Our company

In its origins, Hansecontrol emerged as a service  provider for the Otto Group Deutschland. As early as the 70’s, the necessity for building up numerous quality-assuring services was recognised here in a forward-looking way which today are offered from one source by Hansecontrol.

The quality assurance in the textile area was initiated with  the testing for “fitness for the purpose” and then successively built up. German suppliers had, in addition, the opportunity to   utilise the service of an on-site test to assure the    quality of their deliveries in good time. The set-up of their own electronics lab expedited the import processes of electronic equipment, which at the time could only be imported with an appropriate test report for the Telecommunication  Central Office. Instruction manuals were produced centrally and uniformly by specialists. Even then, the quality responsibles of the      Otto Group were advised on overarching quality issues by a staff unit.

To enable the work for clients outside the Otto Group – to begin with, for the electronics area, later also in the textile area – the company Hansecontrol GmbH was founded on 10 May 1982, the beginning of a successful path into the market.

The rapid development of the labs enabled in 1996, for the first time, the accreditation to DIN 45001, whereby the work was documented officially as neutral and independent.

Today, over 90 staff work for Hansecontrol, in order to be able to offer the clients a broad range of product tests and services. The testing institute has in the meantime become one of the most advanced in Europe.

Hansecontrol cultivates a wide network in industry and   commerce. Our co-workers are  specialist experts in national and international standardisation committees.  Through the close contact to institutes from the area of research and teaching, numerous diploma theses were supervised successfully. 

There is hardly another European country in which the statutory requirements regarding quality are as complex and demanding as in Germany.  Consumer awareness regarding the quality of articles is constantly increasing, stimulated by, e.g., publications of „Stiftung Warentest“ or „Ökotest“. The Hansecontrol test seals offer the end consumer the certainty of buying high-quality and safe products, for Hansecontrol has set itself the goal to support and advise its clients competently and quickly when it comes to bringing into the market legally compliant and high-quality products.