The new lab will provide testing services for consumer electronics as well for other industries and will be led by test and measurement veterans Kristof Mommen and Pascal Berten, who join GRL after almost two decades of leadership in certification and hardware testing.
The opening of the new lab takes GRL's global network of testing locations to 11, the company said. This year has marked a significant expansion for GRL with the launch of wireless test services in Taipei, Taiwan, the launch of a facility in Songdo, Korea, offering the latest automated wired and wireless test solutions, and the expansion of GRL's lab in Dongguan, China.
The opening of the Belgium lab follows on from the 2021 opening of a new lab in Karlsruhe, Germany, with the two labs putting GRL closer to to the global headquarters of important Belgian and German electronics firms, as well as the regional headquarters of many Japanese and Chinese consumer electronics and telecom giants.
GRL has also announced the appointment of two test and measurement industry veterans with decades of experience: Kristof Mommen as general manager for GRL Belgium and vice president of business development for GRL EMEA, and Pascal Berten as laboratory director for GRL EMEA.
"In addition to our market-leading technical expertise, a strong focus on quality, and a commitment to customer service excellence, our new Belgian lab positions GRL as the 'go to' expert in Europe for automotive electronics developers as well as product developers across a broad range of industries," said Johnson Tan, GRL’s co-founder and CEO.