Industrial and Automotive
Industrial & automotive products need expert quality control
LPI offers quality control services tailored for some industrial goods and also automotive parts.
The tailored services we propose can be designed for a "hands-on” approach to monitoring productions and/or conduct a more in-depth analysis of manufacturers Quality Management Systems. Our ability to communicate in the supplier’s language and our cross-cultural knowledge allows our client to feel more comfortable in coping with certain manufacturing issues. We can build up a dedicated team to support certain issues and centralize information through a dedicated Supplier Quality Manager.
What LPI can do you for you :
- Ensure data are collected and shared properly through a feedback loop from inspectors or auditors on the ground.
- Use that feedback to communicate effectively with the manufacturing and management people.
- The SQE will engage the manufacturing staff to make sure they are respecting processes in place. He could visit suppliers regularly.
- Provide extra help in breaking down problems, presenting data in a visual manner, facilitate root cause analysis, etc.
- Engage manufacturing staff in determining quality issues root causes and planning countermeasures.
- Follow up on the application of countermeasures with the help of our team of auditors or inspectors for intermediary verifications.
- Conduct regular process audits to show sources of potential issues.
- Project management
- Laboratory testing
- Factory, social and environmental audits
- Inline and Final Random Inspection
- Loading Supervision
168 dangerous industrial and automotive products flagged in the EU
Products pulled from the European market by the authorities in 2025.
Explore the alerts and photos- Made in China
- 79%
- Rejected at the EU border
- 77
- Recalled from consumers
- 28
- Main hazards
- Injuries 93Fire 45Chemical 17
- Standard most often failed
- EN 1494 quoted in 4 alerts
What inspections keep finding on tools and machinery
From January 2023 to October 2026, 447 tools and machines were the subject of a Safety Gate alert in the EU, and 68 of a recall in France since January 2022. Brush-cutter attachments and saw blades alone account for half of the alerts.
| Product | Cases | Typical defect | Standard most often cited | What an LPI inspection checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush-cutter attachments, saw blades and garden machines | 233 EU alerts57% made in China21 recalls in France | Flail-type cutting heads, banned in the EU since 2012, whose chains break and are thrown; saw blades sold for angle grinders, which have no suitable guard. | EN 60745-2 31 | Product checked against Decision 2012/32/EU and the Machinery Directive, guards and blade brake, markings and intended use in the manual (EN 62841, EN ISO 11806). |
| Hand tools and other equipment | 60 EU alerts57% made in China31 recalls in France | Phthalates in the plastic grips of tool sets and pliers, pressure valves and extinguishers that fail. | REACH 32 | Lab analysis of plastic grips (REACH), function and pressure tests, markings and certificates checked. |
| Electric bikes and scooters | 54 EU alerts72% made in China5 recalls in France | Batteries that overheat and catch fire; frames, forks and stems that crack and break. | EN 15194 3 | Battery and charger documents, welds and frame checked, tightening torque on fasteners, brake test (EN 15194, EN 17128). |
| Power tools | 34 EU alerts79% made in China2 recalls in France | Insulation that breaks down during use and leaves metal parts live, internal wiring that overheats. | REACH 2 | Dielectric strength test, insulation and internal wiring checked, function and temperature test, battery documents (EN 62841). |
| Ladders | 35 EU alerts86% made in China | Telescopic ladders that bend under load, uneven step spacing, no protection against finger crushing when the ladder is retracted. | EN 131-2 4 | Load and bending checks, locking mechanism, step spacing and markings to EN 131. |
| Jacks, slings and lifting equipment | 18 EU alerts89% made in China4 recalls in France | Jacks whose brake can release under load, slings and cranks that break while lifting. | EN 1494 7 | Load test at rated capacity, locking and brake checks, markings and certificates (EN 1494, EN 818). |
| Laser engraving and cutting machines | 13 EU alerts100% made in China5 recalls in France | Laser beam not enclosed or safety interlocks easily bypassed: laser radiation can reach the eyes. | EN 60825-1 9 | Enclosure, interlocks and emergency stop checked, laser class and warning labels (EN 60825-1, EN 60825-4). |
Sources: Safety Gate (European Commission) and RappelConso (DGCCRF, Licence Ouverte 2.0). Product families and typical defects: keyword grouping by LPI Quality. A product may appear in both sources. These figures reflect enforcement activity, not a defect rate.
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