CARIRI has been fortunate to be guided, through the years, by Executive Directors and Chief Executive Officers of tremendous vision and professional accomplishment, each respected in their field, each taking CARIRI through a new phase of growth and to a new level of excellence.
Rich H. Westergaard (Norway 1970), Eiliv Sodahl (1972), C. Lewis Wrenshall (USA, UN Chief Technical Adviser 1973), Hollis Charles (1973 - 1989), Prof. G S Ramaswamy (India, UN Chief Technical Adviser 1977), Desmond Ali (1989), Michael Harris (1994), Liaquat Ali Shah (1998 - Present)
The management system of CARIRI has been assessed and certified by SGS as meeting the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 for the following activities:Consulting, industrial research and testing and equipment design and development. CARIRI has been certified by SGS to the ISO 9001 standard since January 1999.
The laboratories of CARIRI have demonstrated compliance with the ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard, General criteria for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, and have been accredited by the International
Accreditation Service Inc. for the test methods listed in the scope of accreditation at IASonline.org.
CARIRI's laboratories have had a history of international accreditation since 1997.
