Latest news from Kiwa

Kiwa has further strengthened its position in the food, feed and farm sector by joining forces with Dutch fruit and vegetable inspection body AQS.

Kiwa is a proud sponsor of Dutch Women’s Eight rowing team. We have extended our partnership with the rowing ladies for one year, to support them in their journey to the Tokyo Olympics 2021.

Developments in the world of hydrogen are moving fast. Kiwa is at the forefront when it comes to testing products that are suitable for hydrogen. From September, components for the hydrogen distribution network can be fully tested in our new unique test rig in our Dutch hydrogen lab.

Kiwa has ambitious business goals. Our CSR goals are equally ambitious in order to contribute to our engagement to corporate social responsibility. Therefore we are proud that our CSR management system certification has recently been renewed.

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.

Education isn’t limited to the classroom: with online platforms it’s possible to learn whenever and wherever you want. Janet ter Braak, Mari Kuusjärvi and Teija Paananen tell more about the developments in online training at Kiwa and the influence of the Corona pandemic on this.

The Covid-19 corona virus will remain with us for a longer period of time. Therefore, the demand for medical face masks remains high. Kiwa can now test surgical face masks according to EN 14683.

ISO / IEC 27701 certification from Kiwa demonstrates that organizations have properly regulated the protection of privacy in the processing of data. For the validation of this new certification scheme, Kiwa is looking for organizations that want to participate in pilot audits.

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.