When SENSOR+TEST starts again in Nuremberg from June 11 to 13, 2024, there will be a very special highlight with the new “Calibration Area”. Under the motto “Innovative Calibration”, numerous exhibitors will present innovations for the calibration of sensors and measuring technology in a compact area. The focus will be on digital concepts and the challenges of calibration. The topic of “calibration” is currently at the top of most companies’ to-do lists. As the number of sensors and measuring points increases, the use of modern digital and automated calibration concepts is becoming a decisive ..read more

In mid-June, the VDE Testing and Certification Institute invited Phoenix Contact to Offenbach, Germany – for the official presentation of the examination certificate for billing compliant with calibration laws, specifically German measurement and calibration law, for the Charx control modular AC charging controller. By using the pre-certified package, billing that is compliant with German measurement and calibration law can be easily implemented. This significantly simplifies the certification process for the customer’s own AC charging solution. At the presentation, Sven Öhrke, member of the E ..read more

Trescal, the global leader in calibration services, announced that it has acquired Quality Service to gain entry to the Italian life science market and reinforce its geographic coverage. Quality Service represents 4.5M€ in sales and employs 30 people. Founded in 1996, Quality Service provides accredited calibration, qualification and validation services to major players in the life science as well as food and beverage industries. Its offices, near Venice and Pescara, cover northern and central Italy. Quality Service will add capabilities in pipettes, scale, volume while improving existing temp ..read more

For a permanently high measurement reliability and precision of force sensors, their regular control and calibration within defined intervals are required. For this purpose, Inelta Sensorsysteme offers an accredited calibration service for force sensors through its subsidiary Vypro spol s.r.o. The Vypro calibration laboratory is accredited according to European standard ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 by the Slovak accreditation body SNAS for the mechanical measurand force. The calibration service includes both products of own manufacture and third-party products in the measurement range from 0.1kN to 200 ..read more

Advanced Energy has announced two new high-performance, high-accuracy technologies for RF power sensor calibration. The TEGAM 2818A is a 9 kHz to 18 GHz power transfer standard, while the TEGAM PMX18-CS is a turnkey 9 kHz to 18 GHz system that significantly simplifies and accelerates power sensor calibration. With an integrated USB port, the 2818A operates without a separate power meter and applies proven TEGAM transfer standard techniques to an internally-referenced thermoelectric sensor to support high-speed, high-accuracy calibration with minimal equipment. Calibration constants are stored ..read more

Trescal, the global leader in calibration services, announced that it has acquired Unithree to open operations in Busan, Korea’s largest port. This brings Trescal’s Korean operations to 40M€ and 330 people over six locations. This is the first acquisition since EQT acquired a majority stake in Trescal this year. Founded in 2011 and merged with KCDI in 2018, Unithree represents 2M€ in sales and employs 25 people. It performs accredited calibrations in several domains. Its dimensional, force and balance capabilities will complement Trescal’s Korean technical expertise in the southern part of the ..read more

In a ceremony in Minden, ABB CEO Björn Rosengren cut the ribbon to the new calibration hall in the presence of ABB’s Peter Terwiesch, Business Area President, Process Automation Reiner Seecker, Factory Manager, Minden; Jacques Mulbert, Division President, Measurement & Analytics, and Amina Hamidi, Business Line Manager Instrumentation. ABB has inaugurated a process flowmeter calibration facility in its Minden factory in Germany. The new calibration hall, which houses water and air calibration rigs, will strengthen the company’s calibration capabilities and provide customers with high level ..read more

Trescal has acquired a majority stake in Suzhou LECC Testing Technology Company (LECC). Headquartered in Suzhou in the Jiangsu province, LECC sales amounted to €4M in 2022. From left to right: Hua Qian (General Manager at LECC), Guillaume Theveneau (VP of M&A at Trescal), Fang Qian (HR Director at LECC) Founded in 2011, LECC employs over 120 people and performs calibrations in 20 accredited domains, with particular physico-chemical, hardness, humidity and torque expertise. LECC’s diversified client portfolio encompasses over 2,000 clients in the transportation, life science, renewable ener ..read more

Cherwell, specialists in cleanroom microbiology solutions for the pharmaceutical, healthcare and related industries, has published the findings of an investigative study suggesting that prepared media plate choice can affect the accuracy of microbial air sampling. This is a significant finding as following the publication of the latest EU GMP Annex 1 revision, accuracy in air sampling and cleanroom monitoring has now become even more important for the manufacture of sterile medicinal products. Manufacturing organisations must be able to demonstrate that their environmental monitoring (EM) proc ..read more

Endress+Hauser Mexico has invested roughly 10 million euros in a new building. The recently occupied sales and service centre is located in Naucalpan in the Mexico City metropolitan area. With 4,100 square meters of usable space, the centre includes modern office facilities, an extensively equipped customer experience and process training centre and a complete calibration lab. Strengthening customer relationships  The new building in Naucalpan reflects the solid growth of the Sales Centre in recent years. It demonstrates a connection with the market and customers and enables further grow ..read more