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Kiwa has launched a quality mark for the review of COVID-19 Preventive measures for restaurants, pubs, cafés and bars that wish to have their COVID-19 measures tested against the applicable (inter)national requirements and any additional guidelines.

Our Road Testing unit, Kiwa KOAC, has recently started using a new measuring vehicle equipped with a solar energy supply system. This system can provide extra power needed for the computer system (measuring system) used during the measurement work on the road.

Kiwa Turkey is accredited by the Turkish Ministry of Tourism for assessment and certification of Safe Tourism. The certification is now oriented on the COVID-19 pandemic, but in the future, it will be continued as a global brand for the tourism industry.

Existing natural gas infrastructures can be made suitable for the distribution of hydrogen relatively easily. Kiwa’s approval requirement (AR) 214, focused on hydrogen, contains the specific requirements components in networks must meet.

When Corona struck, on-site auditing became difficult, if not impossible. Our auditors had to make some fundamental changes to be able to service customers. Bert van Erkel, Lead Auditor at Kiwa, tells how the practice of remote auditing with Teams has accelerated recently.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the EU has postponed the date of application of the EU Medical Devices Regulation by one year. The Medical Devices Directives transitional period has also been extended.

Kiwa has launched a quality mark for the review of COVID-19 Preventive measures for organizations that wish to have their COVID-19 measures tested against the applicable (inter)national requirements and any additional guidelines.

Being a leader in quality and reliability also includes compliance, proper conduct and living up to a high moral standard. To ensure we do, Kiwa is working according to a Conduct and Compliance framework.

Kiwa is building a brand new hydrogen test location in The Netherlands, to be able to help manufacturers with global approval for their hydrogen components.

Luca Votta is International Business Manager Solar and Wind at Kiwa. The Covid-19 pandemic also forces him to practice his work in a different way: ‘We are now even faster changing our working practices and support services in a smarter and more technological way.’