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See us at AVALON 2017, Avalon Airport, Geelong 28 Feb till 3 March 2017

Avalon 2017 is a global business event, attracting senior civil aviation, air transport, aerospace and defence industry, military and government…

Mon, 16 Jan 2017  |  Read more

Austest expands MIL Standard 461E/F and CE106 and CS106 to accredited scope

This accreditation update extends our MIL-STD-461E/F at our Castle Hill facilities to meet our clients testing needs. CE106 accreditation to…

Mon, 16 Jan 2017  |  Read more

Biofiba illegal use of Austest trademarked logo

It has come to our attention that Biofiba Australia Pty Ltd has placed the Austest Laboratories “Australian Tested, Australian Standards”…

Thu, 12 Jan 2017  |  Read more

Austest adds IEC 62116 to accredited scope

Austest Sydney is now accredited for inverter testing to IEC 62116: “Testing procedure of Islanding Prevention Methods for Utility-Interactive Photovoltaic Inverters”. …

Thu, 12 Jan 2017  |  Read more

Austest closing times Dec 2016

Austest Laboratories will close Friday afternoon the 23rd of December and open Tues the 3rd of January.   We wish everyone…

Tue, 13 Dec 2016  |  Read more

Battery Charger for self-balancing scooters and hover boards

  The Australian Commonwealth Government has introduced a mandatory standard under the Australian Consumer Law to ensure the safety of self-balancing…

Wed, 23 Nov 2016  |  Read more

Austest Sydney registered with Industry Canada

Austest Laboratories Castle Hill (Sydney) is now registered with Industry Canada as an accredited test facility, providing accredited reports to…

Thu, 17 Nov 2016  |  Read more

Explaining SRS – Part 2

SRS in Defence Applications and Replacement for MIL-STD-901D Introduction: Equipment designed for defence applications are usually required to pass tests…

Thu, 13 Oct 2016  |  Read more

New Standard for Downlights and other Recessed luminaires

AS/NZS 60598.2.2:2016 Particular requirements – Recessed luminaires Standards Australia have recent published a new joint Australian and New Zealand standard…

Fri, 23 Sep 2016  |  Read more

Only weeks until Inverters are removed from the CEC Approved List

Changes for CEC inverter listings By 9 October 2016, all inverters and PCE on the CEC-approved list will need to…

Thu, 22 Sep 2016  |  Read more

Visit Austest at ElectroneX, Australian Technology Park Sydney 14 – 15 September 2016

ElectroneX – The Electronics Design & Assembly Expo opens Wednesday in Sydney.  Visit Austest and see an additional 100 of…

Tue, 13 Sep 2016  |  Read more

Explaining SRS Part 1

This is the 1st of a 2 part series explaining the various types of shock testing and SRS (Shock Response…

Tue, 6 Sep 2016  |  Read more

LAND FORCES 2016 6-8 September 2016

Austest will once again be exhibiting at Land Forces, this time in Adelaide from the 6th till the 8th of…

Wed, 31 Aug 2016  |  Read more

ACMA update to Class License for Low Power Devices

Many may not be aware of significant changes included in the most recently updated (4 September 2015) Radiocommunications (Low Interference…

Tue, 30 Aug 2016  |  Read more

Austest update to accredited testing

Austest Laboratories announces the following additions to their accredited scope: AS/CA S042.1:2015 The ACMA now require an accredited report to…

Fri, 22 Jul 2016  |  Read more