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3D printed parts testing: support every step of the way

Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, provides extraordinary flexibility, freeing designers from production related constraints and reducing innovation costs. Creativity can now be unleashed to focus on parts performance such as weight reduction, aerodynamics, functionality and safety. Did you know that currently 3D-printed parts are more exhaustively tested than those produced by any other manufacturing method? Additive [...]

By Sascha Müeller|October 8th, 2020|Industry, Testing|

Applus+ E-testing: Witness Your Structural Tests Remotely

Many of our clients visit our structural testing facilities in Barcelona to witness their tests and follow them in real-time. In some cases, they even invite their own end clients to witness the testing process with them. In 2010, Applus+ released a secure online testing environment called E-Testing that allows you (and your own end clients) to [...]

By Alfons Carpio|September 10th, 2020|Industry, Innovation, Testing|

Using high-speed cameras for vehicle safety testing

In recent years, vehicle safety has become one of the main characteristics identified when buying a car [1]. One of the most important players in this global understanding of safety is the emergence of entities such as EuroNCAP that have been pushing the European automotive market towards better vehicle safety for over 20 years. As [...]

By David Rodríquez de la Cruz|April 29th, 2020|Automotive, Innovation, Testing|

Incorporating Driver State Assessment into Adaptable Automated Control Systems

Some of the principal benefits of developments in autonomous vehicles are improvements in safety and efficiency for road users. Central to these are transitions between manual driving and automated control. Here it is vital to consider the driver state and environmental conditions so that vehicle systems can adapt their functionality accordingly. Applus+ IDIADA is a [...]

By James Jackson|March 20th, 2020|Automotive, Engineering, Testing|

Lateral Laser Fault Injection: a new variant to one of the most effective hardware attack on secure chips, developed by Applus+ Laboratories

IT security laboratories collaborate with the semiconductor industry to evaluate Integrated Circuit (IC) security against the latest-known attack techniques. To help assess the resilience of ICT products against penetration attacks, cyber-security experts join forces with leading technology companies to develop new testing standards and certification schemes across industry working groups. Laboratories invest in R&D activities [...]

By Laboratories Division, Jordi Mujal, Alex Baldomero and Joaquín Rodriguez|February 13th, 2020|Inspection, Testing|

Update: CE Marking and the regulatory landscape for doors

In the past months, two different events occurred affecting the regulatory landscape for doors and windows, with opposite outcomes. After two years of transition period, EN 16034:2014 is now fully enforced. This standard regulates the fire and smoke requirements for doors and windows. Compliance with this standard is now mandatory to achieve CE Marking, but [...]

By Laboratories Division|February 6th, 2020|Certification, Testing|

Passive safety in car crashes: improved 3D tracking and restraint system analysis

Traditionally, car manufacturers have worked to improve the road safety of their vehicles. This comprises both active safety - all of the elements that contribute to greater efficiency and stability when the vehicle is in motion in order to avoid an accident - and passive safety – those elements that minimise the damage that can [...]

By David Company|January 24th, 2020|Automotive, Testing|

EMC Testing on Electrical & Hybrid Vehicles: Technological, Regulatory & Testing Challenges

Mobility legislation at the international level is evolving to incorporate the sustainability commitments that will reduce vehicle fuel emissions, in particular within European regulation and restrictions on fuel-powered vehicles travelling in major cities. These regulatory changes are accelerating a profound technological transformation in the automotive sector. Manufacturers are being pushed to focus on new innovation [...]

By Rafael Camarero|December 18th, 2019|Automotive, Innovation, Testing|

5G and Autonomous Vehicles: The Road Ahead for Connectivity Testing and Compliance

In the previous post exploring the standardisation of technology for vehicle connectivity, we have seen that the existing connectivity technologies, such as C-V2X and U-V2X, do not have the capacity nor speed to reach the low-latency and data-rich connectivity required for level 5[1] autonomous vehicles. The arrival of 5G technology will signal the key turning [...]

By Adrià Galín|August 1st, 2019|Automotive, Innovation, Testing|

Discovering driving patterns in India. Applus+ IDIADA conducts research to identify key brake durability patterns

Extreme traffic and usage conditions can present significant challenges to general vehicle durability. Within the automotive industry, India is recognised as one of the most severe environments in terms of driving conditions, which may result in a deterioration of vehicle braking systems. Knowledge of local driving conditions is essential when entering a new market. Applus+ [...]

By Bernat Ferrer|July 8th, 2019|Automotive, Testing|

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Ignasi Ferrer
Automotive Engineering Innovation Strategist, Applus+ Idiada, Spain
Lluís Boada
Project Manager IT, Applus+ Laboratories, Spain
Victor Soto González
Operations Director, Applus+ Mexico
Julián Oñate
Industrial Business Delegate & Country Development Manager Northwest Africa in Applus+
Francisco Moure
Regional Manager South of Central America and Caribbean in Applus+
Esther Villa
Project Manager Novotec Consultores, S.A
Brian Dawes
Regional Manager, Middle East at Applus+
Natalia Artal
Powertrain engineer, Electric Vehicle in Applus+ Idiada
Diederick Naude
Manager, Applications Centre at Applus+ Australia
Martin Derby
Director - US Geohazard Management Program at Applus+
Diego Benedetti
Operation and Technical Manager, Applus+ Italy
Travis Hill
Director USA, Pipeline Integrity NDE at Applus+
Domenico Bellistri
RTD INCOTEST Specialist, Applus+
Alberto Bernardez
Director of Industrial Safety's Business Line in Applus+
Jerry Harper
Operations Manager at QISI Applus+
Joan Puig
Tyre Technology Product Manager at Applus+ IDIADA
Remco Bart
Senior radiation safety expert at Applus+
Sergio Merelo
Service Line Director at Applus+
Terry Sullivan
Operations Manager at Applus+
Jose Alejandro Rivas Vidal
Lab Manager IT Labs
Applus+ Laboratories Spain
Guillem Ernest Malagarriga
Commercial Director IT Business Area
Isabel Domínguez
Project Manager in the Enviromental and Consulting Department at Novotec
IDIADA Division
Leading company specializing in providing design, engineering, testing and homologation services.
Christopher Paxton
Business Development Manager - Applus+ K2 Velosi
Automotive Division
Focuses on statutory vehicle-inspection services and emission and gas testing solutions worldwide.
Álvaro Arrúe
Project Manager, Connected and automated driving at Applus IDIADA
Pedro Barroso
Engine Development Engineer - Applus IDIADA
Jim Molinaro
NDT Consultant, Trainer, and Examiner at X-Ray Industries in Anderson, South Carolina
Adrià Galín
RF Engineer
Applus+ Laboratories (Barcelona, Spain)
Eric Miller
Level 3 IRT
Troy, Michigan, (USA)
Grant Meredith