Third Party Verification for the 3-A Symbol and
3-A Process Certification

Symbol Holders List

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New Symbol Holders 2008
Are you looking for a new 3-A Symbol licensee? You can find them on the Symbol holders list above, but here is a quick link to the list of new 3-A Symbol holders in calendar 2007.

View the New 3-A Symbol holders list (PDF)

Discontinued Symbol Holders
The list of Discontinued Symbol Holders shows the name of the company, the standard number and the 3-A Symbol Authorization number that has been discontinued. The discontinuation may be due various reasons, including the equipment no longer being in production, the consolidation of equipment in another 3-A Symbol authorization resulting from a change in company ownership, or failure of the holder to maintain the authorization in accordance with the terms and conditions for use of the 3-A Symbol. 3-A SSI expresses no opinion, and makes no judgment, regarding any Symbol holder on the list, or any equipment, beyond the fact of discontinued status.

The list also shows a code, assigned by 3-A SSI, which indicates the reason for the discontinuation. The codes and the definitions are as follows:

• V = Voluntary Withdrawal – The authorization has been withdrawn at the request of the holder. Reasons for a voluntary withdrawal may include consolidation of products with another authorization, the discontinuation of a product, or the intention to no longer hold a 3-A Symbol authorization for the equipment.

• S = Suspension – The authorization was suspended by 3-A SSI due to the failure of the holder to meet provisions of the 3-A SSI License Agreement for Use of the 3-A Symbol. Typically, the holder has failed to submit on a timely basis one or more of the following: Application and License Agreement, payment of licensing fee, or a Third Party Verification inspection report completed by a Certified Conformance Evaluator (CCE) with a finding of conformance.This category also includes any authorization for which 3-A SSI receives a Third Party Verification inspection report completed by a CCE with a finding of nonconformance, regardless of whether the holder requests a voluntary withdrawal of the authorization. The finding of nonconformance obligates the holder to remedy the failure(s) that resulted in the suspension within a fixed period of time.

• E = Enforced Withdrawal – The authorization was withdrawn by 3-A SSI based on a final determination of nonconformance or other failure of the holder to remedy nonconformance or suspension issue(s) within the allotted period of time.

View the 3-A Discontinued Symbol holders list (PDF).