AMCA's bold pro-American quality certification program challenges ISO's foreign standards in the U.S. marketplace.

Boston, MA - USA | September 13, 2021 -- In memory of 9/11, on the 20th anniversary of one of America's darkest days, AMCA announced launch of its new pro-American quality certification program at http://www.amcacert.com

Founded by Donald LaBelle, AMCA was developed as a customized quality certification exclusively for U.S. based manufacturers, machine shops, distributors and other industrial suppliers. The certification comes at a much needed time as fake ISO certificates are flooding the market overshadowing legitimate ISO registrations.

According to LaBelle ISO certificates are easily faked because there is a serious lack of true oversight. Any unethical person or seedy organization can legally print up ISO certifications of any standard, slap on bogus accreditation seals, and sell them like candy to naive businesses,” said LaBelle.

“I've seen numerous manufacturers using fake ISO certificates they purchased online without meeting any of ISO's compliance guidelines,” said LaBelle. He added, “It was shocking to see even numerous federal government contractors landing multi-million dollar contracts using an ISO certificate they purchased online from a mail order 'certificate mill.' They literally received the certificate overnight.”

AMCA was not established to replace ISO certification as the they are different standards that compliment each other. AMCA focuses on revitalizing the U.S. manufacturing sector and increasing the global competitiveness of American made products. Whereas ISO certification is based on 'international standards' with no preference to the United States. In contrast, AMCA is boldly pro-American adapting the 'Buy American Act' into its standards, among other requirements for certification.

US-based manufacturers, machine shops, distributors and other industrial suppliers can submit an application for certification at https://amcacert.com/get-quality-certified/

About AMCA:

AMCA (American Made Customer Accredited) is the first pro-American quality certification for the U.S. manufacturing sector. Being AMCA certified ensures your company is recognized for quality and integrity independent of ISO's foreign certification schemes. Companies certified to AMCA standards are over-seen and accredited by their own customers... making AMCA the only truly impartial accreditation in quality certification. AMCA is the 'Gold Standard' of American quality in the manufacturing sector.

Companies that qualify can apply for certification at http://www.amcacert.com

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Des Moines, IA: September 16, 2021 – A new social network – LyfePal – is becoming the latest go-to site where businesses, and brands can increase their global online presence.

LyfePal is a free private social media platform that allows you to share content, join social groups, network with pals, make new connections, organize crowdfunding, and a lot more.

The site currently has more than 5,000 members with new members joining each day and has a "Groups" section that gives people a private space to share with small groups of people, like family, teammates or friends. 

Privacy settings can be customized for each group. Within the group, people can post updates, share photos, share files, and organize events.

Equally, members can take advantage of the “Events” section, which gives people an option to organize gatherings, manage invitations, send notifications, and reminders to their friends.

You can also turn to the “Pages” directory, which allows you to create, and manage a business page to promote your business services, crafts or products.

Alternatively, you can utilize the “Profile” page to express what is on your mind. You can choose what you want to share on your Profile, such as using a photo, text, hashtag, mentions, link, videos, polls, audio upload or a combination of all of the above. Your profile can be set to Public, Friends or Only Me.

On your “News Feed”, you will see regularly updated stories from Pals, Pages, Groups and Events.

LyfePal is the leading platform for businesses, and brands to increase their online presence – locally, and globally. For more information or to join, log on to https://lyfepal.com/ or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

In July 2021, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to retain the US Care Labeling Rule for apparel and certain textile goods.

In July 2020, the FTC had voted to propose a repeal of the US Care Labeling Rule, which had been in effect since 1971. The rule requires manufacturers and importers of garments and some textile goods to attach a label that provides clear and accurate care instructions covering dry cleaning or washing, bleaching, drying and ironing.

The FTC’s consultation received over 200 comments, the majority of which opposed the repeal. Individuals and small business objected because consumers rely on these labels to extend the lives of their clothes. Manufacturing and cleaning businesses stated the removal of these labels would also increase the likelihood that items would be damaged in cleaning, thus exposing them to unnecessary liability.

The FTC periodically reviews the Care Labeling Rule to ensure it remains up to date with new developments and continues to provide useful information to consumers. It also considers ways to improve rule requirements to the benefit of US consumers and businesses.

SGS Softlines Services

SGS has a worldwide network of over 40 state-of-the-art laboratories specializing in testing of apparel, footwear and home textiles. Their committed team is drawn from multi-disciplinary backgrounds, allowing them to carry out a comprehensive range of physical, chemical and functional testing services for components, materials and finished products. SGS helps companies ensure quality, performance and compliance with international, industrial and regulatory standards worldwide. After all, it’s only trusted because it’s tested. Learn more about SGS’s Softlines Services. 

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Consumer and Retail — Softlines

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About SGS

We are SGS – the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. Our 93,000 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.

Taipei — Sep 16, 2021 —Allxon, an edge-AI device management solution provider, today announced it has joined NVIDIA® Metropolis, a program designed to nurture and bring to market a new generation of applications and solutions that make the world’s most important spaces and operations safer and more efficient with advancements in AI vision.

Edge AI and IoT are critical to automate and improve operational efficiency across a wide range of spaces such as retail stores, factories, cities and more. Allxon caters to this world that is becoming increasingly dependent on edge AI operations. Allxon’s well-architected central portal supports the full line-up of NVIDIA Jetson™ edge AI modules. Allxon provides both In-Band and Out-Of-Band remote device management and monitoring solutions, with smart tools that can mass deploy AI model updates to large-scale smart city applications. In partnership with Advantech, AAEON, ADLINK, and many more, Allxon delivers safer, more streamlined operations for edge AI applications deployed on the NVIDIA Jetson platform, from smart traffic enforcement technology to smart digital signages installed all across the world.

NVIDIA Metropolis makes it easier and more cost effective for enterprises, governments, and integration partners to leverage world-class AI-enabled solutions to improve critical operational efficiency and safety problems. The NVIDIA Metropolis ecosystem contains a broad spectrum of partners who are investing in advanced AI techniques on the most efficient deployment platforms and use an enterprise-class approach to their solutions. Partners gain early access to NVIDIA platform updates to further enhance and accelerate their AI application development efforts. The program also offers the opportunity for partners to collaborate with industry-leading experts and AI-driven organizations.

“As a partner of NVIDIA Metropolis, Allxon has since transformed remote monitoring and management services on edge systems,” says Allxon CEO Alex Liu. “Allxon makes it possible to safely and efficiently provision, deploy, monitor, update, and control edge AI applications powered by the NVIDIA Jetson platform. ​​With these deployment tools, we're excited to help usher in a new wave of Metropolis edge solutions.”

About Allxon

Allxon envisions a world of open and optimized business operations. Allxon partners with key IHV and ISV players by rolling out efficient open- edge device management solutions for powerful SI and MSP business enterprises. With team members rallying deep industry experience starting in 2001 in IaaS, 2011 in PaaS, and 2017 in SaaS, in 2019 established Allxon now stands firmly as a purely SaaS service provider. At each stage, Allxon seeks to leverage expertise in cloud service to provide businesses with the best of software and hardware integration and service.

For more information, visit https://www.allxon.com/

The web presence experts at MORBiZ have put together a thoughtful cheatsheet to help small business owners grow their social media following. This guide has been published on the MORBiZ website at www.morbiz.com/great-ways-to-grow-your-small-business-facebook-following. Within the guide, small business owners and social media managers will find tips and tricks to help jumpstart their audience growth on Facebook and other popular social media channels.

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