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704 Product Safety for Our Customers

The WAGO laboratory in Minden is an “accredited test lab for electrical and mechanical tests on terminal
blocks and connectors, as well as for environment simulations.”
Accreditation, as ISO/IEC 17011:2004 defines, is a third party-attestation related to a conformity assessment
body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks.
Accreditation, according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025, is granted by the Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH
DAkkS (German Accreditation Office GmbH DAkkS). This national accreditation office, which was established
by the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology (BMWi), certifies that our test laboratory is
officially recognized as possessing the necessary expertise to conduct defined tests and types of tests indepen-
dently and objectively.

Through obtaining the accreditation, the following objectives were achieved:
• Customer requirements
• Workflow optimization High-voltage test
• Clearly defined processes
• Clear organization and structure
• Greater transparency
• Consistent, high-quality laboratory testing
• Maximum traceability
• Traceable measurement results
• Sustainable quality awareness

Vibration- and
shock-resistance
testing

Visitor center

Conductor reten-
tion force testing