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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.

Quality of food products is not the only aspect taken into consideration by consumers and distributors. Something invisible and untouchable is becoming more and more important: the history, safety and sustainability of products.

A collective trademark is a distinctive sign of characteristics of products. "Tradizione e sapori di Modena" is a fine Italian example of this.

Ronny Mendelsohn, auditor at Kiwa: “The audit process is a team effort, a collaboration between customer and auditor, to achieve the same goal: improving and maintaining a high level of quality.”

A business is only as strong as its employees. With these five top tips you can develop your staff in a way that benefits them – and your company.

Auditing helps companies improve products, sharpen processes and build trust with customers. But what does auditing really entail, and why is it so important?

You think remote auditing is ground-breaking? Kiwa’s corporate IT expert Eric Laan spotlights five (plus one) game-changing tech trends and innovations in auditing.

Partly because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kiwa has speed up the implementation of remote auditing. How does it work, when can it be performed, what do you need and what are the advantages?

How has wearable tech changed your life? Before putting a WWAN equipped watch on your wrist, it should have undergone rigorous testing and comply to applicable regulations.

The standard for aerospace and defense industry is very complex, having the right certification is a must. Kiwa is Turkey’s leading provider of AS/EN 9100 industry standard certification.

Using advanced non-destructive testing (NDT) methods we can inspect objects that have been out of our reach in the past. The methods are faster and offer visually clearer, easily comparable test results.

Internet of Things (IoT) puts the world at bigger risk of cyber crime or just simple malfunction. Testing and certification is of utmost importance to keep our connected devices safe.

Whether you get your fish in a restaurant, frozen in a box or served or in a shop, several relevant certification schemes prove that the fish is responsibly sourced.