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Kiwa has performed an NDT inspection with ultrasound on the rail joints of the Nordic region's longest railway tunnel. This 22 km long new modern high speed railway line called Follobanen, is located between Norway's capital Oslo and the town of Ski.

Ski resorts must meet strict regulations to ensure the safety of their guests. Kiwa helps with this by carrying out the necessary inspections of ski elevators and cable cars using Magnetic inductive testing. as for example at Vrådal Panorama Ski Center in Norway.

Production processes, the deflections of concrete or metal structures, the movements of wind turbines: with sensors on different parts of a single construction, machine or process, you can create a 'digital twin' - a digital copy of the original. This opens up unprecedented new possibilities for inspection and continuous monitoring.

Chemical distributor Acinor AS operates a storage tank terminal for sulfuric acid in Fredrikstad, Norway. According to government requirements, inspection of the tank must be carried out every five years. And that's where Kiwa comes in.

From May 2021, new European rules for medical devices (MDR) will apply. The MDR has major impact on the medical sector. It will bring great benefit, but also great challenges for all economic operators involved.

Safety comes first at Tusenfryd, one of Norway's largest amusement parks, with approximately 500,000 visitors annually. Every spring, just before the season opens, all amusement park rides are inspected by Kiwa.

New Year’s Eve, concerts, bonfire night: many celebrations bring with them spectacular fireworks displays. Certified pyrotechnics expert Ron de Koster makes sure fireworks go off safely.

David Flores, organic auditor at Kiwa BCS in Ecuador tells how he experiences and values his job and how organic certification contributes to society.

The Algarve region in Portugal is well known for its superior quality citrus fruits: Citrus of Algarve PGI (Citrinos do Algarve IGP). Rita Hilário, PGI scheme manager at Kiwa Portugal, is involved in the certification of Citrus of Algarve PGI.

Currently most of the burners are fed with natural gas. But what if this equipment will not run on gas in the future, but on hydrogen? With the energy transition underway that future is closer than you probably think!

The buzz of a drone flying overhead is increasingly familiar, but drones have much wider applications than taking aerial footage. Emil Tjäder from Kiwa Sweden is specialized in hazardous indoor inspections using drones.

With the phasing out of oil and natural gas, the question arises as to whether there is still a future for existing natural gas networks and what alternatives could be. A promising viable solution: polymers, or in other words plastic and the piping systems made from them.

Water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. It is vital to sustain life, and fundamental to industry. For World Water Day 2021, we look at the challenges we face, and how Kiwa is helping.

Technology continues to evolve exponentially, leading to more efficient and productive industrial processes, but also bigger cybersecurity risks. How do you protect organizations' key processes and critical infrastructure?

For use in mobile applications such as transportation, H2 must be kept compressed under extremely high pressure. These are the eight key elements in the robust H2 infrastructure of the future.

Hydrogen is one of the main energy sources for a sustainable future. To use hydrogen, it must be kept under high pressure. This places additional demands on the mobility infrastructure.