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Senate to hold an inquiry into non-conforming products (inc Electrical) in Australia

As the front line of new product approvals, Austest Labs fields many inquiries per week from tradesmen and small importers…

Thu, 25 Jun 2015  |  Read more

Austest Gains Accreditation for UV Testing / Solar Radiation

Austest Laboratories has now added Solar Radiation testing to their scope of accreditation, covering a wide range of UV Broad…

Tue, 23 Jun 2015  |  Read more

Austest Gains Accreditation for RTCA DO-160G Environmental Testing

Austest Laboratories has now added accredited testing for Aeronautical Equipment to RTCA DO-160G. Accreditation covers environmental testing aspects of equipment…

Sun, 21 Jun 2015  |  Read more

Grid Connect Inverters : Standards and Compliance for Australia

General Compliance Overview … The Clean Energy Council maintains a list of inverters which are approved to be installed by…

Tue, 2 Jun 2015  |  Read more

The Basics regarding Defence and Aerospace Product Testing

We’ve put together the following summary to assist companies that may be tendering for defence or aerospace projects.   This info…

Mon, 1 Jun 2015  |  Read more

Position Vacant, Environmental Product Testing, Austest Melbourne

Update: Position Filled.  Australia’s leading product test house is seeking a mechatronics engineer to join their rapidly growing testing team…

Sat, 18 Apr 2015  |  Read more

Australian Auto Aftermarket Expo Melb ON NOW

The Australian Auto Aftermarket Expo is open today and tomorrow (Saturday 18th of April) at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Come…

Fri, 17 Apr 2015  |  Read more

Patrick Singleton, ex NSW Fair Trading, joins ASA

Australian Safety Approval has announced the employment of Patrick Singleton to assist in the issuing of electrical safety approval certificates.…

Mon, 30 Mar 2015  |  Read more

Austest Exhibiting at Australian Auto Aftermarket Expo Melb 16-18 April

The Australian Auto Aftermarket Expo is the nation’s most comprehensive exhibition of vehicle repair and servicing equipment, replacement parts, tools…

Tue, 17 Mar 2015  |  Read more

Austest Melbourne achieves Accreditation for Toy Testing to AS/NZS ISO 8124

Austest Laboratories Melbourne is pleased to announce accreditation for testing to the toy standards AS/NZS ISO 8124.1 and AS/NZS ISO…

Mon, 16 Mar 2015  |  Read more

Accredited Altitude Testing

Austest Laboratories Sydney has now added altitude testing to our scope of accredited testing services.  This testing is necessary for…

Thu, 12 Mar 2015  |  Read more

UV A weathering Tester for Austest Melbourne

Austest Laboratories has purchased an additional UV A weathering tester for our Melbourne Lab.  This brings our total to 4…

Wed, 4 Mar 2015  |  Read more

Austest Labs appoints Operations Manager

Daniel Blunck has been appointed as Operations Manager for Austest Laboratories and assumes the role which covers laboratory management and…

Thu, 5 Feb 2015  |  Read more

Austest Sydney to host 1/2 day seminar on electrical product approval requirements Wednesday 4 March

UPDATE 26/2:  The morning seminar is over subscribed so we have added an additional seminar 4 March (Wednesday afternoon) from…

Thu, 5 Feb 2015  |  Read more

Austest accreditation covering MIL-STD 461 and DO160

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Austest Laboratories Sydney accredited testing scope has now been updated to include: MIL-STD-461/462B(up to 18 GHz and 200 V/m)…

Tue, 27 Jan 2015  |  Read more