Welding in harmony
Five years after it was issued, Europe's prevailing standard for qualifying welders for steels has now been 'harmonised" with the Pressure Equipment Directive (2014/68/EU).
ASC certification from LRQA adds value to aquaculture suppliers
Seafood assurance has a major role to play; the benefits of sustainable fisheries and fish farming and the need to mitigate the environmental impacts of fishing and aquaculture are increasingly in the public consciousness.
Disruptive technology; helping to drive food safety & sustainability
With the population set to reach 8.5bn by 2030, food organisations worldwide are exploring new technologies and methods to ensure safe and sustainable supply chains.
The clock is ticking: transitioning to ISO 14001:2015
The September 2018 deadline for organisations to transition to the revised international environmental management system [EMS] standard ISO 14001:2015 is fast approaching.
Portable Printing: How do you ship a factory?
Additive manufacturing (AM) has already revolutionized the area of industrial design and prototyping. Could replacement parts be next?
Major European welding procedure standard updated.
Europe's most used standard for welding procedure qualifications (WPQ), EN ISO 15614-1 has been significantly amended as of the end of July 2017.
EN 10204 Type 3.2 certification getting complex?
The use of the EN 10204:2004 standard for inspection documents for metallic products has become more widespread, beyond even the European Union. As an independent third party, LRQA is working to educate the manufacturing community about t
Five ways nanotechnology is securing your future
The past 70 years have seen the way we live and work transformed by two tiny inventions. The electronic transistor and the microchip are what make all modern electronics possible, and since their development in the 1940s they’ve been getting smaller.
Revising the Pressure Equipment Directive: Why now, & what’s changing?
For the first time in 17 years, the EU's Pressure Equipment Directive (PED 97/23/EC) is changing.