Yale Door and Window Solutions’ Cheltenham Test Centre has again been awarded the FGIA Accredited Component Laboratory Certificate for 2026, for testing to AAMA 904 – maintaining its position as the only FGIA-accredited laboratory to this standard outside the United States.
The AAMA Laboratory Accreditation Programme, identifies and accredits highly qualified testing laboratories against AAMA performance standards. The AAMA 904 accreditation covers multi-bar hinges in window applications.
The renewed certification enables Yale to continue supporting the US customer base for its Storm, Sterling, and SAT heavy-duty hinges with a third-party-accredited testing facility. This provides customers with confidence that the hinges meet the most stringent American standards – delivering reliable performance that has been independently verified.
It also further enhances the credibility of ASSA ABLOY in the US fenestration market, underlining investment in world-class testing infrastructure and the company’s ongoing commitment to its customers and clients.
Richard Gurmin, Director and Head of Export at Yale DWS, comments: “We’re extremely proud of our Centre of Excellence for Window Products in Cheltenham, which enables us to test door and window hardware to the most stringent and up-to-date industry standards, providing accurate data on the product’s performance as well as offering endurance-testing, static load-testing, and corrosion-testing.
