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Product Testing
Your Partner in the Field of Plastics Testing
Product Testing
Your Partner in the Field of Plastics Testing
Testing of Plastic Products
Plastic products are part of our daily lives—and remain so throughout our lives. Reliable performance, high practicality, and a long service life are often the top priorities.
When it comes to medical devices on which human lives depend, for example, or construction products that are expected to have a long service life, the SKZ’s comprehensive testing expertise is essential. Our own SKZ mark also serves as a seal of quality, certifying that your products meet the highest quality standards.
With over 80 engineers, scientists, and lab technicians, a lab area of approximately 5,000 square meters, and state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure, the testing laboratory in Würzburg ranks among the industry’s leading specialists. Take advantage of our employees’ expert knowledge—quickly, flexibly, and independently.
We support you with our testing and analysis results in a comprehensive, timely, and targeted manner.
Your Partner in the Field of Plastics Testing
Independent, neutral testing laboratory
Accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025
Testing in accordance with over 1,000 standards and regulations
Type A inspection body accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17020
Certification body accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17065
Flexible Accreditation of Our Testing Laboratory
Overview
The German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) is Germany’s national accreditation body, which ensures that organizations such as testing, inspection, and certification bodies competently carry out their activities in accordance with internationally recognized standards, legal requirements, and relevant regulations. Thanks to this increased flexibility, accredited testing laboratories are now able to incorporate new or modified test methods into their portfolio within specified parameters without having to apply to the competent accreditation authority each time for a review to modify or expand their scope of accreditation.
The flexibility of scopes of accreditation can generally be categorized into three different levels.
The SKZ testing laboratory holds flexible accreditation in Categories III and I. In the future, the accreditation categories will be renamed. The current Category III will then be designated as Category A, Category I will become Category B, and the highest category, Category II, will be renamed Category C. This new naming convention is intended to enable a clear and simple classification of the various accreditation levels. For you as a customer, this will not change the high standards or the quality of the testing procedures; however, it will make it easier to navigate the different accreditation classes.
Category III (to be renamed A)
Testing laboratories are permitted to use the standardized test methods listed in the certificate, even if they are from different editions.
Your benefit: Flexible Category III accreditation ensures that we work in accordance with the latest state of the art. This allows us to consistently adhere to the most recent standards and enables us to quickly and efficiently integrate changes resulting from updated standard requirements into our processes.
Category I (to be renamed B)
Includes Category III and allows testing laboratories to freely select standardized test methods or equivalent methods within a defined test range.
Your benefit: Flexible Category I accreditation allows you to independently expand the scope of accreditation following prior internal validation/verification of the procedure (e.g., analogous national standards such as ASTM, OENORM...). This results in faster response times to individual needs for accredited testing procedures.
By the way: We can offer far more tests than those listed in the appendices to the partial certificates. You can find an overview of the current scope of accreditation for the SKZ testing laboratory in our list of standards.
If you require additional standardized test procedures in the following areas:
- Tensile Tests
- Compression Tests
- Impact and Shock Tests
- Bending Tests
- Mechanical, analytical, and physical tests on pipes
- and piping components, as well as plumbing fixtures made of plastic, metal, and composite materials
just contact us! We’ll determine whether it’s feasible to include it in our Category I accreditation.
If you have any questions, we’re of course available at any time for a personal conversation.
Category II (to be designated C)
Includes Categories I and III, as well as the modification, refinement, and development of new test procedures within a defined test area.
