ISO 17025 accreditation according to new version of 2017 obtained.

New equipment



Zwick Z400 (400KN)



Zwick Z010 (10KN)

Becetel exists 60 years

Opening of a new storage space



New storage space - outside view



New storage space - inside view

Closing of the full scale test site at Langerbrugge

New CNC machine for sample preparation

Becetel^® exists 50 years

DVGW certified



DVGW certificat

DIN-CERTCO certified



DIN-CERTCO certificat

NF136 certified



NF136 certificat

ISO 17025 accreditation obtained



Our first ISO 17025 certificat

Relocation to current laboratory in Melle



Current building Becetel^® - ouside view



Opening ceremony of the current building in 2000

Opening of a Full scale Rapid Crack Propagation testing facility



The full scale RCP site in Langerbrugge (closed in 2015)



Crack initiation equipment

Introduction welding passport barcode in ISO TC 138

Former general manager Philippe Vanspeybroeck starts working for Becetel^®

Organisation of ISO TC 138 congress with revision of MRS classification

Start Rapid Crack Propagation (RCP) test method (S4-test)



Rapid crack resulting from RCP S4 test

ISO proposal for SEM (Standard Extrapolation Method) for life time prediction

Introduction of polyethylene pipes for gas distribution

Start cooperation with SECO/BCCA for BENOR testing

"Europlastica" conference in Ghent

Foundation, located at the university of Ghent



Location of Becetel^® from 1957 till 1999



Original logo