News from Kiwa 2019

Moroni & Partners, a leading provider of engineering services to energy plants, is now part of the Kiwa Group. The company adds to our services in the solar sector in particular.

Kiwa and Sinovoltaics have entered into a strategic partnership that will enable solar plant investors and developers to accede the most comprehensive scope of testing, de-risking and certification services in the solar PV and energy storage industry.

In November Kiwa will open a new, state-of-the-art Fire Lab in the Netherlands. To celebrate this, we are hosting the festive event “Better safe than sorry! How to deal with complexity and integrality or future trends?" on November 13.

The Ocean Cleanup is a Dutch initiative to clean up the plastic trash in the oceans. For this the organization uses a long half-circle plastic floater. Kiwa conducts research into the properties of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), the material of which the cleanup system’s floater is made.

It is important for producers of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to be able to put safe, certified equipment on the market. Kiwa has developed a special certification scheme for IoT devices.

From January 1, 2020, European Regulation 167/2013 will be fully in force for agricultural and forestry vehicles. This means that this type of vehicle can only be registered in EU countries when they are built according to this regulation.

Kiwa is one of the proud sponsors of the 2019 World Rowing Cup III, the Rotterdam Regatta, which will be held from 12 - 14 July 2019 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

H&M Netherlands has received the ISO 50001 certificate for energy management from Kiwa. This makes H&M the first Dutch non-food retailer with this important certification.

Kiwa’s annual 'We create trust' brochure, edition 2019 has been published. Download the brochure for a quick overview of our company, developments and achievements over the past years.

Kiwa Inspecta teams up with the Swedish part of FORCE Technology. FORCE Technology is one of the largest players in Scandinavia when it comes to technical control, inspection, certification and business development.

Shield Group International (SGI), known as Kiwa Compliance International, will continue without the Kiwa Group. SGI partners with LDC to accelerate growth and global development.

The Finnish Red Cross and Kiwa Inspecta have a joint goal: to make sure that workplaces and homes are equipped with proper first aid skills and bravery to act in emergency situations. To achieve the double trainings goal, the two organizations are committed to developing first aid trainings together, in order to suit customers’ changing needs. The Red Cross aims to be a forerunner in internationally comparable trainings.

30 internationally leading experts in, inter alia, fracture mechanics were gathered at Kiwa in Stockholm from April 3-5. The meeting took place within the framework of the EU-funded research project ATLAS +, which will improve the controls that are carried out by nuclear power reactors.

AQS Polska, an independent inspection body mainly active in the food sector, is now part of the Kiwa Group. With the acquisition of AQS Polska, Kiwa aims to strengthen both its footprint in the international Food, Feed and Farm market and in its Polish activities.

The German Environment Agency (UBA) has published new regulations with respect to materials and products in contact with drinking water. From March 2021, current KTW certificates will lose their validity. Kiwa can help you to smoothly convert your product approval(s) towards the new regulation.

Kiwa, as an international accredited certification body for solar products, is attending Intersolar Europe 2019 from May 15-17 in Munich. We’ll present our wide range of services dedicated to both the primary and secondary Solar Market.