Materials testing labs

ISO/IEC 17025 accredited by UKAS (No. 7968) testing laboratory (accreditation status: active). Accredited test areas include: Calibration Temperature Pressure; Mechanical Hardness; Mechanical Tensile Compression Flexural. Located at , United Kingdom, United Kingdom. Official accreditation scope: https://www.ukas.com/download-schedule/7968/Testing

ISO/IEC 17025 accredited by DAkkS (No. D-K-15115-01-00) testing laboratory (accreditation status: active). Accredited test areas include: Calibration Electrical; Calibration Temperature Pressure; Calibration; Em Radio Frequency. Located at Falderbaumstraße 23, 34123, Kassel, Germany. Official accreditation scope: https://www.dakks.de/files/data/as/pdf/D-K-15115-01-00.pdf

ISO/IEC 17025 accredited by UKAS (No. 4110) testing laboratory (accreditation status: active). Accredited test areas include: Calibration Electrical; Calibration Force Torque. Located at 5 Dunsbridge Business Park, Shepreth, Royston, SG8 6RA, Royston, United Kingdom. Official accreditation scope: https://www.ukas.com/download-schedule/4110/Calibration

3Core2 Certification Ltd is a fully independent, UKAS-accredited certification body headquartered at 630 Birchwood Boulevard, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire WA3 7QU, England, with additional contact operations based in Manchester. Founded in 2019 by Managing Director Donn Houldsworth, the company was established with the explicit aim of improving standards within the certification industry by placing client experience, impartiality, and genuine value delivery at the centre of every engagement. From its foundation, 3Core2 moved rapidly through the accreditation pathway, achieving International Accreditation Service (IAS) accreditation in 2021 and full UKAS accreditation in 2022 under accreditation number 20271, cementing its status as a formally recognised and independently audited certification authority. 3Core2 holds UKAS accreditation under ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, the international standard governing the competence, consistency, and impartiality of management systems certification bodies. Under this accreditation, the company is authorised to certify organisations to four core management system standards: ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management Systems), ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management Systems), ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems), and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (Information Security Management Systems). In total, 3Core2 offers eleven ISO certification programmes, extending beyond these flagship standards to cover service management, business continuity, and other internationally recognised frameworks that address the full range of operational, environmental, and information security challenges facing modern organisations. The company's audit services are available in both remote and onsite formats, providing flexibility to clients of every size and geographic footprint. Whether a client operates from a single UK site or manages multi-site operations across different regions, 3Core2 structures its programmes around a defined certification cycle comprising an initial Stage 1 documentation review, a Stage 2 on-site or remote certification audit, and subsequent scheduled surveillance audits leading to recertification. This model ensures that certification is not a one-time formality but a living, continuously monitored demonstration of conformance, with the audit process adding practical value at every stage rather than simply confirming paperwork compliance. Beyond management systems certification, 3Core2 has obtained ISO/IEC 17020 Inspection Body Accreditation, enabling it to conduct formal independent inspections in accordance with internationally accepted criteria for impartiality, technical competence, and consistent performance. This scope extension positions 3Core2 to support clients in sectors where inspection activities are mandated by regulation or contract, in addition to or independently of management system certification. Complementing this, 3Core2 holds BAFE SP101 accreditation, authorising it to certify organisations operating within the UK fire extinguisher servicing and maintenance industry — a safety-critical sector governed by the British Approvals for Fire Equipment scheme and subject to strict third-party certification requirements for market credibility. 3Core2 participates in the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) framework as an accredited certification body member, recognising ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management systems as meeting SSIP's core criteria for pre-qualification assessment. This membership is of particular significance in the construction, engineering, and facilities management sectors, where supply chain safety compliance is a standard contractual requirement. Organisations that achieve ISO 45001 certification through 3Core2 gain recognition across the SSIP portal, offering a tangible commercial advantage when tendering for contracts that mandate demonstrable health and safety management credentials from suppliers and subcontractors. The industries and technical sectors covered by 3Core2's accredited scope are broad and explicitly multi-sector. The company's UKAS schedule identifies primary focus areas including construction, basic metals and fabricated metal products, manufacturing and engineering, transport and storage, information technology, security services, facilities management, and packaging. This deliberately wide technical scope reflects the cross-cutting applicability of quality, environmental, and safety management standards, and allows 3Core2 to serve organisations across the industrial, commercial, and service economy with consistent audit competence regardless of the client's specific sector or product type. In parallel with its certification and inspection activities, 3Core2 delivers ISO training courses designed to build internal capability within client organisations and help them prepare for, maintain, and maximise the value of their ISO certification. Training programmes are available for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO/IEC 27001, spanning awareness-level introductions and internal auditor development curricula. Each course addresses the structure and key clauses of the relevant standard, audit expectations, common non-conformance triggers, and practical insights drawn from active audit experience. By combining rigorous, UKAS-accredited third-party certification with targeted internal training, 3Core2 supports the complete compliance lifecycle — from first awareness of a standard through first-time certification to long-term continual improvement — making it a comprehensive partner for organisations committed to sustainable ISO conformance.

3C Test is part of Applus+, a global leader in inspection, testing and certification. It provides EMC and product testing; the wider Applus+ group delivers inspection, testing and certification across many industries to verify that assets and products meet quality, health, safety and environmental standards and regulations.

ISO/IEC 17025 accredited by DAkkS (No. D-K-15116-01-01) testing laboratory (accreditation status: active). Accredited test areas include: Calibration Dimensional; Calibration Temperature Pressure. Located at Robert-Bosch-Straße 29, 73431, Aalen, Germany. Official accreditation scope: https://www.dakks.de/files/data/as/pdf/D-K-15116-01-01.pdf