We are proud that the Dutch Accreditation Council has again awarded the STERLAB certificate to ECC, the Environmental Competence Centre of Thales Nederland. The exhaustive 4-yearly audit held in June was very successful. The non-conformances found during this audit have been corrected by now. Strictly speaking, the formal accreditation is yet to take place, but the Accreditation Council has informed us that the commission's decision will be a positive one.

ECC performs test a wide variety of environmental tests to guarantee the supreme quality of Thales Nederland's products. To this end, ECC has extensive and sophisticated facilities at its disposal, attuned to the fields of climatology, shocks, vibrations and EMC/EMI/ESD. The Environmental Competence Centre  is also involved in the design process in order to eliminate design flaws in as early a stage as possible. Being an integral part of Thales Nederland, ECC also performs tests for third parties. The Centre ranks among the top laboratories in its field in Europe.