Testing labs in Bagnatica

Asso Tecno Service Srl is an Italian testing station based in Bagnatica, in the province of Bergamo, specialising exclusively in ATP (Accord relatif aux transports internationaux de denrées périssables — Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such Carriage) certification for isothermal and refrigerated transport vehicles. With over thirty years of continuous activity in this highly regulated niche, the company has established itself as one of Italy's foremost private ATP testing stations, serving road hauliers, logistics operators, and food distribution companies that must legally certify the thermal performance of their temperature-controlled fleets before operating across contracting states to the Agreement. The core technical service is the measurement and certification of the heat transmission coefficient — known in the scientific literature as the K coefficient — of isothermal vehicle bodies. This value quantifies the rate at which heat passes through the walls, floor, ceiling, and doors of a refrigerated or insulated cargo compartment, and it must fall within precisely defined thresholds for a vehicle to qualify under the applicable ATP class (A, B, C, or D). Using latest-generation isothermal tunnels (tunnel isotermici di ultima generazione), the laboratory applies a rigorously controlled temperature differential across the vehicle body, measures the resulting heat flux, and calculates the K coefficient with real-time monitoring throughout the entire process, ensuring full traceability and metrological accuracy of every result issued. Asso Tecno Service offers comprehensive packages covering both the six-yearly ATP type-approval test (collaudo sessennale) and the three-yearly renewal inspection (rinnovo triennale). In addition to the core thermal-performance measurement, the service package includes pre-inspection and post-inspection consulting, preparation and delivery of all ATP compliance stickers (targhette ATP) and documentation labels required under the regulations, and a vehicle collection and return service that picks up the vehicle at the client's premises and delivers it back upon completion with the certificate in hand. Appointment scheduling is available around the clock, and the company proactively sends reminder notices to registered clients whose ATP certificates are approaching expiry, helping operators avoid costly lapses in certification. Vehicle sanitisation (sanificazione dei veicoli) is an additional service integrated into the station's offering, allowing operators to combine their ATP recertification visit with a thorough hygiene treatment of the cargo compartment interior. This service is particularly valuable for companies transporting fresh produce, dairy products, meat, poultry, and fish — categories in which hygiene traceability sits alongside thermal performance as a dual regulatory obligation for every journey. The company operates from a purpose-built 2,000 square-metre facility at Via Fratelli Kennedy 22 B, 24060 Bagnatica (BG), Italy. The site is positioned approximately five minutes from the Seriate exit on the A4 motorway (Autostrada dei Laghi / Milan–Venice), giving excellent access for vehicles arriving from Milan, Brescia, Verona, and the broader Po Valley logistics corridor. Within the facility, two dedicated isothermal testing tunnels enable simultaneous or back-to-back testing of multiple vehicles, significantly reducing client turnaround times compared with single-tunnel stations. Asso Tecno Service holds accreditation from Accredia, the Italian National Accreditation Body (Ente Italiano di Accreditamento) and Italy's sole signatory to the multilateral recognition agreements of the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). Accredia accreditation provides independent, third-party verification that the station's testing procedures, equipment calibration, measurement traceability, and quality management system conform to internationally recognised standards. For clients and regulatory authorities, this accreditation means that ATP certificates issued by Asso Tecno Service carry the weight of an officially recognised conformity assessment body. With fifty years of combined professional experience among its technical team, Asso Tecno Service is recognised as the first private ATP testing station in Italy to have obtained Accredia accreditation for this specific scope of activity — a milestone that underscores both the technical rigour of its operations and the confidence placed in its certificates by national transport authorities and cross-border customs bodies across the more than fifty countries party to the ATP Agreement. The laboratory's history of thirty years of uninterrupted operation, its modern dual-tunnel infrastructure, and its full-service administrative support model collectively make it a highly credible and efficient partner for any organisation requiring reliable, compliant ATP certification. The primary clientele of Asso Tecno Service consists of road transport and logistics companies, refrigerated distribution fleet operators, cold-chain service providers, and food industry businesses that maintain proprietary transport fleets. Because the ATP Agreement applies to vehicles used in international carriage of perishable foodstuffs by all contracting states, Italian-registered refrigerated vehicles crossing European borders must carry valid, officially recognised ATP certificates — and an accredited private testing station such as Asso Tecno Service provides precisely the combination of technical authority, administrative efficiency, and logistical convenience that modern fleet operators require to keep their vehicles compliant and their supply chains running without interruption.