From?the?Belgian?head?office?in?Vi*oorde,?and?from?the?13?other?establishments?throughout?the?world,?more?than?2,500?employees?serve?in?excess?of?15,000?industrial?customers.?If?you?call?on?Vin?otte’s?services,?you?have?the?certainty?of?working?with?an?extremely?reliable?organisation?that?guarantees?a?flexible?and?impartial?service.

Worldwide?Vin?otte?provides?more?than?130?specialised?inspection,?monitoring?and?certification?services,?analyses?and?tests?for?the?most?wide-ranging?applications?in?the?field?of?electricity,?hoisting?apparatus,?pressure?equipment,?civil?engineering,?safety?in?the?work?place,?environmental?protection?and?radiant?protection.

That’s?what?Vin?otte?is?all?about,?round?the?clock:?the?safety?and?reliability?of?what?is?dear?to?you.

OK?compost?–?SINCE?1995

Vin?otte?is?faced?with?fresh?challenges?day?after?day.?As?an?example,?a?Flemish?environmental?protection?agency?decided?in?the?early?1990s?to?float?the?idea?of?using?compostable?bags?to?collect?organic?waste.?As?there?were?so?many?suppliers?all?saying?they?were?able?to?provide?compostable?bags,?Vin?otte?was?called?in?to?check?how?true?the?compostability?claims?were.?Adopting?a?proactive?attitude?towards?the?assignment,?Vin?otte?discovered?a?new?need,?developing?the?OK?compost?certification?programme?in?the?light?of?consultations?held?with?specialists?in?various?disciplines.?Consequently,?Vin?otte?was?well?ahead?of?any?other?developments?in?the?sector.

EN?13432?–?SINCE?2000

Vin?otte?pays?constant?attention?to?the?CEN?during?the?development?of?the?European?standards.?Hence?it?also?kept?abreast?of?the?process?for?developing?a?European?standard?for?compostable?packaging?(EN?13432).?Under?this?heading,?the?OK?compost?certification?was?consistent?with?EN?13432?as?soon?as?it?was?adopted?in?2000.?All?OK?compost?certified?products?are?therefore?completely?in?step?with?the?requirements?of?the?European?standard?EN?13432.?

OK?biodegradable?SOIL?–?SINCE?2000?

OK?compost?HOME?–?SINCE?2003?

OK?biodegradable?WATER?–?SINCE?2005

OK?compost?is?a?guarantee?of?compostability?in?an?industrial?composting?plant.?But?what?about?guaranties?for?home?compostable?products??Or?products?that?can?decompose?in?earth?or?water??Vin?otte's?OK?environment?product?verification?marks?are?the?only?ones?of?their?kind?to?offer?a?customised?certification?label?for?each?biodegradation?environment.?These?labels?both?consistently?complement?each?and?are?extendible.?

OK?biobased?-?News?as?of?september?2009

Vin?otte's?specialists?have?not?been?idle:?via?the?new?and?unique?"OK?biobased"?certification?system,?innovative?manufacturers?can?have?their?declarations?regarding?the?use?of?renewable?raw?materials?officially?confirmed?by?an?independentt?"OK?biobased"?certification.?