Becetel vzw - Belgian research centre for pipes and fittings

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Becetel^® is a totally independent ISO 17025 accredited laboratory, capable to carry out a wide range of tests on plastics. With a focus on plastic piping and its accessories.

Becetel^® is a recognized laboratory for many inspection and certification bodies, like BCCA (Benor), Copro, Certigaz (NF136), DVGW, DIN-Certco,...

Becetel^® is also active in several normalization commissions and works as a subcontractor for other laboratories and institutes.

Becetel^® has the expertise necessary to respond to customer inquiries quickly and flexible.

The company was run by Prof. Ir. Philippe Vanspeybroeck, a world authority in the field of fracture analysis and material properties.

BECETEL^® waves goodbye…

Last month three of our team members reached retirement age. Vera De Meyer who has run our secretariat, Patrick Welvaert our warehouse keeper, and Phillipe Vanspeybroeck our general manager. We wish to thank them all for the many years of cooperation.

Our special thanks go to Philippe Vanspeybroeck who spend 35 years of his professional life at Becetel. He let Becetel grow into today’s respected team.

In the meantime, their successors have been trained well so that the continuity of our service to our customers is assured.

Becetel^® and COVID-19 - Update

With the decreasing Covid-19 figures and associated easing we would like to keep you updated on how Becetel® is coping with this evolution.

Visits to our lab are possible, still taking into account all safety measures. Visitors should wear a mouth mask whenever social distance is not guaranteed and regular hand washing is mandatory in order to protect our staff.

Our meeting room is regularly ventilated and equipped with a CO2 sensor.
The implemented hygiene measures are maintained and hand disinfection gel is available at each workspace.

We wish you and those around you a good health. Stay safe!

The Becetel^® team

News

2021-10-13	New equipment has arrived : tensile machine for 72 h compression strength on infiltration units
2021-10-01	BECETEL^® welcomes… We are pleased to introduce a new member in our team: Kyan Van Holsbeeck will join our team of technicians. With this new team member we will be able to serve our customers even better.
2021-09-16	New equipment has arrived : tensile machine for SHT (Strain hardening test)
2021-06-16	Mr. Joris Vienne was appointed General Manager by the Board of Directors.
2021-06-16	Algemene vergadering (General Assembly) via webconference.
2021-06-10	As a result of the increasing trend towards the use of PE100-RC materials, we have expanded our testing capacity with a brand new FNCT test rig. Moreover several of our existing machines received a retrofit.
2021-03-1	BECETEL^® welcomes… We are pleased to introduce two new members in our team: Ms. Veronique Meiresonne will take over the secretariat from Ms. Vera De Meyer who is retiring as from 1 July 2021. Veronique has an extensive experience in laboratory administration, speaks fluently Dutch, English and French and is ready to help our customers. We would like to thank Vera for the years she spend with us. For over 15 years she was the voice of Becetel on the telephone and our organizational force in the background. Mr. Robin Simal graduated as master in material science and will reinforce the staff with his experience in R&D, application of plastics and GRP materials, failure analysis of non-metallic materials and GRP production. With these new team members we will be able to serve our customers even better.
2021-02-23	Symposium 2021 – event cancelled

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Tel: +32 (0) 9 272 50 70