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Holiday Closure Notice

Dear customers and business partners, Please be informed that our company will be closed during the holiday season: from December 24, 2025, to January 4, 2026.

60 years with the masters of testing: Pavel Kratochvíl

Standards are not just bureaucracy – they are the basis for safety and uniform rules in Europe. Pavel Kratochvíl, quality manager and expert on normative procedures at the Engineering Test Institute, shows that the world of standards is much more diverse than it seems at first glance.

An Evening with the State Testing Authority

During an evening event attended by the management of the Engineering Test Institute (SZÚ), the importance of state testing and its role in the European system of product safety and quality assurance and consumer protection was presented.

60 years with the masters of testing: Tomáš Hruška

This time, in our series “60 Years with Testing Masters,” we talked with Tomáš Hruška (CEO), who has been with SZÚ for three decades. How has the company culture evolved, what challenges has the era brought, and where are we headed next? You’ll find out all this in the following interview.

PF 2026

We would like to thank all our clients, partners, and colleagues for their cooperation this year, which has enabled us to fulfill our mission—to be the guardian of product safety around the world.

For us, 2025 was a year of innovation, new projects, and strengthening partnerships:

60 years with the masters of testing: Alan Tsai and David Zhou

The cooperation between SZU and its foreign partners in Taiwan and Shanghai is an inspiring story of development, professionalism, and international connectivity. From the first steps taken by SUNREACH and OUCE to the establishment of the official representative offices of SZU Taiwan and SZU Shanghai, strong bridges have been built between Europe and Asia.

60 years with the masters of testing: Michal Dvořáček

Our series “60 Years with the Masters of Testing” continues with another inspiring story. This time, we look back at a career that began near Mount Ararat.

60 years with the masters of testing: Šárka Šotlíková

Our receptionist, Šárka Šotlíková, is one of the faces we see every day at SZÚ. And we are very happy about that! She is smiling, helpful, and caring—not only for visitors, but also for the plants, atmosphere, and well-being of our company. As part of the series "60 Years with the Masters of Testing," we talked to her about her work, her love of nature, and what keeps her going in life.

60 years with the masters of testing: Petr Buzek

Our next "master of testing" held a number of professional and managerial positions at SZÚ and played a significant role in transforming SZÚ into a modern certification authority of European standing.

60 years with the masters of testing: Petr Kuběna

17 Years with One Employer and a Head Full of Legislative Solutions. Petr Kuběna is something of a rarity in today’s fast-changing job market – he’s stayed loyal to one company for 17 years. And not just any company – it’s the Engineering Test Institute (SZÚ), where he’s grown from a testing technician to a certification expert and trainer. “I joined in February 2008. SZÚ is my very first – and so far only – workplace.”