Testing labs in Zamudio

Fundación GAIKER is a Spanish technology centre specialising in biotechnology, sustainable composites, functional polymers, recycling and circular economy, providing R&D and technological services to industry.

Trescal Ibérica de Calibración is part of Trescal, the global independent leader in calibration services, providing calibration, verification, repair and measurement-asset management across many disciplines for demanding industries.

UMI (Útiles y Máquinas Industriales, S.A.) is a Spanish manufacturer, distributor, and accredited calibration laboratory with continuous operations dating to 1939 in Bilbao. Over more than eighty years the company has grown from a local industrial-tools supplier into a comprehensive metrology and testing partner for Spanish and international industry, offering services and instrumentation spanning materials testing, non-destructive testing, calibration, temperature measurement, coatings inspection, sand testing, and metallographic analysis. Headquartered at Polígono Ugaldeguren I in Zamudio, Bizkaia — within the Basque Country's dense industrial corridor — UMI also operates delegations in Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid) and Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona), enabling nationwide on-site service coverage. Materials testing forms the technical cornerstone of UMI's business. The company designs and manufactures Universal Testing Machines (Máquinas Universales de Ensayo) for tensile, compression, bending, torsion, and fatigue tests on metallic and non-metallic specimens. Complementing its own manufactured machines, UMI distributes an extensive catalogue of hardness-testing instruments (durómetros) from leading global manufacturers, covering every principal scale: Brinell (HBS/HBW for castings and large structural parts), Rockwell in all standard and superficial variants (HRA, HRB, HRC, HRD, HR15N, HR30N, HR45N, HR15T, HR30T, HR45T for steels, carbides, and thin-section components), Vickers (HV for universal precision measurement), Knoop (HK for micro-hardness of brittle or very thin coatings), Shore, and Leeb (portable rebound method for large fixed parts). Hardness conversions between scales follow ASTM E140-12be1 and ISO 18265 with material-specific tables covering non-austenitic steels, austenitic stainless steels, brass, aluminium, copper, nickel alloys, and white cast iron — spanning the full range of industrial metallic materials. Non-Destructive Testing (NDT / Ensayos No Destructivos) is a dedicated service and product line within UMI's portfolio. Methods available include ultrasonic testing, magnetic particle inspection, liquid penetrant testing, eddy-current testing, visual inspection, and radiographic testing. These techniques are applicable to welds, castings, forgings, and machined components in safety-critical applications such as pressure vessels, piping, structural steel, aerospace structures, and automotive parts, where detection of subsurface or surface discontinuities before service entry is mandatory. UMI supplies NDT instruments from recognised market brands and provides technical support for method selection, procedure qualification, and field application. A key credential distinguishing UMI is its ENAC-accredited calibration laboratory, operating under accreditation number 44/LC10.024 awarded by ENAC (Entidad Nacional de Acreditación) in accordance with the international standard UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025. The accreditation scope covers four metrological disciplines: Hardness (Dureza), Force and Torque (Fuerza y Par), Pressure and Vacuum (Presión y Vacío), and Temperature and Humidity (Temperatura y Humedad). Calibration is carried out both at UMI's own laboratory facilities and on-site at client premises (calibración in situ) — a service particularly valuable for large fixed installations or high-volume production environments where removing instruments for off-site calibration would cause operational disruption. Full metrological traceability to national measurement standards is maintained throughout, providing clients with the documented calibration certificates required under ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and aerospace AS9100 quality management standards. Temperature measurement is an area in which UMI acts as a manufacturer, not merely a distributor. The company designs and produces industrial temperature probes and sensors (sondas de temperatura) for thermal-treatment processes including heat treatment of metals and other high-temperature manufacturing operations. Products are engineered for specific temperature ranges and operating environments encountered in metallurgy, petrochemistry, and general process industry contexts. These manufactured probes fall within UMI's own ENAC-accredited temperature calibration scope, giving clients a single-source path from probe procurement through initial verification and periodic re-calibration — a meaningful advantage for traceability-conscious quality programmes. UMI's offering extends into several complementary quality-control specialisms. In coatings inspection (Inspección de Revestimientos), UMI is an authorised distributor of DeFelsko PosiTector instruments, including the PosiTector 6000 for coating-thickness measurement on all metallic substrates and the PosiTector 200 for non-metallic substrates, plus accessory gauges for surface profile, dew point, and environmental conditions during coating application. For the foundry and casting industry, UMI supplies a complete line of sand-testing equipment (Ensayos de Arenas) evaluating the physical properties of moulding and core sands — permeability, compressive strength, moisture, and grain fineness — as the official Spanish distributor of Multiserw-Morek (Poland), a specialist foundry-instrumentation brand. Metallographic analysis (Metalografía) encompasses specimen preparation, polishing, etching, and microscopic examination of microstructure, grain size, phase distribution, and surface-treatment depth. Additional product lines include industrial part-marking tools (Útiles de Marcaje) and predictive-maintenance instrumentation for vibration analysis and equipment condition monitoring. The industrial sectors served by UMI encompass the broad spectrum of Spanish and European manufacturing: automotive and tier-one automotive supply chains, steel mills and metal-working plants, ferrous and non-ferrous foundries, aerospace and defence, shipbuilding, oil and gas, chemical and petrochemical processing, and general mechanical engineering. This diversified base, combined with UMI's in-house engineering and after-sales technical service team (SAT) capable of custom developments for equipment both manufactured by UMI and sourced from third parties, reinforces the company's standing as a technically credible, long-established partner for industrial quality assurance across Spain and beyond.

URIKER is a Spanish environmental testing laboratory and inspection entity with over 30 years of experience providing analytical and inspection services across Spain. Headquartered at the Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia in Zamudio (Bizkaia, Basque Country), with additional offices in A Coruña, Madrid, and Zaragoza, the company serves a broad client base that includes industrial operators, engineering and consultancy firms, and public administrations. Its core mission is to support client decision-making through applied science, qualified personnel, and a strong customer-service orientation built over more than three decades of continuous operation. URIKER's water analysis laboratory (Laboratorio de Aguas) offers a comprehensive suite of tests covering the full spectrum of water matrices encountered in environmental monitoring and regulatory compliance. The laboratory provides purpose-built analytical packages for drinking water (aguas potables), groundwater (aguas subterráneas), surface water (aguas superficiales), and industrial and municipal wastewater (aguas residuales). In addition, the laboratory analyses a wide variety of leachates (lixiviados), both naturally occurring field samples and those generated under controlled laboratory conditions. Metal analysis—including total metals determined after acid digestion in accordance with standardised procedures—is a core component of water quality characterisation, alongside physicochemical and chemical parameters required under Spanish and European regulatory frameworks. For soil investigations (Suelos), URIKER collaborates closely with clients on soil quality assessments, providing expert guidance on the selection of applicable analytical methods and test parameters for each specific study. Analytical packages address characterisation of soils and associated groundwater, covering the requirements of contaminated land investigations, human health and ecological risk assessments, and remediation oversight programmes. All soil testing is performed under ISO 17025 accreditation, ensuring the traceability and reliability of data used in regulatory submissions and litigation support by industrial operators and environmental authorities. URIKER's waste and leachate testing service (Residuos y Suelos) provides efficient infrastructure for the physicochemical characterisation of solid wastes generated in industrial production processes, enabling clients to classify and manage their waste streams in compliance with Spanish and EU regulations. Routine capabilities include leaching and percolation tests (ensayos de lixiviación y percolación), which assess the potential mobility of contaminants—including heavy metals and hazardous substances—from solid waste matrices. Biological effects assessment through ecotoxicity testing is also offered, giving clients the full data package required for waste classification under the European Waste Catalogue and hazardous waste legislation. Beyond laboratory analysis, URIKER operates as an accredited environmental inspection entity (Entidad de Inspección Medioambiental). Its inspection division provides an integrated solution for the on-site characterisation, classification, and management of residues, as well as field inspection services for continental waters (aguas continentales) and residual waters, and coverage of landfill sites (Vertederos). This dual laboratory-plus-field-inspection capability means clients can obtain a single-source service spanning both analytical determination and regulatory-grade field verification, ensuring methodological consistency between field sampling and laboratory analysis. URIKER holds two distinct ENAC (Entidad Nacional de Acreditación) accreditations that underpin the scientific credibility of its outputs. It is accredited as a testing laboratory under reference nº 485/LE775, granted in accordance with UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025—the internationally recognised standard for laboratory competence—confirming the technical validity of its analytical results. In parallel, URIKER holds an ENAC inspection entity accreditation under reference nº 573/EI885, issued in accordance with UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17020. Additionally, URIKER has been formally recognised by Spain's Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) as a Collaborating Entity with the Hydraulic Administration (Entidad Colaboradora de la Administración Hidráulica) for the control and surveillance of water quality, pursuant to Orden MAM/985/2006 of 23 March 2006. These designations make URIKER's data and inspection reports admissible in regulatory, administrative, and legal contexts across Spain. Founded more than 30 years ago with the objective of becoming a benchmark in Spain's environmental services market, URIKER has built its standing on integrity, scientific rigour, and practical common sense. The company actively supports clients beyond data delivery, offering guidance on legal compliance, development and implementation of standardised working procedures (procedimientos normalizados de trabajo), analytical method validation, and integrated laboratory management solutions. With four geographic locations spanning Spain's northern, western, central, and northeastern regions, and a highly qualified team combining laboratory expertise with extensive field experience, URIKER is positioned as a long-term technical partner for industry, engineering firms, and public authorities seeking reliable, accredited environmental data and inspection services.

ISO/IEC 17025 accredited by ENAC (No. LE2461) testing laboratory (accreditation status: active). Accredited test areas include: Env Noise Acoustics. Located at 48170, Zamudio, Spain.