Monitoring the comfort, health and well-being of your staff is a broad concept. Various environmental factors play a part in the workplace, for instance air quality, relative air humidity, temperature, ventilation, ambient noise and even protection against electromagnetic fields. Vinçotte experts are at your service to advise and assist with these and numerous other challenges.
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Now that the Belgian competition authorities have given their approval, Vinçotte is officially part of the Kiwa group.
Read moreAfter a break for obvious reasons, we are organising a new Industry Day this year where you can discover all the new NDT techniques.
Read moreTo better answer your questions and challenges and to work proactively with you towards a safer and more efficient future, a new Business Unit is being set up at Vinçotte in which we combine the strengths and knowledge of our EOP (Energy & Other Process Industries) division with those of our PCP (Petro Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals) division and integrate all our (A)NDT activities into one new Business Unit.
Air Liquide produces a wide range of gases for various industrial sectors such as the steel industry, the chemical industry, the food industry, etc.
Read moreVinçotte’s inspection operations will benefit from hibot’s revolutionary robotic systems
Read morePRESS RELEASE, 1 december 2021 - Employees at Vinçotte and Kiwa were informed this morning about the decision reached by both companies to merge. By joining forces, Kiwa and Vinçotte will be able to confidently move towards creating a one-stop-shop for testing, inspection and certification services (TIC) that will be able to support clients across the world with a wider range of services.
Read moreToday, it is estimated that close to 150 million tonnes of plastic are in the ocean. This number is only predicted to increase in the coming decades, even overtaking the biomass of fish by 2050. As plastic breaks down and penetrates living organisms, it disrupts their natural cycles… and also ends up on our plates.
As for the billions of tonnes of plastic remaining on land, a mere 7 to 10% are being recycled1. The rest ends up in massive landfills, pollutes the soils, or is burned – releasing dangerous toxins into the air and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.
Read moreFor Vinçotte, safety at home and on the work floor is always paramount, and in these times of the new corona virus and COVID-19 all the more.
Read moreThe 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.
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