IAPRI Member

Applus+ Certification Technological Center
(Applus+ Centro Tecnológico de Certificación)

 Applus+ Certification Technological Center logo
AddressCampus UAB
PO BOX 18
E 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona)
SPAIN
ContactAntonio Luis Guerra (Packaging Business Manager)
Telephone+34 93 567 20 00
Fax+34 93 567 20 01
 

Our mission is to support our customers in the fields of quality, safety, innovation and environment improvement, according to their needs.

Our services are:

  • Third-party assessment
  • Certification
  • Calibration and Testing
  • Engineering development
  • Training.

Knowledge areas:

  • Chemical analysis
  • Fine Chemistry
  • Packaging
  • Electricity / Photometry
  • Reliability and statistics in gaming
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • Information Technologies
  • Environment
  • Materials: metallurgy, plastics, rubber
  • Fire and thermal engineering
  • Mechanics, fatigue, vibration and acoustics
  • Laser Industrial applications
  • Construction materials
  • Geotechnics
  • Building structures
  • Metrology

Accreditations

  • Voluntary area : More than 1000 activities accredited
  • Regulatory area : European directives, Spanish regulations, Local regulations, USA regulations
  • Private Certification Schemes: More than 50 big companies trust in Applus+

History

  • 1907: Foundation
  • 1984: Public company
  • 1985: New facilities
  • 1995: Creating Q Mark
  • 1999: Company LGAI—Mexico
  • 2000: Strategic plan 2000—2004
  • 2002: Company LGAI—Center America
  • 2003: Company's Privatisation

Our future: period 2004—2007

  • Investment committed: over €300 million in the first 3 years
  • Using Applus+ branding policy over the world
  • Using Agbar and Applus+ worldwide commercial network
  • Improving R&D in cooperation with Universities

Forecast sales (in million Euro):

  • 2004: 350 I
  • 2005: 1.132
  • 2006: 1.258
  • 2007: 1.392

Packaging Services:

  • Development and Packaging Design
  • Transport Simulation . Packaging Engineering
  • Packaging Improvement and optimisation
  • Cycle life analysis
  • Analytical test and Food Contact
  • Dangerous Goods Test and Consultancy
  • Packaging validation and certification
  • Packaging Consultancy
  • Plastic Packaging Manufacturing Technology
  • Laser Codification
  • Training