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Make your hydrogen, LNG and CNG equipment ready for Europe.

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Why NEXOS

NEXOS is derived from the Latin nexus: a bond, a connection. We sit on your side of the table.

A Declaration of Conformity records the manufacturer's declaration that the product meets the applicable requirements. It does not decide whether a European customer will buy your product and put it into service for the next ten years.

What stands between the two is everything the certificate does not cover. We call it “European readiness”: a complete data book, documentation aligned with the standards your customer works to, and gaps identified while they can still be closed.

Because acceptance is not a single document. It is the handover pack the customer signs off on. Until they do, the last milestone stays open — and so does everything that depends on it. You want to be ahead of that.

NEXOS reviews your product and documentation the way a European customer will, and tells you what they are likely to find first. Then we prepare the work around it: the documentation, the evidence required for a factory acceptance test, and the open points that can delay site handover. We can take on any part of that work, or all of it. The tests themselves stay where they belong: with you and your customer.

After eight years on the operator side of 30+ hydrogen, LNG and CNG refuelling stations across the Benelux, NEXOS now brings that experience to manufacturers preparing to enter the European market.

  • European representation

    European representation

    NEXOS is your accountable presence on the ground: one European counterpart for customers, operators and authorities, and one direct line back to you.

  • Documentation readiness

    Documentation readiness

    We assess your documentation against what a European operator will actually require, and close the gaps early. A gap closed in your factory is a correction. The same gap found at handover becomes a delay.

  • Certification, coordinated

    Certification, coordinated

    PED, TPED and ATEX coordinated through European notified bodies. We coordinate the process, prepare what the notified body needs and handle their questions directly. Your team stays focused on the build.

At a glance

One assessment, priced before it starts.

Equipment
H₂ · LNG · CNG station equipment
Directives
PED · TPED · ATEX
Notified bodies
Three, accredited in Europe
Led by
Eight years on the operator side, 30+ stations
Base
Arnhem, the Netherlands
Engagement
Fixed price per project, never per hour
A precision pneumatic actuator and sensor module

Approval you can buy.
Acceptance you must earn.

Component detail

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Pressure assemblies

Pressure assemblies

Valves, gauges and fittings, checked against the technical file.

Regulators and control

Regulators and control

Each accessory mapped to its route under PED and ATEX.

Measured, not assumed

Measured, not assumed

The details that determine whether a technical file is ready for assessment.

30+

Thirty stations’ worth of knowing what gets asked for, and when.

Common questions

What NEXOS is, and is not.

We already sell this product outside Europe. What changes for the European market?

The rules change, and so does what a buyer asks you to hand over. A notified body defines what it needs for the conformity-assessment file: drawings, pressure-test records, material certificates and other applicable evidence. That route is defined and can be prepared in advance. What often holds a project up is everything around that file: a complete bill of materials, a spare-parts list a European buyer can actually source, as-built drawings, maintenance documentation, checklists and reports. These are the practical handover items NEXOS focuses on.

What does NEXOS do that a notified body does not?

A notified body assesses conformity and issues the certificate. That is a defined route with a defined file, coordinated through three accredited European notified bodies. NEXOS works on what sits outside that file and still matters at acceptance: whether a technician can work from your manuals, whether the as-built drawings match what was built, whether spare parts can be sourced in Europe, and whether the evidence an operator asks for at handover is there. No directive lists it and no notified body tests it.

How does it start, and what does it cost?

You submit a request through this site. We schedule a call to understand the product, where you want to sell it in Europe, whether importers are already in view, and whether a certification route is already running. From that we agree a fixed price for the audit, scaled to the work, because a single valve is not a complete dispenser. That price is set out in the NDA, and once both sides have signed we open your file and assess it: where the gaps are, what closing them involves, and how long it takes. The audit produces the analysis and a fixed project price for the work that follows. If you have us carry out that work, the audit fee is deducted from the project price. NEXOS works on a project basis with a defined scope, not by the hour. If the scope changes, that is discussed with you before the work happens.

We already have a certification route running. Can you work with it?

Yes. An existing route can be brought to NEXOS and supported as it stands, whether it runs under the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED), TPED or ATEX. Where a new route is needed, we set it up. Where a notified body has to be involved, NEXOS coordinates that work through three accredited European notified bodies. NEXOS does not sell the stamp and issues no certificate itself.

Our hydrogen, LNG or CNG equipment is already in Europe and the handover has stalled. Can you help?

This is the situation the work exists for. Open points from a site acceptance test tend to split in two: some get resolved, and some quietly stay open. Those are the ones that block a handover months later. NEXOS can establish where the process is stuck, identify the evidence that is missing, and structure the open technical and documentation points so they can be moved towards closure with the operator. Note that this is a commercial role, not a legal one: NEXOS holds no formal Authorised Representative role for your products in the European Union.

Do you carry out factory acceptance testing (FAT) or site acceptance testing (SAT)?

No. NEXOS does not perform factory or site acceptance testing and does not carry out commissioning on site. What NEXOS does is guide and support that process: preparing what the test has to demonstrate, being present where a second set of eyes or European operating experience is useful, and making sure the findings that come out of it are recorded and closed rather than left open. That support can be arranged anywhere in Europe.

Can you be our point of contact in Europe?

Yes, in two ways. For your own team, NEXOS provides a single European address for questions and issues that arise here. For your existing European customers, NEXOS can provide a local point of contact when time zones, staffing or local knowledge make support difficult from where you are. Questions are answered within three business days.

Where does your knowledge come from?

From the operating side, not from a consultancy desk. NEXOS is led by an operator with eight years on the operator side of 30+ hydrogen, LNG and CNG refuelling stations across the Benelux: maintaining them in service, running periodic requalification, and handling inspections by the competent authority. That is also where the documentation question kept coming up, and where it repeatedly could not be answered from the file that came with the equipment.

What is NEXOS not?

NEXOS does not sell, distribute or resell equipment, parts or components, and takes no commission on your sales. It is not a sales department for your product. NEXOS is not an inspection body: it performs no statutory inspections and does not act on behalf of a competent authority. It does not carry out factory or site acceptance testing itself and does no commissioning on site. NEXOS is not a notified body, issues no certificates, and holds no authority over the outcome. What NEXOS sells is preparation: a prioritised view of what still stands between your product and a structured European acceptance process, and what it takes to close those gaps. The decision stays with your buyer, the operator, the notified body and the authority.

Who owns the documentation you produce?

You do. Your documentation, drawings and know-how remain your property. NEXOS makes them European-ready and takes no rights in them.

Request a readiness assessment.

It starts with a call, not a shipment. Once an NDA is signed, we assess your documentation as it stands today and show you what stands between it and a European sign-off.

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