SGS Consolidates Automotive Lab and becomes Johnson Controls Supplier
The new automotive testing lab at SGS Institut Fresenius GmbH in Herten is now furnished with acquired test equipment and climate chambers. SGS is now a Johnson Controls preferred supplier for all types of material testing.

July 03, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In May 2009, SGS Germany incorporated the Johnson Controls Europe Material and Weathering Lab, located in Grefrath, Germany. Adopting its equipment as a basis, the new automotive testing lab at SGS Institut Fresenius GmbH in Herten was created. The existing lab was rebuilt and expanded to host the complete test equipment and climate chambers in one place. SGS is now a Johnson Controls preferred supplier for all types of material testing (http://www.de.sgs.com/automotive_de_index/failure_and_damage_de-2/materials-de.htm).

The new automotive testing facility, with an efficient customer service and state-of-the-art laboratory, is able to provide consulting and testing for nearly all OEM specifications. Tests can be done in line with basic material and process development, product development, initial sample tests and product audits. Thanks to its flexible accreditation to DIN EN ISO 17025, the automotive testing lab is also able to develop new testing procedures. The lab is equipped to perform all necessary tests on materials like plastics and textiles as well as assembled parts such as complete instrument panels and doors.

About SGS Automotive Testing

The automotive testing lab (http://www.institut-fresenius.de/english/services/consumer_testing_se ... ndex.shtml) is capable of carrying out a wide range of verifications, including emission and mechanical tests, undertake analytical investigations of physicochemical characteristics, determinations of surface properties, like chemical and scratch resistance and perform ageing tests, e.g. sun simulation, hot light ageing and climate cycle.

For more information about SGS Institut Fresenius automotive testing, please contact:

Contact details:

SGS Consumer Testing Services
Lutz Mayer
Branch Manager Automotive
SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS GmbH
Am Technologiepark 10, 45699 Herten, Germany

t: +49 2366 305 645

E-mail address: cts.media@sgs.com
Website: http://www.sgs-auto.com

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Lutz Mayer
SGS Consumer Testing Services
Branch Manager Automotive
Am Technologiepark 10
Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany 45699
Voice: +49 2366 305 645
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