EMC Testing Labs in Tuscany – Accredited Facilities

EMC-LACE - CEIA S.p.A. Laboratory

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The Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory CEIA S.p.A - LACE is the in-house test laboratory of CEIA S.p.A, the Italian metal-detection and induction-heating manufacturer, at Strada Provinciale di Pescaiola 52-52/A in Civitella in Val di Chiana near Arezzo, Tuscany. It began measurement activities in 1987 supporting CEIA's own electronic instrument production for domestic and foreign markets, then expanded its infrastructure and scope to meet EMC and CE-marking regulatory requirements, and now operates as an accredited third-party laboratory. Its recognition history is long: in 1994 CEIA was recognised as a Highly Qualified Laboratory by the Italian Ministry of University, Technological and Scientific Research; it has been ISO 9001 certified by IMQ since 1996 (certificate 9115.CEI3); in 1998 the laboratory was recognised by the Ministry of Communication as a Competent Body for Electromagnetic Compatibility; and from 2007 to 2012 it held EMC Notified Body status (Notified Body number 2046). It is accredited by ACCREDIA as Testing Laboratory 01402 to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and covered by the ILAC MRA, with accreditation extended in 2023 to walkthrough metal detector performance testing - a capability that follows directly from CEIA's own product line and is close to unique in a public EMC directory. The laboratory serves four activity areas: electromagnetic compatibility testing, human exposure to electromagnetic fields testing, radio equipment testing, and performance tests on walkthrough metal detectors (WTMD). Product categories covered include electrical and electronic equipment for residential and industrial environments, scientific and medical industrial equipment, information and multimedia technology equipment, home appliances, lighting equipment and telecommunication and military equipment. The published test list covers radiated and conducted disturbance measurement, harmonic current emissions, voltage variations, fluctuations and flicker, ESD, radiated field immunity, EFT/burst, surge, conducted RF immunity, network frequency magnetic field immunity, and voltage dips, short interruptions and variations. Tests support the EMC Directive 2014/30/EU and the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU for CE marking, and can be run to CEI, EN, IEC, FCC, ANSI, ETSI and MIL standards.

G.S.D. S.r.l.

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G.S.D. has worked in applied electromagnetism since 1995 from Via di Marmiceto in the Ospedaletto industrial area of Pisa, and operates as a test house across EMC, vibration and climatic testing with a strong automotive approval line. Its most directly useful credential for vehicle work is a VCA certificate covering ECE, EEC, EMC and ESA scopes - a designation from the United Kingdom's Vehicle Certification Agency that lets it produce test evidence for electronic sub-assembly and vehicle approval under UN-ECE Regulation 10 - alongside RSM-E57 and ITCF-AQL-0025 certificates and an ISO 9001:2015 quality system. Testing and measurement covers EMC and radio equipment under the Radio Equipment Directive together with FCC and Industry Canada requirements, with standard families spanning civil, military, naval, avionics and aerospace applications, plus electrical safety testing on domestic and industrial electrical and electronic equipment. A distinct service line is environmental electromagnetic field measurement, including magnetic field surveys carried out to current regulations, which addresses occupational and public exposure rather than product emissions. Customers describe a test house handling electromagnetic compatibility measurement, vibration testing and climatic chamber work on one site with highly qualified staff. Unusually, the company also offers laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for elemental composition analysis, and publishes research, theses and academic initiatives. No ACCREDIA or ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation number is published, so it is recorded here without an accreditation entry. Specialisations are automotive ESA and UN-ECE R10 approval, military, naval and avionics EMC, environmental electromagnetic field measurement, and combined EMC with vibration and climatic testing.

TesLab S.r.l.

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TesLab operates from Via delle Cateratte in the port city of Livorno and holds ACCREDIA accreditation to UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 under certificate number 01593, revision 2 of 23 January 2025, with an accredited annex at revision 8 - and that annex is where the laboratory's real character shows, because the accredited scope reaches well beyond the commercial directive set. On the marine side it carries EN 60945, IACS UR E10, IEC 60533 for metal-hulled ships, IEC 60092-504 for shipboard automation and instrumentation, DNV-GL CG-0339 and the Lloyd's Register Type Approval System Test Specification No. 1, which is the combination a classification-society type approval actually requires. On rail it holds EN 50121-3-2, -4 and -5, EN 50155, IEC 61373 shock and vibration for Category 1, the German EMV 06 radiated emission regulation, and the Italian infrastructure manager's own signalling specification RFI TCSS ST IS 00 402 A. On automotive it is accredited not just to CISPR 25 and EN 55025, ISO 7637-2 and -3, ISO 10605, ISO 11452-2 and -4 and ISO 16750-2 to 50 A, but to UNECE R10.06 and to carmakers' own specifications - Volkswagen VW 80000:2021 and TL 81000:2021, and FCA CS.00054:2018 and CS.00244:2023. Fire and security equipment is covered by EN 54-2 and EN 50130-4, in vitro diagnostics by EN IEC 61326-2-6, and the immunity suite includes the less common IEC 61000-4-16 common mode from 0 Hz to 150 kHz and IEC 61000-4-29 DC port dips, plus pulse magnetic field to IEC 61000-4-9. Environmental testing to the IEC 60068-2 series runs alongside. The laboratory's own pages also list MIL-STD-461 and RTCA DO-160 capability for military and avionics work, which does not appear in the accredited annex and should therefore be treated as non-accredited capacity. Specialisations are marine and classification-society type approval, railway EMC including RFI signalling, automotive OEM specifications, and fire and security equipment.