Material testing office of North Rhine-Westphalia

Material testing office of North Rhine-Westphalia
State level	State of North Rhine-Westphalia
position	State company
Supervisory authority	Ministry for Economy, Innovation, Digitization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
founding	05/20/1947
Headquarters	Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia
Authority management	Peter Scholz
Web presence	www.mpanrw.de

The MPA NRW in Dortmund

The Materials Testing Office of North Rhine-Westphalia (MPA NRW) is a state enterprise of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , which has the task of carrying out tests of substances, products, systems and processes in the public interest with the aim of protecting the general public against dangers and the economy in to support quality assurance.

As part of this task, the MPA NRW tests raw materials, building products, work pieces, constructions, machines, technical systems and quality assurance systems and calibrates measuring and testing devices. The MPA NRW participates in the accreditation of testing laboratories and certification bodies.

The Material Testing Office NRW lies in the Dortmund area Aplerbeck .

history

The state material testing office of North Rhine-Westphalia began its work in 1947 on the site of the closed research institute of the United Steelworks AG in Dortmund. In 1952 the company moved to its current location on Marsbruchstrasse.

The task of the MPA NRW was redefined in 1967: the main points are now the "official" material testing for the domestic economy, participation in standardization work and research and development in the field of materials testing. Due to the strong demand for building material tests, a branch office was opened in Essen , but it was closed again in 1984.

With the rapid technical development, the services requested at the MPA NRW also changed. The Minister for Economics, Medium-Sized Enterprises and Transport therefore had the task and the delimitation of the MPA NRW from other similar institutes checked again in 1971. The results were reflected in a new task decree of February 20, 1972. In its new role, the MPA NRW concentrated on examinations in the field of technical safety and economic development. The task of the MPA NRW was to work reliably and independently within the framework of the goals set by the state government against performance remuneration. Full coverage of the testing costs was not provided under the aspect of economic development.

In 1978 the land in Erwitte acquired a property designated exclusively for industrial use in order to create optimal conditions for fire protection investigations. It was and still is important to meet the requirements of environmental protection. The necessary facilities could be implemented here. Today, the Erwitte branch with its extensive fire protection testing facilities is an important part of the MPA NRW.

The MPA NRW has been a state operation since 1995. A new task decree brought significant changes from January 1, 1995. Since then, the MPA NRW has been working with the same instruments as a private company, for example cost / performance accounting, balance sheet and annual accounts, customer surveys and complaint management. Just one year after the MPA NRW was converted into a state company, it was possible to reduce state contributions to the company to zero. In the following years it was even possible to transfer some of the annual surpluses to the state treasury. A corporate mission statement, which was drawn up in 1998 with the participation of the workforce, is based on three pillars: performance orientation, customer orientation and employee orientation.

Web links

• Material testing office of North Rhine-Westphalia

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 21 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 42 ″  E