Latest news from Kiwa

From January 2023 Telefication B.V. will transfer all certification services to the Kiwa brand. Within the next few weeks the Telefication.com website will also be entirely transferred to Kiwa.com. Hence Kiwa Nederland B.V. has taken over all rights and responsibilities from Telefication B.V..

We are pleased to be present again at the ISH Frankfurt, the world's largest trade fair for HVAC + Water from 13 - 17 March, 2023 in Germany. Visit the Kiwa stand and meet with our energy and water experts.

Kiwa's Hygienic Lab of Excellence (HLoE) in Rostock, Germany, is now an approved laboratory for WRAS, the Water Regulations Approval Scheme for hygienic testing in accordance with the British Standard BS 6920.

The organic community comes together once more at the world’s leading trade fair for organic food in Nuremberg, Germany from February 14-17, 2023. Kiwa BCS will of course be present again this year.

We are heading towards the end of 2022, here we offer you a selection of Kiwa news, which by no means covers everything we did, but hopefully gives you a nice overview of some of the highlights of the past Kiwa year.

Recently Kiwa has been announced as a finalist for the Hydrogen Awards of 2023, where businesses are highlighted for their contribution to the hydrogen industry. The commissioning of our new hydrogen production plant has played a major role in the nomination.

The IEC System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components (IECEE) recently appointed Kiwa to carry out assessments and certifications in the context of the series of standards IEC 62443.

The EU essential requirements for the safety, health and environmental aspects of gas-fired appliances are laid down in the Gas Appliance Regulation (GAR). In the coming years a number of GAR-related quality standards will be withdrawn and replaced by updated versions. 

This autumn Kiwa has started two new projects in Portugal for two Portuguese gas district system operators: H2REN for REN Portgás and Retrofit for Floene. In commission of these two operators, Kiwa will assess the suitability of their gas distribution networks for hydrogen. 

Kiwa welcomes the historic proposal recently adopted by the Council of the European Union on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which is finally ready to come into force.