Featured in Hong Kong Economic Journal

Medical Supplies_ pandemic_Hong Kong Economic Journal - ICW

It is a great honor to be featured by Hong Kong Economic Journal.


ICW is helping its clients navigate this pandemic by providing mask certificate verification, import/export consulting, and quality assurance solutions.


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【醫療用品認證需求增 ICW用戶飆19倍】

檢測認證管理平台International Compliance Workshop (ICW)首席執行官林智謙表示,新冠肺炎疫情在全球多國爆發後,口罩及面罩等醫療用品的需求急增,但買家對採購這些用品的認證要求不清,亦有不法中介公司誤導廠商以假證書出貨,市場對其平台提供的認證服務需求因而急升,幾乎每日都有10個至20個買家主動接洽,平台用戶由半年前約300個,升至如今約6000個,急增19倍。

疫症引發全球醫療物資的搶購潮,醫用口罩的合規性亦引起消費者關注。林智謙稱,歐美市場本身對醫療物資有嚴格把關,但疫情下採購需求緊急,市場資訊混亂,有零售商因而購入持假證書或無效報告進口的產品,「2月時有歐美大型超市與我們接洽,為他們檢查證書,希望為他們介紹有質素的供應商。」


採購目標主攻醫用口罩


ICW半年前推出iSource服務,能夠讓客戶按其需要,短時間內直接找到一批已認可及具質素的供應商。林智謙表示,因應疫情,iSource在約一個月前推出防疫用品專區,買家的查詢亦大增,除了藥房、超市等銷售商,亦有政府、診所、保險公司及其他企業,「他們採購目標多數是醫用口罩,約一成是N95這類高規格口罩,約兩成是面罩及護目鏡,消毒液則不多,呼吸機的查詢都有,但我們未有相關認證專家,亦提供不到這類產品的服務。」

雖然疫情下令平台用戶大增,但林智謙表示, 醫療防疫產品佔整體服務需求仍小,公司業務50%為玩具、雜貨,化妝品及電子產品則分別佔30%及20%。


他指出,近年留意到輕工業品的生產鏈正加快轉移到東南亞等國家,公司自2年前已在越南及印度部署。目前公司全球員工約40多人,在香港、深圳、上海、越南、印度、英國及美國都有員工。

該公司是獲政府創科創投基金投資的本地初企。林智謙認為,iSource服務機遇大,並將加速發展,公司近2個月已近收支平衡;未來會加大人手於平台研發及銷售,亦會於中國及印度物色更多供應商。

公司正進行A+輪融資,目前籌集800萬至1000萬美元,預計6月至7月完成。


採訪、撰文:陳詠賢

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ALERT ON FRAUDULENT WEBSITE

ICW

International Compliance Workshop Ltd (ICW) wishes to alert its customers and member of the public to the fraudulent websites “http://35.178.172.xx””. This fraudulent websites using our logos, contents for irregularities. International Compliance Workshop Ltd (ICW)’s official website is qmas.icw.io (Global) & www.icwcn.net (China).


Customers are reminded that they should not access their ICW accounts through hyperlinks embedded in emails or Internet search engines. They should only access the website by typing ICW’s official website address into the address bar of their browser, or by setting up a bookmark link to the ICW’s official website. If you have already accessed the fraudulent website and input your login credential, please reset your email password in ICW system immediately.


International Compliance Workshop Ltd (ICW) has no connection with this fraudulent websites and accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for this websites or any dealing with or through any of this websites.

The incident has been reported to the relevant regulatory authorities for handling.


Should you have any queries, please contact us on (852) 37050346 or email to info@icw.io .

Product Testing and Inspection Platform – TICMART

Product Testing and Inspection Platform – ICW

TICMART (ICW) provides a platform that will vastly improve your product compliance process. By using our QA marketplace, your quality assurance and product inspection procedures will be greatly simplified. Our QA marketplace acts as a price comparison website, allowing you to seamlessly filter through 100s of inspection quotations from various labs to find the perfect quote for you. Instead of individually researching different labs’ features and prices, our centralised platform means all the information you need is available to you in one place. This way, you will save both time and resources when seeking quality assurance or a product inspection. As well as a price comparison feature, Ticmart offers users a uniquely designed compliance software service. This software allows you to supervise all of your suppliers and products once again on a single, centralised platform. We’ll show you KPIs of your suppliers and products, allowing you to evaluate which of your suppliers or products are doing better than others. Another benefit of our software is it will keep you up to date with any changes in compliance regulations – you will be the first to know if your product compliance documents need updating. Drastically increasing the efficiency of your quality assurance and product inspection processes is the main aim of our platform.


Backed by a team of compliance experts, any product compliance issue you have will be handled quickly and effectively. Should you have any product compliance queries outside of office hours, our intelligent manager is available 24/7 ensuring you have online support round the clock. We have partnerships with top labs across the world, so you are guaranteed a quality service all around when choosing Ticmart. Our platform also leverages big data analytics and artificial intelligence, allowing us to provide the best possible experience to our customers. All these factors combined mean when it comes to finding competitive inspection quotations, ensuring your products are conformant and other product compliance matters, ICW) is the place to go.

Featured in Hong Kong Business Magazine

Digitising the supply chainHong Kong Business Magazine - ICW

Thank you for the reporting from @Charlton Media Group – Hong Kong Business Magazine. @ICW integrates innovative technology to provide transparent IT, supply chain compliance, and quality assurance solutions, supporting its clients from over 50 countries to manage complex supply chain processes. Read more: https://lnkd.in/fvfPd65

ICW Technical Guidance

ICW Technical Guidance - ICW

What are the requirements for Textile and Wool Acts? We host all our Technical Guidance in one convenient place so you can find what is most relevant to you. Learn more from our resources now.

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Compile Your Technical Dossiers Intelligently

Compile Your Technical Dossiers Intelligently - ICW

Our new launched AI Reports Management System use AI Technology to capture the data from your uploaded technical reports. Allowing you to get your analysis faster for QA/QC spending, defects, pass/fail rate and supplier performance. Contact our sales to get your powerful database and execute your performance analysis now.

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Welcome Offer 2019

ICW

Get an Extra 30% Off for Your Laboratory Service – From now until 31 Dec 19, your first testing or factory audit application of third party laboratory through ICW platform can enjoy an extra 30% off* (max. discount HKD2000)!


Visit our website and get your FREE quote now! Click: http://qmas.icw.io/en/test


*Key in the code ” ICW30OFF” at the remarks of application page and receive an extra 30% off. *Terms & Conditions applied.

London Mayor’s International Business Programme Delegation Visit

London Mayor’s International Business Programme Delegation Visit - ICW

It is a great honor for ICW to present in London Mayor’s International Business Programme Delegation Visit.

This is a chance for us to share perspectives with Entrepreneurs from London about supply chain market in Asia and how ICW supply chain service platform can support their businesses from connecting quality suppliers, monitoring product compliance to analyzing supply chain performance.


Visit our website to discover more : qmas.icw.io/en/

USD 2.52 Million Series A Capital Raise

Series A Capital Raise - ICW

International Compliance Workshop Limited (ICW) is proud to announce the completion of USD 2.52 million Series A capital raise on 4 April 2019.


It is the first investment of The Innovation and Technology Venture Fund Corporation (ITVFC) established by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, in partnership with Mindworks Venture, to co-invest in local innovation and technology start-ups.


With the outstanding performances over the past 12 months, the total number of enterprise subscribers and transaction sales through the ICW marketplace portal have increased by 4000% and 240% respectively.

The fund will be utilized to enhance the technological capabilities of our holistic compliance management system and product testing/inspection/factory audit platform. ICW would also exploit market opportunities in the United States and the Middle East with the new investment resources.


Details of ITVF : https://lnkd.in/gTV_-Gx

ICW website : qmas.icw.io/en/