General Manager: Asier Jauregi. Technical Director: Lara Erviti. Commercial Director: Eva Martínez.

CETEST is an independent and accredited testing test and analysis centre, specialized in railway sector. Its activity is centered on validating and approving new train designs or train modifications. It also provides test and consultancy services in this field.
CETEST provides a flexible and tailor-maid service to its customers, including train and equipment manufacturers, train operators, certification bodies and infrastructure managers. Its testing and consulting services cover all the value chain: R+D, design, certification and operation in service.
With more than 40 years of accumulated experience in railway sector, our test services cover a wide range of activities. A summary of these is presented below:
- Structural resistance and fatigue of bogie frames and bolsters, both in test bench and on-track.
- Structural resistance and fatigue of components and subassemblies, both in test bench and on-track.
- Validation of wheels, axles, wheelsets    
- Validation of gearboxes and axle boxes
- Vehicle dynamics on test bench: stationary tests.
- Vehicle dynamics on track (including instrumented wheelsets)
- Current collection quality: contact forces assessment, arcs measurement, uplift.
- Acoustics
- Vibrations including modal analysis
- Aerodynamics
- Climatic tests
- Energy consumption & regeneration
- Electromagnetic compatibility: track circuit and axle counter compatibility tests, Field radiated EMI, exposure to magnetic fields.
- Traction and brake performance.

Top products: TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, RESEARCH: 1. Instrumented Wheelsets for Wheel-Rail Contact Forces Y/Q Measurement.  2. Structural testing.

CETEST has performed tests for manufacturers like CAF (Renfe Alpino commuter, SNCF regional, DEMU Australia, Lisboa tram, Essen LRV), ALSTOM (Sydney Metro, Amtrak NGHTS, RRTS, Metro Perth), STADLER (ARST Sardinia, Bern Tramlink), HITACHI (AEMR, WCP), TALGO (F070) and TURASAS (National EMU), among others. CETEST has also tested special machinery for PLASSER & THEURER and MATISA, operators like EUSKOTREN or AMTRAK, or certification entities like CERTIFER or engineering companies like TCDD TEKNIK.