Minerva News
The advantages of a shortlist for calibration service companies
At Minerva we see a trend in the calibration market that more and more parties want to move towards a shortlist of suppliers instead of maintaining relationships with multiple suppliers. Disadvantages of a long list Many companies face the situation that over many...
Retired deadweight tester returns to Minerva after 49 years
Three weeks ago we received a phone call from a retired customer that is moving towards a new house. He had taken home an old deadweight tester/pressure balance that was also retired during his previous job, to preserve it. Since he has no room anymore for this unit...
Turnaround time Minerva calibration lab reduced
This year's customer survey showed that the greater part of the respondents appreciates Minerva as a supplier and has great trust in us. The Minerva team is very happy with this result. Yet we saw room for improvement to live up our customer expectation. One of the...
Manufacturing readiness
Following the same rules A portion of my job is managing an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited calibration laboratory where my tasks vary from developing and testing calibration procedures till internal audits and maintaining our management system. Another part of my job is the...
Summary of the results of the customer survey for 2023
Every year in May we invite our active customers to share their experience in working with Minerva. We are happy with the results and your appreciation as a customer, but the downward trend is one of the reasons to improve the Minerva calibration service. The most...
Customer case Systronik
For nine years SYSTRONIK in Germany has been one of Minerva’s valued customers. Richard Skoberla, Managing Director of SYSTRONIK GmbH elaborates on why he appreciates Minerva and what are key elements in a good cooperation. Specialized in portable measuring...
Discussing ensuring carefree traceability with Mark Klaassen
This is already the 21st article in a series about members of the Minerva team and how they think about Minerva’s core values and contribute to the customer promise: "ensuring carefree traceability". Mark Klaassen started in February, as calibration technician at...
“Minerva feels like family” – a conversation with Tim van der Maarl about his career at Minerva
Seventeen people work at Minerva in various roles, with different backgrounds and of all ages. Tim van der Maarl started in 2018 as a calibration engineer at Minerva. Together with Sander Schuilenburg and Jim de Rouw, Tim is one of the three young talents at Minerva....
Memories of Pierre Delajoud, a celebrity in pressure metrology
In the Minerva laboratory we receive a wide variety of instruments. From simple analog pressure gauges to the most complex piston cylinder-based pressure standards. Calibrating these pressure standards is our specialty. One of the more complex pressure standards...