EMC Testing Labs in North Rhine-Westphalia – Accredited Facilities

AKUVIB Engineering and Testing GmbH

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AKUVIB Engineering and Testing GmbH is an independent German test house at Sinterstrasse 6 in Bochum, founded in early 2004 and now operating one of the most comprehensive single-site validation estates in the country under the banner 'One Stop Testing'. The company began in acoustics, vibration, environmental simulation and FEM calculation, added machine diagnostics in 2005 and acoustic-emission material testing in 2007, commissioned what it describes as Europe's most powerful HALT system in 2008, and moved into a purpose-built 7,000 m2 facility in early 2014. The EMC department is the newest arm: planned from early 2016, built out from mid-2016 with an absorber hall giving a 3 m measurement distance plus several shielded cabins, completed that December and operational from early 2017, with an adjoining visitor room so customers can watch their own tests. It is DAkkS-accredited to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 for EMC under D-PL-11133-01-01 and separately appointed and accredited as a KBA Technical Service under KBA-P 00123-24 and D-PL-11133-01-02 for electrical and electronic testing of systems, components and separate technical units for motor vehicles and trailers within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/858. Published EMC capability is unusually specific: radiated emissions field strength from 10 Hz to 6 GHz, disturbance voltage and current to 400 MHz, three-phase harmonics and flicker to 690 V and 75 A, magnetic field emission from DC to 400 MHz including ICNIRP 1998 and 2010 human-protection assessment, RF immunity at 3 m to 54 V/m with automotive levels above 200 V/m from 80 MHz to 6 GHz and radar pulses to 600 V/m, burst to 5.5 kV and surge to 5 kV, coupled disturbance voltages to 230 MHz, bulk current injection to 400 MHz, automotive test pulses, magnetic field immunity from DC to 1 MHz including pulsed and damped oscillatory fields, and ESD to 30 kV on both air and contact discharge. It also does mains quality and harmonic analysis, long-term measurement and insertion loss (s-parameter) work. The OEM acceptance list is one of the broadest published anywhere and covers BMW, Claas, FCA, Ford, GM, Jaguar Land Rover, John Deere, Mercedes-Benz, PSA, Renault/Nissan, Scania, VinFast, Volvo and VW. EMC can be combined on one site with environmental simulation, five shaker systems to 90 kN with slip tables and climatic chambers, a HALT rig exceeding 110 gRMS, an all-wheel power dynamometer inside a climatic chamber with wind and solar simulation for electric vehicles, acoustics, material testing and FEM.

EMC Test NRW GmbH

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EMC Test NRW GmbH at Emil-Figge-Strasse 76 in Dortmund is an independent EMC laboratory with more than 25 years of experience, operating on a two-shift model for flexible turnaround. Its distinguishing asset is chamber AH1, a semi-anechoic chamber that accepts objects weighing up to 50 tonnes and up to 8 m in diameter, and vehicles up to 18 m long, tested under free-field conditions - the laboratory notes it has tested almost everything with wheels or that can be transported, from electric vehicles to railway wagons. AH2 handles objects to 2 tonnes and 2 m diameter, AH3 objects to 1.5 tonnes and 2 m for small industrial applications and electronic sub-assemblies needing particularly high immunity. Alongside these sit shielded rooms, a reverberation chamber, a 180 kW DC emulator, a dedicated measuring station for harmonic current emissions and voltage changes, and electrical testing facilities. Its approval portfolio is exceptionally deep on the regulatory side: DAkkS accreditation to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 under D-PL-12012-01-01 and -01-02 with a published flexible scope, a separate partial accreditation D-PL-12012-01-03 for EMC of active medical devices and IVD devices, KBA Technical Service designation KBA-P 00060-97 in categories A, B and D, Notified Body for EMC under BNetzA-bS-07/61-03/3, Notified Body for the Radio Equipment Directive under BNetzA-bS-25/51-65, and Technical Service recognition RDWT-CLD-03 from the Dutch RDW. In January 2024 Ford Motor Company granted EMC Test NRW the FMC 1280 High Voltage approval, making it the first and at the time only laboratory in the EU with that approval - a notable credential for electric-vehicle HV component work. Other OEM recognitions include Ford FMC1278, VW TL81000, Daimler MBN 10284-2, BMW GS 95002-2, Renault 36-00-808/--N and Nissan equivalents, PSA B21 7110 E, and Volvo Cars REQ043878/2 and further PRDs; the laboratory states that all German OEMs plus Ford, Volvo, GM, PSA, JLR and Renault accept its reports. Human EMF exposure assessment, development support, engineering, consulting, R&D and a training programme of seminars and free webinars round out the offer.

EMC Testhaus GmbH & Co. KG

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EMC Testhaus GmbH & Co. KG at Eiserfelder Strasse 316 in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, is a DAkkS-accredited EMC laboratory operating under registration number D-PL-21526-01-00 to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018. Its accreditation is unusually well segmented, with separate partial certificates for EMC (-01-01 and -01-02), EMC on medical devices (-01-02), EMC for KBA vehicle type approval (-01-03), FCC requirements (-01-04) and Canadian standards (-01-05), plus a regularly updated published list of test procedures within the flexible accreditation scope. The FCC and Canadian partial accreditations are the notable ones - they let the laboratory support FCC Part 15 and Part 18 Supplier's Declaration of Conformity and Canadian market access directly from Germany. Test equipment covers emission to 18 GHz and immunity to 6 GHz, with equipment for single- and three-phase devices to a maximum 32 A. The facility comprises an absorber chamber with ferrite absorbers, a second absorber chamber with pyramidal absorbers, two weather-independent open-area test sites offering 3 m and 10 m measurement distances, and three shielded cabins; all test and measurement equipment is maintained and calibrated on a fixed cycle per the quality manual, with unbroken traceability of results. As a KBA-designated body it runs type approval procedures for electrical and electronic sub-assemblies (EUB) under UN-R10, verifications under Regulation (EU) 2018/858, BCI testing to ISO 11452-4 over 100 kHz to 400 MHz, testing under the German e-scooter road-traffic regulation, and automotive manufacturer requirements. Medical work covers active medical devices and IVD equipment to DIN EN 60601-1-2:2016 and DIN EN 61326-2-6:2013. The laboratory also holds Germanischer Lloyd recognition for marine work, and performs human EMF exposure assessment in both occupational health contexts (BGV B11, Directive 2013/35/EU) and general population contexts (EU Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC and the 26th German Federal Immission Control Ordinance). Services include full type testing across emission and immunity, development-accompanying measurement, interference suppression, spot tests to verify existing results, and on-site measurement at the installation location.

I2PS - Institute for International Product Safety GmbH

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I2PS, the Institute for International Product Safety GmbH, is an independent test house in Bonn whose EMC laboratory sits inside an unusually broad electrotechnical testing operation. The EMC facility is built around a fully anechoic room (FAR) compliant with CISPR 16-1 and CISPR 16-2 with a 3 metre measurement distance, covering radiated and conducted emissions, harmonic current and flicker measurement, and a full immunity suite: electrostatic discharge to plus or minus 30 kV, radiated RF fields from 80 MHz to 6 GHz, fast transient bursts to 4 kV, surge to 6.6 kV, conducted RF from 150 kHz to 80 MHz, magnetic field and voltage disturbance testing. The laboratory holds DAkkS accreditation to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 and has operated a flexible scope since May 2013, which lets it apply newer editions of a standard without waiting for reassessment; a separate DAkkS calibration accreditation, D-K-19125-01-00, has been in place since 2018. What distinguishes the institute is the surrounding capability: a short-circuit and internal arc facility rated to 300,000 A with 298 MVA peak short-circuit power, driven by one of the world's most powerful surge generator systems, alongside environmental simulation (climatic, vibration and shock), IP ingress protection testing, high-current and lifespan testing, insulation and dielectric testing, materials testing, and non-destructive evaluation by computed tomography and radiography. A switchgear assembly can therefore be taken through EMC, safety, environmental and short-circuit withstand qualification in one place. Specialisations are low-voltage switchgear and controlgear, power distribution and automation systems, rail engineering and shipbuilding electronics, medical and IT equipment, and domestic appliances.

IMST GmbH - EMC Laboratory

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IMST GmbH is an independent research and development house in Kamp-Lintfort, North Rhine-Westphalia, working across radio system design, antennas, radar, RF circuits and electromagnetic simulation, and its Test Centre operates a DAkkS-accredited EMC laboratory under DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 registration D-PL-12139-00-00. The laboratory's principal facility is a semi-anechoic chamber measuring 13 x 8 x 5 metres, usable from DC to 6 GHz, large enough for sizeable equipment and for the 3 m and 10 m measurement geometries required by the emission standards; a second shielded room of 6 x 4 x 3 metres covers DC to 300 MHz for conducted work and low-frequency immunity. Testing covers radiated and conducted emissions to CISPR 32 and EN 55032, the full IEC 61000-4 immunity series, harmonics and flicker, and radio equipment testing to the ETSI EN 301 489 and EN 300 series under the Radio Equipment Directive and the EMC Directive. What sets the centre apart is its proximity to IMST's own design engineering: customers bring hardware into the chamber with a soldering station and stereo microscope available on site so that filter or layout changes can be made and re-measured in the same visit, and the laboratory is backed by IMST's EMPIRE XPU 3D electromagnetic field simulator, which allows radiated emission and coupling problems to be reproduced and diagnosed numerically rather than only empirically. Specialisations are wireless and IoT modules, radar and mmWave sensors, antenna integration, and industrial and automotive electronics.

NMi TESTLAB GmbH

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NMi TESTLAB GmbH at Blomberg in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia was founded in 1994 as PHOENIX TESTLAB, growing out of the Phoenix Contact industrial electronics business, and was rebranded after joining the Dutch NMi Group. It is now one of Germany's largest independent test houses: more than 10,000 square metres of laboratory space, some 125 test facilities and over a hundred engineers, with customers including Daimler Truck, Phoenix Contact, Mahle and Stadler Rail. The accreditation structure reflects that scale - DAkkS accreditation to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 under D-PL-17186-01-00 with partial scopes covering EMC, telecommunications, electrical safety and environmental simulation (-01-01), acoustics (-01-02), information security and cyber security (-01-03), EMC for active medical devices and in-vitro diagnostic equipment (-01-04), Canadian ISED telecommunications and EMC standards (-01-05) and FCC requirements (-01-06), plus ISO/IEC 17065 certification body accreditation under D-ZE-17186-01-00 for Canadian telecommunications equipment certification. That means North American market access is issued in-house rather than subcontracted. Test capability is organised around applications as much as standards: airbag and pyrotechnic components, traction and stationary batteries, EV charging stations, wireless and radio modules, and industrial fieldbus interoperability and performance verification sit alongside the conventional EMC, safety, climatic, vibration and UV programmes. Specialisations are automotive and commercial vehicle electronics, industrial automation and fieldbus devices, railway equipment, battery and charging infrastructure, medical devices, and product cyber security.

Obering. Berg & Lukowiak GmbH (OBL)

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Obering. Berg & Lukowiak GmbH, trading as OBL, is a private and independent testing and certification institute at Huellhorst in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, and a notified body under the EMC Directive. It holds DAkkS accreditation to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 under D-PL-12032-01-00 with a Flex A flexible scope, which allows it to apply different editions of a test procedure without prior notification, across five accredited fields: electromagnetic compatibility, telecommunications, electrical equipment safety, environmental simulation and energy efficiency. The accredited EMC scope is broad in the product dimension rather than the military one - basic immunity and emission standards, the EN 61000-6 generic series for residential, commercial and industrial environments, and product-family standards for railway equipment, alarm and security systems, luminaires, household appliances and IT equipment, plus radio equipment EMC under RED Article 3.1(b) and automotive applications. Telecommunications accreditation covers broadcast and digital terrestrial television receivers to ETSI EN 303 345-1 and EN 303 340. What makes OBL distinctive is how far its testing extends past compliance into product quality assessment: the institute also evaluates ergonomics and usability, acoustic noise and audio performance, video and photographic image quality, energy efficiency, cyber security, and RoHS and chemical composition, and carries out factory inspections and production monitoring. Specialisations are consumer electronics and multimedia, household appliances, lighting, IT equipment and consumer goods for retail and own-brand programmes.

RS Schwarze Industrieelektronik GmbH

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RS Schwarze Industrieelektronik at Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia is an industrial electronics company that runs a DAkkS-accredited EMC laboratory to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025, under laboratory director Bruno Erdbories. Its principal facility is a Full Anechoic Room measuring 8.2 by 5.2 by 4.2 metres, lined throughout with ferrite absorbers and partially fitted with hybrid pyramidal absorbers, giving a 360-degree absorbing environment with video monitoring of the test item; radiated disturbance field strength is measured from 30 MHz to 6 GHz and radiated immunity generated from 80 MHz to 6 GHz. The chamber is complemented by an open-area free-field measurement site and a shielded test cabin, which together cover conducted disturbance measurement from 9 kHz to 30 MHz and the low-frequency work. The immunity suite is complete to the IEC 61000-4 series: electrostatic discharge, radiated and conducted RF fields, fast transient burst, surge, power frequency magnetic fields, voltage variations and harmonics, with mains harmonic current and flicker measurement on the emission side. Because the company's own business is designing and building industrial electronics, the laboratory is used as much for remediation as for certification: engineers advise on and implement corrective measures - filtering, shielding, grounding and layout changes - when a test fails, rather than simply issuing the report. Specialisations are industrial control and drive electronics, machine and plant electronics, and EMC troubleshooting with in-house redesign capability.

TUV NORD Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG - Cologne Radio and EMC Laboratory

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TUV NORD Hochfrequenztechnik operates the group's radio and EMC laboratory in the LESKANPARK complex at Cologne-Kalk, and its headline specification is reach in frequency: the absorber hall covers measurement up to 325 GHz, which is what allows automotive radar in both the 24 GHz and 76 to 77 GHz bands to be characterised rather than only the sub-6 GHz radio bands most laboratories stop at. The hall measures 8.55 by 5.55 by 5.325 metres with a usable test volume of 2 metres diameter by 2 metres high, a 1.20 by 2.30 metre door and 1,000 kg load capacity including the turntable; EMC immunity is generated from 80 MHz to 6 GHz up to 10 V/m. Around it sit dedicated unshielded areas - roughly 23 square metres for device safety, 30 square metres for radio testing under extreme climatic conditions, 20 square metres for EMC and some 400 square metres for preliminary and comparative measurement, which is a large pre-compliance footprint by any standard. The laboratory is DAkkS accredited to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025, recognised as a conformity assessment body for the FCC and for ISED Canada, and recognised by the Bundesnetzagentur, and it coordinates type approval and homologation into more than 190 markets. Radio capability spans short-range devices, Bluetooth, wireless LAN, RFID, smart metering and wireless charging as well as radar; EMC covers emissions, immunity, electrostatic discharge to 30 kV air and 25 kV contact discharge, surge and burst and power quality analysis; electrical safety is run to EN 62368-1 with protective conductor, leakage and touch current, high-voltage and temperature testing. Specialisations are automotive radar and mmWave, wireless and IoT market access, RFID and wireless power, and smart metering.

cetecom advanced GmbH

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cetecom advanced operates EMC laboratories at Essen-Kettwig and Saarbruecken, both accredited by DAkkS to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018, with a sister laboratory in the United States carrying A2LA accreditation - so European and North American testing is performed inside the same organisation. Its automotive designations are unusually layered: it is a designated KBA Technical Service operating under the German E1 approval mark for UN-R 10 amendments 05 and 06, an accredited technical service to the Luxembourg authority SNCH under the E13 mark, and a technical service to Ireland's NSAI for eCall and EMC under the relevant EU regulations and UN regulations - meaning a manufacturer can choose which approval authority issues the certificate without changing laboratory. Test programmes run to the Radio Equipment Directive, the EMC Directive, the Machinery Directive and the medical device rules including IEC 60601-1-2 fourth edition, with railway work to EN 50121 and EN 50155 and shielding attenuation measurement to IEEE 299. Market coverage extends to CE, FCC for the United States, ISED for Canada and MIC for Japan. The laboratories are set up for iterative work rather than pass-fail reporting: customers may attend their own tests, an on-site workshop allows device modifications - filters, shielding materials and specialised connectors - to be fitted and retested within the same session, and the company supports development-phase measurement, modification testing and mass-production quality assurance, with on-site measurement available for plant and machinery. Specialisations are automotive EMC and eCall approval, wireless and multi-radio products, medical technology, railway equipment, and machinery and plant engineering.