The sunny festival Summer is just around the corner, and soon, the country will be bustling with music festivals. To fully enjoy all the musical highlights carefree, safety is essential.

In today's hyper-connected world, cyber attacks are no longer a hypothetical scenario, but an unavoidable reality. The impact of a successful breach can be huge: crippling disruptions, data breaches and reputational damage are likely.

From 1 April 2024, work on vehicle security-related components and software may only be carried out by companies and mechanics certified for this purpose through the Security Related Vehicle Repair and Maintenance Information (SERMI) directive.

The European Union's new Battery Regulation 2023/1542, which takes effect in February 2024, is introducing a significant shift for battery manufacturers, battery importers and their supply chains.

On 03/04/2023, the new 'Royal Decree on Industrial Radiography' was published.

In a significant move to promote transparency and scientific rigor in climate action, CO2logic, a South Pole company, has recently upgraded its CO2 Neutral label.

With over 50 years of experience in the automotive sector, we are proud to say we have immense technical knowledge within our company. But that’s not all, we also have a great depth of knowledge on UN and EU compliance regulations.

After a break for obvious reasons, we are organising a new Industry Day this year where you can discover all the new NDT techniques.

The compulsory CE marking on machinery opens the doors of Europe to you.

In exchange for this the European regulations lay certain obligations on you. The CE marking on machinery indicates conformity with all applicable European directives (or with their transposition into national law) that require such marking. Logically it is the Machinery Directive that contains the most specific requirements for machinery. Nevertheless conformity with the Machinery Directive is not necessarily sufficient and for many machines other directives wil also have to be followed. So particularly when one first becomes acquainted with this issue the situation can come over as reasonably complex. Our intention is in short, in a practical and straightforward way, to set out the various steps that are necessary in order to place on the market or put into service a machine in Europe.

This practical guide also includes our decades of experience with CE-marking of machines. Feel free to download it and get in touch with us if you need more info.

Please note that the Machine Directive on which this white paper is based will be replaced by the Machine Regulation from 20 January 2027!