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Global control in quality and safety
With Work Equipment International (WEI), TÜV NORD supports multinational companies in managing and inspecting work equipment across borders. One partner, one standard, locally executed. This creates clarity, consistency, and control in global operations with a proven focus on safety and quality.
Request a quoteWEI is designed for international organizations that want to simplify their global operations while keeping full control over safety and quality. It is especially relevant for:
Work Equipment International (WEI) is TÜV NORD’s global service concept that helps multinational companies manage and certify work equipment worldwide. The strength of WEI lies in one international framework, executed locally. Giving organizations clarity, consistency, and control across all sites.
WEI ensures:
WEI covers the full lifecycle of work equipment with four key service pillars:
Ensuring new products are safe, functional, and built as designed.
Keeping equipment safe and operational, year after year.
Additional services through TÜV NORD’s expert network
Your partner in global quality and operational execution.
KPI-based dashboards and digital insights
Driving improvement through data and collaboration.
Safety-first innovation across borders
Partnering with TÜV NORD means more than just inspections. It means working with a team that integrates seamlessly into your operations and takes responsibility end-to-end.
By implementing WEI, organizations achieve both assurance and tangible results:
WEI provides one central program that simplifies global operations. By offering clarity, consistency, and control, TÜV NORD Nederland ensures that inspections and reporting are harmonized worldwide. Organizations no longer need to coordinate multiple local providers instead, they gain a trusted partner who manages quality and safety across all sites with one global standard and local execution.
WEI delivers one global framework with locally executed services. This ensures uniform standards, consistent reporting, and one central contact point across all countries.
Initial inspections, periodic inspections, central project management with dashboards and alerts, plus innovation and development based on data and field experience.
By applying preventive inspections, risk-based planning, and functional testing, issues are identified and resolved early, minimizing unnecessary equipment failures.
Yes. WEI harmonizes processes and requirements while execution is performed by TÜV NORD’s local teams. This means global consistency combined with local compliance.
Organizations gain access to KPI dashboards, alerts, and central documentation, providing real-time site-level insights and global overviews.
Yes, WEI is tailored to your operations and seamlessly integrates with existing management systems, planning tools, and supply chain processes.
A dedicated central team coordinates globally, acts as a single point of contact, and provides hands-on support for technical and operational challenges.
Yes. WEI assists in product validation, risk assessments, and test strategies to ensure safety-first innovation across borders.
WEI is a service exclusively delivered by TÜV NORD. Our inspectors operate locally in countries around the world, ensuring that services are performed on-site in line with global standards. This way, organizations benefit from one central program managed by TÜV NORD Nederland, combined with worldwide local presence.
Would you like to know what WEI can mean for your organization? Submit your question via the form. We will respond quickly and clearly.