LABTQ – European Association of independent test laboratories

LABTQ the European Association of independent test laboratories is a non-profit organization. The collaboration between labs started already in the early 90’s. Today 12 test laboratories in Europe are members. LABTQ’s field of activity is focussed on appliances for heating & hot water (mainly boilers, but not excluding others) and cooking/catering. The main objectives of the association are the improvement of the accuracy of measurements and the promotion of quality testing. Therefore LABTQ is regularly organising inter-comparison tests to ensure the measurement quality of each test lab. The evaluation and discussion of the results of these inter-comparison tests (publicly available on www.labtq.eu) and the general sharing of expertise are used to improve the reproducibility of measurements among members. Members of the association offer state-of-art and high quality testing of the above mentioned appliances. The deviation of results between laboratories in LABTQ has proven to be minimal as a result of inter-comparisons and collaborative work between members. LABTQ offers also an independent expertise for testing and measuring issues (for example in the framework of the Eco-design regulation).