In the Netherlands we rely on the quality of products and services through a well-functioning quality infrastructure. During the seminar Quality, why is it important? experts from Kiwa, Lab-QAcademy and VSL explain what is behind this infrastructure and how the various parties work together to ensure quality.
The quality infrastructure in the Netherlands includes an extensive network of organizations, institutes and systems that are concerned with ensuring the quality and safety of products, services and processes. Thanks to this network, you as a consumer know at the pump that the liters of petrol you have filled are really correct, and you can trust that the roads you drive on are safe.
Quality therefore influences our daily lives and is of great social importance. But how exactly does this world of standards, testing and certification work? Ties Joosten, director of Infrastructure & Sport at Kiwa and chairman of the trade association Fenelab, will tell you more about the operation of the quality infrastructure during the World of Industry, Technology & Science.
“Quality is guaranteed by a triangle consisting of standardization bodies, TIC companies and the Accreditation Council. Standards are drawn up by, for example, the NEN or the Association of Scheme Managers. The TIC companies test, inspect and certify according to the established standards and the Accreditation Council checks whether the results of the test companies are reliable,” says Ties.
As a TIC company, Kiwa infrastructure and sport is responsible for quality controls of the mobility infrastructure and sports facilities in the Netherlands. They test a variety of products and services in the brand new laboratory in Apeldoorn. Ties: “Everything is tested here, from gas lines to electrical appliances and sports fields.”
Do you want to know more? Then follow the seminar free of charge on Thursday, September 26 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Visitor registration is open. Go to the website and register.
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