Latest news from Kiwa

Kiwa UK welcomes new names for two of their business units to more accurately reflect the services they offer. Product Compliance Specialists (PCS) will be known as Kiwa Product Compliance and Kiwa Gasted is now called Kiwa Energy.

We are heading towards the end of 2022, here we offer you a selection of Kiwa news, which by no means covers everything we did, but hopefully gives you a nice overview of some of the highlights of the past Kiwa year.

Recently Kiwa has been announced as a finalist for the Hydrogen Awards of 2023, where businesses are highlighted for their contribution to the hydrogen industry. The commissioning of our new hydrogen production plant has played a major role in the nomination.

The IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components (IECEE) recently appointed Kiwa to carry out assessments and certifications in the context of the series of standards IEC 62443.

Kiwa announced the merger with ASI LLC to strengthen Kiwa’s United States footprint significantly in providing Food, Feed & Farm certifications.

Kiwa has issued the first KiwaGreen certificate and the Covenant Cable Protection Pipe of recycled polyethylene to Hundhausen Kunststofftechnik in Germany. The certification shows that the company is working towards becoming energy or climate neutral in the future and contributing to a more sustainable world through its products.

On 14 November 2022 the UK Government announced some further changes to the UKCA deadlines which were originally amended on 20 June 2022. Read more about the updates here.

When transporting hydrogen gas through existing gas pipelines, the safety level should be at least the same as for transporting natural gas. Materials expert Ernst van der Stok describes technical considerations explaining why air can safely be used to test the leak tightness of mechanical fittings and valves.

In the coming year, Kiwa will sponsor Forze Hydrogen Racing, a Dutch student team that specializes in racing on hydrogen. Kiwa not only supports Forze financially, but also contributes in the form of advice and validation of hydrogen systems.

EuropeActive, the European trade association for fitness clubs, has officially started with FITcert, an independent European quality label that enables fitness clubs to demonstrate they meet high standards when it comes to service, hygiene and safety. Kiwa is one of the certifying institutions for FITcert.