EXTERNAL certifiers go around companies to make sure that their processes and systems are up to mark, before they award the firms with International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certifications and other professional stamps of approval.

SINGAPORE'S bunkering industry was so unfettered in the early 1980s that Seah Khen Hee nicknamed it 'the wild wild east'.

IN its bid to go up to bat against the big boys, Geo-Chem Far East is turning to accreditation for a home run.

NEED some light? Flick the switch. Feel like watching TV? Hit the 'on' button.

YOU are what you eat, goes the saying. Few, however, would know the amount of research that Agrolex does to make agrochemicals like fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides that aid the growth of the agricultural produce we spoon into our mouths every day.

WHILE some doctors and lawyers spend their time after office hours playing golf, a few hundred engineers have been using that same time to work on standardisation policies.

ALAN Bryden could tell you a thing or two about quality standards - in fact, he could tell you quite a few things.