Latest news from Kiwa

As you might know, the beaver is part of Kiwa's corporate identity, and it's inextricably linked to many of our values. Therefore we celebrate International Beaver Day on April 7.

At Hannover Messe from April 1 to 5 in Germany, we will tell you all about Kiwa’s state-of-the-art hydrogen test lab and our latest innovations in the field of hydrogen component and fuel cell testing and certification.

Kiwa is member of the TIC Council, the association that represents the international Testing, Inspection and Certification sector. Our CEO Paul Hesselink now holds a Global Board seat in the TIC Council.

Kiwa Latin America in Peru and Kiwa Italy show the first tangible result of their international cooperation. Last week, Kiwa Latin America’s first ISO certificates were handed over to the Damont Group.

Kiwa has evaluated customer satisfaction and the outcome of the survey is very positive with an 8.0 for our services. Customers are most satisfied about our professionalism and the skills of our employees.

Jussi Ojanen (MSc, Tech.) has been appointed as Kiwa Finland Country Manager from March 2019.

Kiwa has just passed a successful recertification audit on its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts for 18 Kiwa sites spread over eight countries.

Brexit will have an impact on international Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) activities. Whether or not arrangements can be agreed for Notified Bodies and their customers, is unclear yet. On our information page about Brexit we inform you about the impact of Brexit on TIC services.

Kiwa owns the largest and most advanced high-end road measuring truck in the world. The truck can collect all functional properties of any road track in only one go, instead of 3 to 4 runs with different vehicles. Last week we made a road trip throughout Germany to show the truck to road authorities.

Kiwa would like to inform you about that the standard EN 60335-2-102:2006 (including amendment A1:2010, if applicable), will be withdrawn from 22-01-2019.