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Premier Scale Services is a SANAS approved Verification laboratory for weighing equipment up to 60 000kg. This together with our Certificate of Authority from NRCS allows us to Verify scales for trade use. This includes weighbridges, gas filling scales, platform scales, butchery scales and many others. It is a legal requirement for many scales to be verified every 2 years. Many scale users are not aware of this and may be breaking the law. Penalties can range from fines to confiscation, closure or even a prison sentence. The reason for such stiff penalties is to protect consumers who need to be assured that the weights indicated are always correct i.e. if you pay for 2kg of rice you get 2kg of rice. Before selecting a scale supplier or repairer make sure that they are SANAS and NRCS accredited before you use them. Using un-accreditted suppliers could end up being very expensive.

As part of our accreditation we are audited annually by SANAS. This year the audit was over 2 gruelling days where almost all aspects of our quality system were audited. Our Quality team did exceptionally well, only 2 minor findings were made and we received numerous compliments from the audit team. We would like to thank the audit team from SANAS and congratulate our Quality team on a very successful audit once again!

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our staff, clients and suppliers a very successful 2017. We are blessed to have started the year well with weighbridge orders from Massmart and Rand Water, 2 custom made 30 ton coil weighing scales for a large steel manufacturer, 2 new gas filling depots in Botswana and a large order for platform scales from Nampak. If this is any indication of the year ahead it will be a good one for all. 2017 is an important year for the scale / metrology industry in South Africa;

1. The upcoming AGM for SACS (Scale Council) will be an important one with the founding Chairman stepping down. I will keep you posted on what transpires.
2. We expect finalization on the Legal Metrology Regulations from DTI during this year – keep an eye on this as it could have some serious consequences for everyone. Once we have some clarity we will communicate the changes.
3. We also expect some finalization from NRCS on the Certificates of Authority to Verify weighing equipment.
4. Premier Scales will have our annual SANAS audit in May, every year we do a bit better so I’m actually looking forward to it.
5. And of course the ANC elective conference in December……….who knows what is going to happen there.

All in all I think 2017 is going to be a very interesting year, if nothing else we won’t be bored J. Let’s hope that it is a great business year for all.