch new buildings, and designated as electrical appliances safety check testing institution (Korean Agency for Technology and Standards)

2018s

  • 12.13

    • Signed MOU with Yeosu City·Soongsil University

  • 12.04

    • Signed MOU with Ministry of SMEs and Startups

  • 11.06

    • Held joint international seminar with KISR

  • 11.02

    • Signed MOU with SZUAVIA

  • 09.15

    • Signed MOU with Drone Sports International

  • 09.13

    • Signed MOU with UICF Kangwon univ·CIPST

  • 09.12

    • Signed MOU with Korea National University of Transportation

  • 09.04

    • Signed MOU with Korea East-West Power

  • 08.03

    • Signed MOU with Korea Venture Business Womens Association

  • 08.01

    • Signed MOU with Ministry of the Interior and Safety

  • 06.21

    • Held a working level seminar on certification of cosmetics/medical devices

  • 06.19

    • Signed MOU with SK stoa

  • 05.28

    • Signed MOU with Korea Toy Industry Cooperative

  • 04.25

    • Awarded citation of Public Procurement Service citation

  • 03.27

    • Signed MOU with Korea SMEs Trade Association

  • 03.20

    • Signed MOU with Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education

  • 03.19

    • Held a groundbreaking ceremony for the relocation of Yeongnam Division

  • 03.05

    • Awarded NTS citation in the 52th Taxpayer's day

  • 02.08

    • Held a groundbreaking ceremony for CO2 business platform

  • 01.17

    • Signed MOU with Incheon MSS (Ministry of SMEs and Startups)

  • 01.13

    • Signed MOU with UL

  • 01.08

    • Signed MOU with Siheung City·Korea Energy Agency

2017s

  • 12.01

    • Signed MOU with CVC · CVCHK

  • 11.20

    • Signed MOU with Hwaseong-si · KITECH · Pohang University of Science & Technology · Ajou University · Hwaseong-si Chamber of Commerce and Industry

  • 11.15

    • Signed MOU with KISR

  • 11.12

    • Signed MOU with QUATEST 3 · SHTP · Gyeongbuk Techno Park

  • 10.26

    • Signed MOU with Korea Food Colds Association
    • Signed MOU with CCLC

  • 10.19

    • Awarded presidential citation in 2017 International Standard Day

  • 10.17

    • Signed MOU with Korea Invention Promotion Association

  • 09.26

    • Signed MOU with Korea District Heating Corporation

  • 09.07

    • Signed MOU with Jeollanam-do Province · Yeosu-si · Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

  • 08.31

    • Signed MOU with Gyeonggi Small and Medium Business Association · Gyeonggi Cosmetics Association

  • 07.17

    • Signed MOU with ICR POLSKA

  • 07.14

    • Signed MOU with 3CE

  • 06.29

    • Signed MOU with Korea Energy Agency

  • 06.28

    • Signed MOU with Korea Disabled People's Development Institute

  • 06.20

    • Signed MOU with Seoul Regional Office Small ＆ Medium Business Administration

  • 06.12

    • Signed MOU with Korea Battery Industry Association · TUV SUD KOREA

  • 06.08

    • Signed MOU with Byucksan

  • 06.05

    • Signed MOU with Gangwon-do Province · Inje-gun · Inje Speedium · Kangwon Regional Small Medium Business Administration

  • 05.29

    • Signed MOU with ICR
    • Signed MOU with Ulsan Metropolitan City · Ulsan Techno Park

  • 05.23

    • Established Center for Climatic Environment Real-scale Testing

  • 05.18

    • Signed MOU with Chungbuk Regional Small Medium Business Administration

  • 05.11

    • Signed MOU with Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Office of SMBA

  • 04.18

    • Signed MOU with Eurofins

  • 03.07

    • Signed MOU with Gyeonggi Province · Osan city · Gyeonggi Urban Innovation Corporation MOU

  • 02.22

    • Signed MOU with Korea Railroad Research Institute MOU

  • 02.09

    • Signed MOU with UL

  • 01.24

    • Signed MOU with KOTRA

  • 01.13

    • Signed MOU with University of Ulster

  • 01.10

    • Signed MOU with Korea Wire Industry Cooperative

2016s

  • 11.11

    • Opened the Safety Convergence Technology Center

  • 09.19

    • Signed MOU with Kyeonggi Regional Small Medium Business Administration

  • 07.15

    • Established Naepo-sub branch & Signed MOU with Chungnam Techno Park

  • 06.28

    • Established Samcheok Real-scale Fire Testing & Research Center in Samcheok, Gangwon

  • 06.24

    • Signed MOU with LG Housis

  • 06.20

    • Designated as a new technology of construction No.791

  • 06.10

    • Signed MOU with Shinsegae TV Shopping

  • 05.26

    • Signed MOU with IM Shopping

  • 05.18

    • Signed MOU with Korea Standards Association / Korea Testing & Research Institute

  • 05.03

    • Signed MOU with Royan Institute

  • 04.26

    • Signed MOU with ISTA (International Safety Transit Association)

  • 04.07

    • Signed MOU with UL

  • 04.05

    • Signed MOU with Qualcomm Institute

  • 03.23

    • Signed MOU with Korea Intertek Testing Services
    • Signed MOU with Incheon Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA)

  • 03.18

    • Held Joint Seminar on Korea's Next-Generation Growth Strategies and Trends

  • 03.03

    • Received the 2016 KS Certificate No. 1

  • 02.17

    • Established Jungbu Division Office in Gyeonggi Nambu and signed MOU with Gyeonggi Techno Park

  • 02.15

    • Signed MOU with Green Bio Research Association

  • 01.22

    • Signed MOU with Secure Design & Technology Korea

2015s

  • 12.28

    • igned MOU with KOHSIA (Korea High-tech Safety Industry Association)

  • 12.18

    • Signed MOU with Korea CPTED Association

  • 12.16

    • Signed MOU with Mongol EDC

  • 11.30

    • Designated as a KS certification agency

  • 10.29

    • Signed MOU with TUV-SUD

  • 09.22

    • Signed MOU with the Ministry of Construction in Myanmar

  • 09.16

    • Signed MOU with GSO (Gulf Standardization Organization)

  • 09.08

    • Built a residential environment test lab (Jincheon)

  • 08.25

    • Korea Institute of Marine Science and Technology

  • 08.13

    • Signed MOU with Korea Forestry Agency

  • 08.10

    • Signed MOU with Korea Auto Parts Association

  • 07.01

    • Korea Conformity Laboratories established

  • 05.27

    • MOU with City of Changwon

  • 05.08

    • Completed Building Energy Tech Center (Jincheon)

  • 04.28

    • Established local lab in Qingdao, China

  • 03.02

    • Signed MOU with KISR (Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research)

  • 02.04

    • Signed MOU with Daegu-aT Corporation

2014s

  • 04.15

    • Signed MOU with Korea South-East Power Co.

  • 03.18

    • Signed MOU with Yeongnam University

  • 03.14

    • Signed MOU with Korea PE-X Association
    • Signed MOU with four government bodies including Chungcheongbuk-do (Solar Valley)

  • 03.13

    • Launched the construction of Building Energy Tech Support Center (Jincheon, Chungbuk)

  • 03.05

    • Signed MOU with Quality Management Office of Public Procurement Service

  • 02.24

    • Signed MOU with Dyetec

  • 02.13

    • Signed MOU with Korea Industrial Complex Corporation’s Honam Regional Eco Industrial Park

  • 01.27

    • Became the first testing laboratory to support EU’s CE marking for window and door products in Korea

2013s

  • 12.31

    • Designated as a condensation-testing agency for houses

  • 12.15

    • Signed MOU with MTS

  • 12.10

    • Signed MOU with 13 companies including Korea Water Resources Corporation
    • Signed MOU with Seongchang Industry

  • 12.02

    • Signed MOU with Chungbuk University Industry-Academy Corporation

  • 11.29

    • Completed Fire Testing Research Center and signed MOU (Samcheok)

  • 11.11

    • Signed MOU with Korea Toilet Association

  • 11.01

    • Signed MOU with Ikea Korea

  • 10.30

    • Signed MOU with Shinseong Solar Energy

  • 10.11

    • Signed MOU with Korea MAS Association
    • Signed MOU with Korea Aluminum Industry Cooperative Association

  • 10.08

    • Signed MOU with Korea Water and Wastewater Association

  • 09.24

    • Signed MOU with Seogu District of Daegu and Daegu City Corporation

  • 09.13

    • Signed MOU with SZU, Czech

  • 09.03

    • Signed MOU with Construction and Development Center, Mongolia
    • Signed MOU with Construction and Urban Development of Mongolia

  • 08.29

    • Signed MOU with Eagon Corp.

  • 08.19

    • Designated as a technology rating agency of KOSDAQ

  • 06.27

    • Signed MOU with Korea Scenery Pavement Industry Cooperative

  • 06.19

    • Signed MOU with National Institute of Safety and Disaster

  • 06.18

    • Designated as an cooperation for technical standardization by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE)

  • 05.20

    • Established a sound environment testing complex and initiated testing and evaluation service

  • 05.13

    • Signed MOU with Chungcheongbuk-do and Jicheon-kun

  • 05.02

    • Signed MOU with Korea Customs Brokers Association

  • 04.18

    • Signed MOU with Korea Basic Science Institute

  • 04.15

    • Signed MOU with Guro Hospital of Korea University

  • 04.01

    • Designated as a high-efficiency test institute by MOTIE

  • 03.27

    • Designated as a small business startup academy by the SMBA Seoul Regional Office

  • 03.20

    • Signed MOU with ATS, Signed MOU with Gyeonggi-do on Feb. 26, 2013

  • 02.07

    • Signed MOU with Central Association for Korea Federation of SMEs

  • 01.25

    • Certification of the continuing education facilities of Seoul Gangnam District Office of Education for knowledge and talent development project

2012s

  • 12.06

    • Signed MOU with TUV SUD

  • 11.14

    • Designated as testing & inspection agency for environmentally hazardous substances by the National Institute of Environmental Research

  • 11.13

    • Signed MOU with Korea Concrete Institute
    • Sign MOU with Home Plus

  • 11.05

    • Designated as asbestos safety training institute by the Ministry of Environment (ME)

  • 10.26

    • Designated as reference material producer by the Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS, KATS)

  • 09.28

    • Designated as asbestos environmental center by ME

  • 09.27

    • Signed MOU with Small and Medium Business Administration

  • 09.11

    • Signed MOU with National Food Safety Information Service

  • 08.01

    • Signed MOU with Korea Society of Toxicology

  • 07.30

    • Signed MOU with Hapcheon District Office

  • 06.28

    • Registered as an agency for quality inspection by Seoul Land Management Agency

  • 05.14

    • Signed MOU with Kumho Petrochemical

  • 05.10

    • Signed MOU with Tongyang Inc.

  • 04.18

    • Signed MOU with NS Home Shopping
    • Signed MOU with Korea Basic Science Institute
    • Designated as an official inspection agency by KOLAS

  • 04.17

    • Signed MOU with Chungbuk Techno Park

  • 04.06

    • Signed MOU with UL

  • 04.02

    • Signed MOU with Industrial Bank of Korea

  • 03.22

    • Signed MOU with Green Consumer Network

  • 03.12

    • Signed MOU with Construction Material Center, Japan

  • 03.05

    • Designated as a product certification agency for exports to Saudi Arabia by MOTIE

  • 02.10

    • Signed MOU with Passive House Institute Korea

  • 02.09

    • Signed MOU with Daegu Industrial Complex Management Corporation

  • 01.19

    • Designated as training institute by KOLAS

  • 01.18

    • Signed MOU with Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

  • 01.10

    • Designated as a proficiency testing agency of KOLAS

  • 01.06

    • Designated as an official certification agency by MOTIE under the Special Act for Promotion of Parts & Material Companies

2011s

  • 12.29

    • Designated as a soil testing agency (Han River Basin Environmental Office

  • 12.22

    • Designated as PSPC organization (Lloyd)

  • 11.18

    • Designated as efficiency management testing laboratory (Ministry of Knowledge Economy, MKE)

  • 07.01

    • Designated as an official certification agency (Korea Agency for Technology and Standards, KATS)

  • 05.02

    • Designated as a partner for standards development in plastic sectors (KATS)

  • 04.20

    • Designated as a PSPC organization (MKE, Korea Register of Shipping)

  • 03.14

    • Designated as a testing agency for high efficiency equipment and materials (MKE)

  • 02.28

    • Designated as an investigation agency for product-related accidents (KATS)

  • 02.10

    • Designated as an asbestos inspection agency (Jungbu Regional Employment and Labor Administration)

2010s

  • 11.03

    • Construction and Environment Testing Complex (Ochang) completed

  • 07.08

    • Korea Conformity Laboratories (KCL) established