On 10 July, it was officially announced in the “Nederlandse Staatscourant” (the Dutch state newspaper, announcing new legally binding regulations) that Vinçotte nv has been appointed as a certified body for nuclear inspections in the Netherlands.

Vinçotte, member of the Kiwa Group, is expanding its service portfolio with a comprehensive suite of cybersecurity solutions.

Ramses Sterckx, Lead Contract Engineer in Sustainability and Environment at Vinçotte, a member of the Kiwa group, shares insights into the recently undertaken hydrogen certification initiative.

Drinking water companies, like other vital companies, are preparing for IEC 62443, the international cybersecurity standard for Operational Technology.

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!

Informatie over het AREI en uitvoeringsbesluiten, bescherming tegen elektrische schokken, veiligheidsinstructiekaarten, praktijkdossiers… U vindt het allemaal terug op de handige website Electrosafe.be.