A South Wales based Product Certification and training company, specialising in supporting small to medium enterprises in meeting their CE Marking obligations
Specialists in EMC and Low Voltage
(Safety) Directives
We specialise in European and Worldwide approvals.
Flexible, Professional, and Affordable Service
We are a small organisation employing only
highly experienced associates.
About us
Gainspeed Ltd was born in 1997 when it was evident that so many Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) had difficulty in understanding how to meet the newly published CE Marking Directives in Europe. The Low Voltage (LVD) and Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directives were applicable at that time and getting reliable and affordable advice was a challenge for most SMEs.
The founder Jimmy Tzimenakis Ch Eng, M.I.E.T. and one of the founder members of Club Européen (formerly Wales EMC Club) together with a Cardiff based Trading standards officer David Holland, wrote a technical publication “Electrical Product Safety – A step-by-step guide to Self-Assessment” and that is how we started!
The publication was very successful and led to many requests, mostly from SMEs, for assistance in training, safety assessment and EMC testing. Following the success of the safety guide, a few years later, a second publication was written on EMC (“Understanding the EMC Directive”)
Jimmy TzimenakisCraig CooperThe Team
Jimmy brings to the company over 30 years product compliance experience. He set up and managed product compliance teams for both Sony Electronics and Sony PlayStationand set up comprehensive EMC, Environmental, Telecoms and Safety testing laboratories. For over 15 years he has served in National and International Standardisation bodies working as a member or chairperson thus always having first hand access to forthcoming changes to regulatory requirements.
Craig has a wealth of experience in product certification and testing,. He has a long background of doing EMC at the Panasonic EMC laboratory in Pentwyn Cardiff. An experienced Compliance/Test Engineer with excellent knowledge in EMC testing, Safety testing, Product certification, Risk assessments and Gap analysis.
Together with a pool of associates, including digital and analogue hardware designers, EMC test engineers, audio and environmental testing specialist with a close association with local testing facilities (Cardiff) and some large Certification Organisations, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of services and specialise in bespoke solutions. Gainspeed can project manage most clients certification needs in Europe and worldwide as well as compliance with CE Marking requirements.
With our extensive experience in product certification and being a small organisation we believe we are best placed in the SME’s need by offering a Flexible, Speedy, Professional and above all, Affordable Service
The founder Jimmy Tzimenakis Ch Eng, M.I.E.T. and one of the founder members of Club Européen (formerly Wales EMC Club) together with a Cardiff based Trading standards officer David Holland, wrote a technical publication “Electrical Product Safety – A step-by-step guide to Self-Assessment” and that is how we started!