New DAkkS Accreditation Certificate and Appendices
For our antifouling services provided by the team on Norderney we now also achieved a Category C flexible accreditation. This is the highest category confirming our exceptional expertise in this field. This allows us to include new antifouling methods in our accreditation scope after internal verification or validation, bypassing the need for a DAkkS audit. We remain the only testing institute in Europe accredited for these services which combines expertise and quality assurance. With the new Appendix D-PL-13412-01-03 to the DAkkS Accreditation Certificate we added our newly developed method for an efficacy test for growth protection systems for sea water pipes e.g. for cooling (see "Tests with sea pipes – antifouling coatings and cleaning according to ASTM D6990-20 (evaluation)". For more information about this test, please see our news article HERE (News) or visit our antifouling website HERE (Website).
Appendix D-PL-13412-01-01: In some areas additional methods were included in the accreditation scope. Mainly we added methods for environmental hygiene control and hygiene in process checks e.g. with bioindicators for washing machines and dishwashers . In addition, we updated the portfolio for activity testing of disinfectants adding e.g. the EN 17430, EN 17914, EN 17915, EN 17846 to our range, which were already part of our accreditation scope via the flexible accreditation scope category C.
Independent of this, our move into the new laboratories is now reflected in our certifications. All our certifications can be found on our website here: .../certificates