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Applus RTD CEO Iain Light and Regional Director Neil Hannah recently presented Crystal awards at a special celebration event to 12 apprentices who had successfully completed a four-year ECITB (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) programme. Alyson Morrow, HRD for Applus RTD North West Europe, is closely involved with the whole programme and also took care of the special celebrations, where the apprentices and their families were given a ‘time to remember’.

Past surveys of BINDT members have highlighted a concern amongst members that there is a lack of understanding of NDT and condition monitoring (CM) by the general public. To address this issue, BINDT is undertaking a number of actions around engagement, to connect with more people in and out of the industry, and marketing, to understand our stakeholders better and promote our industry. In short, BINDT has a strategy to raise our profile.

The Directors of NDT Services Ltd, Victory Park, Derby, and QVS Ltd, Winterstoke Road, Weston-super-Mare, have announced the acquisition of the QVS Ltd business by NDT Services, as from 1 February 2012. The companies are well established in the non-destructive testing industry and both are considered to be market leaders in their respective fields.

With its expansion for growth continuing, Ultramag Inspection Services has acquired additional premises opposite the existing site in Southampton, as well as offices in Bournemouth.

The UK’s dedicated Plant, Maintenance & Asset Management Exhibition, to be held 17-19 April 2012 at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, is organised in association with SOE IPlantE, the Institution of Diagnostic Engineers, RoSPA, the British Compressed Air Society, the British Fluid Power Association, The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing and the Integrated Maintenance Centre at Cranfield University.

A leading manufacturer of PTFE hose used in the automotive industry has integrated a vision inspection system designed by Olmec-UK Ltd into the extrusion line at its UK manufacturing facility. Capable of continuous inspection of the hose travelling at speeds of up to 6 m/min, the vision system is linked to a novel failure mechanism, which catastrophically destroys a defective product by puncturing the hose at the point any defect is detected so that it will later fail a high-pressure test.

As a member of The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing you can apply for engineering registration with the Engineering Council.

ETher NDE has announced the addition of three further members to its team.

Technology Design has announced the latest version of the TD-Scan advanced ultrasonic software. Version 19.00 was released at the beginning of January 2012 and has been overhauled to include many new features which strengthen the existing well-known package.

ETher NDE is excited to announce its participation as a gold sponsor at the exhibition of the 18th World Conference on NDT in Durban, South Africa, from 16-20 April 2012. The company views the WCNDT in Durban as a fantastic opportunity to meet many local South African clients, as well as a chance to access the important and growing NDT market in the whole of Africa.