Standards, from data graveyard to data soil.
Thirty years of writing, digitising and running standards, turned into solutions for the people who have to live by them. Not products, not services: the problems solved, all about standards.
30+ years in standards · aerospace, defence and other regulated industries
The paper trail ends in one sealed record.
years in standards: writing, digitising, running them
stages of a standard's life on one platform family
response time for critical issues in application support
paper needed to prove a certificate; every record sealed and searchable
We know the pain points, industry by industry
We have sat on both sides of the table for thirty years: writing the standards, and proving compliance with them. Each industry gets its own page: the pain, the use case, and which solution ends it.
Aerospace and defence
Every part ships with certificates of conformity, test reports and material documentation. Most of it arrives as scanned PDFs nobody can search. When an auditor asks, someone starts digging.
Read the aerospace use caseChemicals and process
Safety data sheets, REACH documentation and batch certificates, spread across suppliers and formats.
Read the use casePharma and medical devices
Technical files and device documentation that must stay complete, current and provable for years.
Read the use caseEnergy and utilities
Component certification and plant compliance records that outlive the people who filed them.
Read the use caseRail and automotive
Supplier conformity and homologation documents across long, multi-tier supply chains.
Read the use caseWhy we exist
Because after thirty years of writing and digitising standards, we know exactly where the paper goes to die.
Proof should be an asset, not an archive
Regulated companies hold more evidence than any other industry, and can use less of it. We change that.
A promise should be provable in one click
Every part carries a declaration that someone checked it. Trust in that declaration should not depend on who filed the PDF.
Regulation is progress, not a brake
Standards exist to make industries better. Paper turned them into friction. Data turns them back into an advantage.
From data graveyards to data soil
The phrase we use for what we do. It is not a metaphor for tidiness. It is the difference between information that is stored and information that grows.
The data graveyard
Standards as PDFs on a shared drive. Certificates scanned and filed. Test reports attached to e-mails. Everything is kept; nothing can be asked a question. When the auditor comes, someone starts digging, and the thirty-year-old standard and yesterday's certificate are equally dead.
Data soil
The same standards and certificates as structured, sealed data. Every clause traceable, every certificate linked to a part, every new document making the whole more useful. Audits, traceability and change impact grow out of it, instead of being dug up each time.
TraCert, where Champions don't hide™
Regulated industries run on proof. The companies that win are the ones that can show it, instantly, to anyone who asks. We build the systems that make that possible, and we stand behind them in the open.
Bill HollerFounder · Chairman, German Institute for Aerospace Standards (DIN NL) · Technical Director, ASD-STAN
LinkedInHow we work
Five steps from the first conversation to a supply chain that proves itself. Every step ends with a decision you make, including the decision to stop.
Discover
Bring the document that takes you longest to find. We map where your documents live and how long answers take.
Assess
We look at real documents and standards, and scope a pilot with a fixed price and clear success criteria.
Pilot
Cert-Trace runs on one part family or supplier. Your first audit question is answered from the system.
Roll-out
API integration, supplier onboarding, training for inspectors, editors and administrators.
Run
Support against agreed response times. Audits answered from the system, not the archive.
What makes it hold up
Three things behind every step of the journey.
People who write the standards
Our founder chairs the German Institute for Aerospace Standards and is Technical Director at ASD-STAN. Our software fits the rules because we know them from the inside.
Records that prove themselves
Every document is blockchain-sealed, EU-hosted, and shareable with suppliers and auditors under your control. Tampering is detectable and provable.
A management system you can audit
ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 27001 certification in progress with MSECB: Stage 1 in October, Stage 2 in November 2026. We hold ourselves to what we ask of you.
What we offer
Two suites that cover the whole life of a standard, from the committee that writes it to the certificate that proves a part meets it. Plus the people to run the platforms you already have, and the same traceability idea applied to high-value goods.
Standards Suite
- STAN-Works: write and vote on standards together, from first draft to ballot
- STAN-Hub®: manage, publish, distribute and search the approved library
- Application support: setup, training and support for platforms such as NormMaster
Certification Suite
- Cert-Trace®: digitise, seal and share certificates and documents of any kind; blockchain-proof against tampering
- GuarDoc: revision-proof archiving for controlled document stores
- Baita: recognise and verify luxury watches by camera
A standards library tells you the rule. TraCert proves you met it.
Standards platforms are excellent at access: millions of documents, search, alerts. That is where they stop, and where regulated companies still spend their days.
| What you need to do | A standards library | TraCert |
|---|---|---|
| Find and read the applicable standard | Yes, its core strength | Yes, for your own and your partners' libraries, via STAN-Hub |
| Write, ballot and publish a standard | Distribution only | The full authoring workflow, built for committees (STAN-Works) |
| Prove a delivered part conforms | Not in scope | Certificates as sealed, searchable data (Cert-Trace) |
| Answer an auditor in minutes | Search results | The record itself, with its seal and history |
| Keep the platform running for your teams | Vendor support desk | On-site and remote application support, against service levels |
| Where your data lives | Global cloud | EU-hosted; blockchain-sealed records |
| Who built it | Content aggregators | People who sit on the committees: DIN, ASD-STAN |
Libraries and TraCert are complementary: many of our customers use both. We start where the library stops.
Solutions
Every one of them exists because a regulated team was doing something by hand, or by paper.
STAN-Works
A collaborative workspace to write standards and specifications together: real-time co-authoring with comments and version history, guided approval workflows with ballots and meeting minutes, one-click print-ready PDFs.
STAN-Hub®
Once a standard is approved it needs a reliable home. STAN-Hub manages, distributes and makes the entire published library searchable. Live in use.
Cert-Trace®
Digitises, archives and shares documents of any kind, entirely in the browser. Every document is sealed with blockchain technology, so tampering is detectable. Built for aviation, now used across other industries.
GuarDoc
Revision-proof archiving and sharing for organisations that need a controlled store without the full certification workflow.
Baita
An app that recognises expensive watches. Point the camera at the watch; Baita identifies make, model and reference and checks it against known data. The same idea as a sealed certificate (proof of what something is) applied to high-value goods.
Application support
Systems like NormMaster from T-Systems are powerful but complex. We handle setup, configuration, training for editors and administrators, and ongoing user support so teams stay productive.
Management
Two names you will meet first.
Primosch Poljanec MBA, MA
Your first contact for anything commercial: pilots, partnerships, and the regulated industries we are opening next.
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Max-Ole Casdorff
Operations, delivery, quality and information security. The person who makes sure what we promise is what your auditors find.
LinkedInBring us the document that takes you longest to find.
We will show you what it looks like as data, in your supply chain, in one call.
