Expert

Manager Testing & Gas Certification
Kiwa
www.1kiwa.com

Marco Mekes joined Kiwa in 2002 shortly after he finished his master’s degree in chemical engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.

At Kiwa, Marco started as certification engineer in plastics piping systems, focusing on all water related applications. Later he expanded his certification activities to the gas distribution and installation products when he became responsible for the Gastec QA certification. Nowadays Marco is the manager of the Kiwa laboratories in the Netherlands for plastics piping systems and material evaluations for both water and gas related products.

Marco is active in various CEN TC155 and ISO TC138 working groups and follows certification standards of plastics piping systems in several other European countries.

Areas of expertise

Regression analysis, multilayer piping systems and standardization & certification