Gary,

The NECQ audit program is our national off-shoot of an international 
program known as the IECQ. (International Electronic Component 
Qualification Program). For a country to participate they need an 
National Standards Organization (NSO) and a National Supervisory 
Inspectorate (NSI). There must also be a National coordination body in 
each country. In the US it is the ECCB ( Electrinic Component 
Certification Board). The ECCB is a group of approximately 25 individuals 
from different industry sectors to represent the electronics industry in 
qualification efforts. EIA is our NSO; UL is our NSI.
  
The NECQ is a mirror program of the IECQ. Instead of qualifying 
components to an international specification it is done to a national or 
industry specification. The NSI is still UL, only they are now called the 
SSI (System Supervisory Inspectorate). So it is the same players just 
wearing a different hat and using a different set of specifications. The 
rules for the program are the same, and the ECCB manages both.

Dieter Bergman

On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Gary Peterson wrote:
  
> Can anyone tell me what an NECQ audit is?
> I'm told it has something to do with ICs, MCMs and Hybrids.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  Gary P.
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