Testing systems and test methods from Ludwigsburg have been setting global standards, alongside and beyond the standards. Test methods that have only just been included in the ISO 4210 standard, such as e.g. the disc brake load for frames or the steerer tube test for carbon forks, are “old hat” for us and our partners.

In order to make the very high quality tangible and remain fit for the future

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we did not shun the hard audit of our test operations with the testing systems developed on our own.

“DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 is the worldwide standard for laboratory accreditation in the area of testing and calibration. It sets out general requirements for competence and impartiality and for uniform working practices at laboratories and is applicable to all organisations that carry out laboratory activities. It was developed with the aim of promoting confidence in the work of laboratories,” states Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle DAkkS on their website.

The particular thing with “our” accreditation is that the scope not only comprises the normative tests, but also the tests of our categories SAFETY and PERFORMANCE – manifested in a 7-page long annex to the certificate.

The accreditation documents with an up-to-date list of all test procedures in the field of bicycles and electrically power assisted cycles are available in the download area of our webshop.

The consequential implementation of sustainability in our company pays off. Thanks to utmost energy efficiency and a huge photovoltaic system we could maintain the prices and were not even forced to raise them for the energy-efficient testing services.

We had already reported on the re-audit by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB). Recently, the “Climate-positive building in use” certificate and the "DGNB certificate Platinum

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for sustainably operated mixed-uses” has been presented officially at the DGNB headquarters in Stuttgart. Among the more than 3000 certified buildings worldwide, our building maintains the highest efficiency level.

Photo: Zedler-Institut

An expansion of the market as a whole results in benefits for all market participants. However, particularly current tendencies in Berlin show that the bicycle is far from where it belongs to in terms of general perception and political importance.

In order to improve that, we are more active than ever in a number of

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interest groups:

• Founding member and only just re-elected deputy chairman of the German association Zukunft Fahrrad e.V.
• Founding member and first chairman of Bundesverband der Fahrrad-Sachverständigen e.V. (German association of bicycle experts)
• Appointment into the workgroup “Bicycle and e-bike safety“ of the German Road Safety Council (DVR e.V.)
• Participation in the German DIN committee sports and leisure-time equipment of the German Institute for Standardisation
• Participation in the programme committee of German Association for Materials Research and Testing (DVM e.V.) – working group bicycle safety
• Founding member of the promotion circle of the Work Group Cycle and Pedestrian-Friendly Communities in Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Supporter of the German service and bicycle grouping Verbund Service und Fahrrad e.V.
• Founding member and two committee members in the board of examiners “bicycle technician” at the CCI Stuttgart region