About HTDS
Safety By Design
First and foremost, we believe in safety. Safety that begins at the design stage and continues through meticulous manufacturing and intentional implementation. We are committed to protecting our clients, their staff, their customers, and the environment. The world deserves to be a safer place, and that is why we design with safety at the forefront.
History
Since 2000, HTDS has provided high-value conformity evaluations, while our principals have been performing S2 and CE evaluations since 1997. Based in Austin, Texas, with field offices in Bend, Oregon, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, and engineers available worldwide, we are equipped to support projects across the globe. HTDS provides the Conformity Discovery Process ©, design-stage reviews, testing, evaluations, non-conformity resolution, certification, labeling, listing, recognition, and custom services for high-tech products and systems.
Vision
HTDS adds value by solving evaluation challenges through a deep understanding of industry standards. Simply put, if your equipment does not conform during the design or evaluation process, we work alongside your team to resolve issues efficiently and achieve a successful outcome that accelerates your time to market. One company we worked with had spent 14 months working with a large test lab with no resolution and growing frustration. After coming to HTDS, we helped them complete their CE Mark certification in less than 20 business days, ultimately contributing to an 80% increase in revenue.
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When you work with HTDS, you work directly with experienced leadership and seasoned industry subject matter experts. Our team is committed to providing responsive support throughout every stage of your project. We respond to quote requests within four hours and deliver completed quotes within 24 hours. Corrective actions, report responses, and documentation updates for CE Marking, UL Certification, and other compliance requirements are also addressed within 24 hours to help keep your project moving efficiently toward certification and market readiness.
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About HTDS Values
People
People are at the center of everything we do. Our team, our families, our clients, their families, and the greater community remain our primary focus. Our goal is to protect people and promote safety while helping clients bring their equipment to market as efficiently as possible, supporting long-term growth and business success along the way.
Integrity
We believe in being direct, transparent, and honest throughout the evaluation process. Our team will clearly communicate the facts, explain the requirements, and guide you toward the most effective path to completion. In many cases, we actively reduce the scope of projects to eliminate unnecessary work and costs, even when it lowers the revenue generated on a per-project basis. We believe long-term relationships are built through trust, effectiveness, and results. In fact, we still work with our very first customer from 1997 and continue to support their projects on a quarterly basis. Integrity is the foundation of every relationship we build and remains essential to how we support both our clients and our business.
Results
You need results. You need your equipment evaluated, certified, and ready for market. That is the outcome HTDS is committed to delivering. We take our role as your partner to market seriously and make every effort to meet or accelerate project deadlines, evaluations, and deliverables. Our leadership team brings decades of industry experience and, in many cases, played a direct role in the development of the very standards your equipment must comply with. That level of expertise allows HTDS to provide insight, efficiency, and results that go beyond what is typically offered by firms without hands-on standards development experience.
What we do At HTDS
HTDS is a regulatory compliance and product certification provider specializing in a wide range of hazards, standards, and capital equipment compliance requirements. We support clients through comprehensive third-party evaluations and in-depth third-party testing to help ensure equipment is ready for market efficiently and confidently.
Our in-house team can rapidly manage your CE Compliance and CE Marking needs, including support for Technical Files and Technical Construction Files. If UL Certification is also required, it can be completed concurrently to help streamline the certification process.
At HTDS, our focus is helping you complete your project as efficiently, effectively, and successfully as possible.
Each member of the HTDS team is passionate about what they do, and we take pride in building a company where experienced professionals are able to work within their areas of expertise while contributing to shared success.
We understand the passion and innovation that go into the equipment you design and manufacture. Your excitement about what you are building becomes part of our motivation as well. We value the opportunity to work alongside your team, see new technologies come to life, and help guide your products successfully to market.
We take a practical and straightforward approach to helping you achieve your path to market. Our team communicates clearly about the services, testing, and evaluations your project truly requires so you can make informed decisions with confidence throughout the process.
Whenever possible, we work to reduce the scope of testing and evaluation in order to streamline timelines, eliminate unnecessary work, and improve overall project efficiency.
Over the years, HTDS has continuously refined its processes and procedures to make them clearer, more efficient, and easier for clients to navigate with confidence. Our goal is to deliver consistent, dependable results while simplifying the path to compliance.
In many cases, we have successfully reduced the level of effort required throughout the evaluation and certification process, helping clients bring their equipment to market more quickly and efficiently.
We make it a priority to simplify the compliance process and help you reach the market as quickly and efficiently as possible. Our approach is built around being practical, reasonable, and effective while delivering solutions that support long-term success.
The strength of our client relationships reflects that commitment. Many of our clients continue to work with HTDS long term because they know they can rely on our team for responsive support, industry expertise, and consistent results.
What is the difference
When choosing a path to market, it is important to know what you are getting in to and what you can expect along the way. HTDS fills the need for companies that may not have a dedicated EHS team and are looking to get to market as quick and efficiently as possible.
| Large NRTL & Big Test Labs | HTDS |
|---|---|
| Typically takes 2-4 weeks to quote a project | Typically take 24 Hours to quote a project |
| Typically takes 10 weeks for CE marking | Typically takes 10 business days for common equipment to get CE marking |
| You may never know if you pass testing and it is not uncommon to start with one test lab and then have to abandon and start with a new lab | Using our Conformity Discovery Process©, your product is designed to pass |
| In some cases, companies may find themselves working with evaluators who do not specialize in the specific industry or equipment being assessed. For example, we have seen larger laboratories assign evaluators with consumer appliance testing backgrounds to semiconductor equipment projects. | We are experts in the equipment that we test and evaluate. Our team comes from a seasoned manufacturing and design background. |
Get Your Safety Approval Easier, Faster and Less Expensive Than you thought
Most of HTDS’ business comes through referrals and long-term client relationships. In fact, we still work with the very first customer we partnered with when we opened our doors, while continuing to expand our support across new teams and companies.
Our experience includes working with a wide range of Fortune 100 companies, as well as supporting research and development teams through our Conformity Discovery Process ©. We also work closely with emerging startups, many of which have grown into larger, established organizations over time.
Across every industry we serve, we remain focused on what we do best: delivering practical compliance expertise and helping clients successfully complete their projects and reach the market efficiently.