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The BASEC Group, a part of Kiwa, is an independent accredited certification body for the electrical cable industry worldwide. BASEC is delivering specialist cable testing to CERN to help them meet their stringent requirements for safety and performance in their unique particle physics infrastructure.

Buyers around the world rely on PVEL’s Product Qualification Program (PQP), a series of extended reliability tests, to help inform procurement decisions. Learn more about the PQP program, and how it helps mitigate risk for the solar industry.

As the World Rowing Championships are about to begin in a few days, and the rowers of the Kiwa fleet do their final preparations, we take a moment to reflect on the remarkable narratives that have unfolded within the Dutch National Rowing Federation. The event will be held from 3 – 10 September 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Certified workers are important for safety and following rules in industries with pressure equipment and steel structures. At Kiwa, we specialize in personal certification for welders, welding operators, machine setters, and brazers. We offer certifications that follow global standards.

We continue to see developments in the technology behind waste sorting and recycling, driving our move to a more circular economy. But in order for recycling to be effective, safe and economically viable, we need trust: stakeholders throughout the value chain need to understand where the input plastic waste came from and how it is used to make new products.

Since 2019, Raba Kistner’s Cultural Resources team have been working on The Alamo, a historic Spanish mission and fortress founded in the 18th century, located in San Antonio, Texas. The objective of the project was to assess the condition of the Church and the Long Barrack, the oldest buildings on the Alamo historic site and where many Texian rebels made their last stand in the 1836 battle for Texas’ independence from Mexico.

As one of the global leaders in hydrogen testing, we recently added an important new test method to our portfolio: the Hydrogen Embrittlement Test according to the ISO 11114-4 Method A - Disc Method

Did you know that every day an average of 1.6 million people around the world get sick because of unsafe food? This is one of many reasons why Kiwa’s Food, Feed and Farm teams will be joining the celebration of World Safety Day 2023 on Wednesday, June 7.

Kiwa Group member PVEL, short for PV Evolution Labs, has made it its mission ‘to support the worldwide PV buyer community by generating data that accelerates adoption of solar technology’. The recently published 2023 PV Module Reliability Scorecard is one more example of how PVEL is delivering on that mission.

Cermaq Norway has had a taste of the advantage of coordinating certification audits. That is why they are now looking at the possibility of one common Multi Site certificate for ASC on all their fish farms.

Built on strong SaaS expertise, Kiwa Comply™ saves time and streamlines processes with its extensive guidance material and connections between requirements. It simplifies documentation, enhances consistency, and facilitates information maintenance, offering a customer-oriented approach to building and maintaining quality systems.

Wind turbine inspection is important to ensure their smooth and efficient operation. You have to prevent blade erosion; the surface ages bit by bit, and as a result, over a turbine’s lifetime, less and less energy is generated.

At a maximum speed of 30 km/h, they fly through the air, the bees, from flower to flower and collect the precious nectar to turn it into honey. In doing so, they really make a difference. The bees travel no less than 120,000 km to produce a jar of honey (500g). That's the distance of three circumnavigations of the earth.

Nedscaper supports organizations that want to organize their own cyber security and provides compliance services. This field of work places high demands on the safe and trusted handling of digital information. Lead compliance consultant Steijn Scheutjens explains how Nedscaper deals with this and recently saw its efforts in this area awarded with an ISO 27001 certification.

On this delightful occasion of World Chocolate Day, we delve into the fascinating story behind one of the world's most beloved treats. Chocolate, with its tantalizing flavor and irresistible aroma, has a rich history that stretches back to ancient civilizations in Mesoamerica.

Using a new tool from Vinçotte, asset managers will be able to collate and visualize their data, making it more manageable and actionable. The Virtual Inspection Administration (ViA) platform was designed to visualize data from remote visual inspection (RVI) techniques, including those using drones, remote cameras, endoscopes and crawlers.