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From 20 to 22 October 2026 we will be at the Hydrogen Technology World Expo at Hamburg Messe – you will find us in hall B7 at stand 7E25.

Our presence focuses on the three ways hydrogen quality can be monitored in practice:

• Mobile laboratory – analysis to ISO 14687 and DIN EN 17124 directly on site, with results in real time instead of days later in the laboratory.
• Continuous monitoring – permanently installed systems that keep production plants and transfer points under observation around the clock.
• Sampling by the operator – prepared sampling sets, dispatch handling and evaluation in our accredited laboratory.

We will also bring evaluations from our own measurement series: more than 700 samples from the years 2022 to 2026 show where along the supply chain the limit values are actually exceeded – and which impurities are behind this. Ask us about it at the stand – or take a look in advance at our knowledge section.

Admission to the exhibition is free of charge. If you would like to arrange a meeting at our stand in advance, write to us at info@dr-ryll-lab.de – then we will take the time for you.

For the Plansee Group in Austria we developed and built a mobile analyser cabinet for gas analysis, entirely to the customer’s specification. The factory acceptance test took place in Berlin on 10 September 2026 and was completed successfully.

The cabinet combines analytical instruments, sample gas conditioning and operation in one mobile unit: measuring technology inside, active climate control for stable measuring conditions, operation via a touchscreen in the front door. The measuring point is created where it is needed – without a dedicated instrument room.

In a factory acceptance test the system is checked against the agreed specification together with the customer before delivery: function, readings, operation. Anything found is corrected before the system reaches site. The next step is commissioning at the customer’s plant.

For the build-up of the hydrogen bus fleet of the Italian transport operator TPER in Bologna we supported the commissioning of the refuelling stations with measurement expertise – on site with our mobile laboratory vehicle.

The project comprises 127 hydrogen buses for Bologna, plus further vehicles for the neighbouring city of Ferrara. Twelve-metre fuel cell buses of the Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen type are being deployed – fully low-floor, air-conditioned and with spaces for wheelchairs and prams, in versions with two or three doors for urban and suburban services.

With a fleet of this size, the quality of the hydrogen refuelled determines the service life of the fuel cells. This is exactly where our work begins: with the mobile laboratory we test directly at the dispenser whether the hydrogen meets the requirements of ISO 14687 and DIN EN 17124 – with results still on site instead of days later in the laboratory.

That a Berlin testing laboratory supports commissioning in Emilia-Romagna also shows what the mobile measurement vehicle was built for: it brings laboratory quality to wherever the plant stands.

By converting around 400 kilometres of existing natural gas pipelines to hydrogen, GASCADE Gastransport GmbH has brought the first section of the German hydrogen core network into operation – a north–south axis from the Baltic region to Saxony-Anhalt, delivered under the “Flow – making hydrogen happen” programme. We were on site with our hydrogen test trailer during the filling.

A converted natural gas pipeline only becomes a hydrogen pipeline once that has been demonstrated. When the medium changes, it is the gas quality that shows whether purging was complete and from when the network is available to the market. That is exactly what our test trailer is built for: it brings laboratory analysis to the pipeline instead of sending samples away for days.

That a natural gas pipeline 1.4 metres in diameter can be converted to hydrogen at all is remarkable internationally – existing infrastructure can be put to use quickly and cost-effectively instead of building anew. We are glad to have contributed to this project.