In development, validation, and approval processes, reliable results, quick response times, and the ability to adapt flexibly to new requirements are essential.
As a testing laboratory accredited to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025, we stand for quality, expertise, and reliability. Our goal is to provide precise and reproducible test results and to support our customers in efficiently and reliably validating their products and components.
Our Quality Standards
DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 defines the general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. Our QMS is based on the following core principles of the standard:
Technical Competence
Our qualified and experienced staff, along with ongoing training and professional development, ensure that our tests are conducted professionally in accordance with the current state of the art and applicable standards.
Precise and Reliable Results
Through state-of-the-art testing technology, standards-compliant or validated testing procedures, and consistent quality assurance measures - such as participation in interlaboratory tests, systematic monitoring of test equipment, and DAkkS calibrations - we guarantee accurate, reproducible, and reliable results.
Impartiality and Confidentiality
The impartiality of our testing services and the protection of confidential customer and project data are our top priorities. Our decisions and results are free from commercial, financial, or other improper influences.
Continuous Improvement
Through internal audits, management reviews, and the systematic analysis of experience and customer feedback, we continuously refine our processes.
Customer Focus and Flexibility
We tailor our services to the specific requirements of our customers and work together to develop suitable solutions for challenging testing tasks.
Flex C at MINZ – More Options for Your Testing Needs
By expanding the scope of our Category C accreditation in accordance with Certificate Annex D-PL-18566-01-01, we have the most comprehensive of the three flexibility categories within the defined scope of application.
The key advantage: Within this scope, we can respond more quickly and precisely to new or customer-specific testing requirements.
Test procedures can be adapted, further developed, or newly established as needed. This also includes qualified in-house procedures as well as the incorporation of new editions of factory standards that are not publicly available.
Your added value with Flex C—ensuring your testing requirements don’t fail due to a rigid procedure, but rather that the procedure is tailored to your testing task
Greater Flexibility
Test procedures can be specifically adapted to new technologies, products, and individual technical challenges.
Faster Response to Changes
Changes to standards, new factory specifications, and technical developments can be promptly incorporated within the defined scope.
Customized Testing Concepts
Where existing standard procedures do not adequately address a testing task, suitable procedures can be further developed or newly established.
Quality and Flexibility Combined
Even adapted or newly established procedures are systematically qualified and implemented with quality assurance.
With our scope of accreditation for electrotechnical testing in accordance with Certificate Annex D-PL-18566-01-02 [Flex A] and our flexibility provisions in accordance with Certificate Annex D-PL-18566-01-01 [Flex C], we combine a broad range of accredited testing services with a high degree of methodological flexibility.
We are proud of this special achievement and the associated recognition of our competence in methodological flexibility through the German accreditation body Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS):
For our customers, Flex C means greater leeway for challenging testing tasks, the ability to respond more quickly to new requirements, and, at the same time, the assurance of a testing laboratory accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025.
Overview of Flexibility Categories
The extent to which an accredited testing laboratory can respond to new or changed testing requirements within its scope of accreditation depends on the respective flexibility category. The three categories, which build upon one another, differ as follows:
Category A – Different Editions
Already accredited standardized test methods, or those deemed equivalent, may be applied in different editions.
Category B – Additional Standardized Test Methods
In addition to Category A, other standardized or equivalent, publicly available test methods may be included within the defined scope.
Category C – Comprehensive Methodological Flexibility
In addition to the options offered by Categories A and B, test methods may be modified, further developed, or newly established within the specified scope. This also includes qualified in-house procedures as well as new editions of factory standards that are not publicly available.
With our flexibility under Category C, we can thus utilize the options of all three categories within the specified scope.
