News
17/01/2018 Lavender supporting students
Engineering contributes up to 27% of the UK’s GDP1, but with a STEM skills shortage it is predicted that the UK will need 182,000 people with engineering skills per year to 20221 to fill the skills gap.
16/01/2018 Bloodhound targets 500 mph in South Africa in 2018
The Bloodhound Project has announced plans to run Bloodhound SSC for the first time on its dry lakebed race track at Hakskeen Pan, Northern Cape, South Africa, in October 2018.
15/01/2018 Zetec moves to expanded headquarters
Zetec Inc, a global leader in non-destructive testing (NDT) solutions, has moved to expanded headquarters in France. The move enables Zetec to better handle the regional growth that the company has been experiencing and more effectively serve customers and its distributor network in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India (EMEAI).
12/01/2018 NewGen NDT accomplishes prestigious quality management certification ISO 9001:2015
ISO 9001 is recognised worldwide as the international benchmark for quality within an organisation. By achieving its ISO 9001 certification, NewGen NDT Ltd can demonstrate to customers and suppliers that the systems it has in place meet the high standards set out by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
11/01/2018 Eddyfi announces exclusive distribution and collaboration agreement with HTC
As a world leader in advanced non-destructive testing (NDT) solutions, Eddyfi Technologies has announced the signature of an official long-term agreement with Heat Transfer Consultants Inc (HTC, also known as Inspection Software Systems (ISS)) for the exclusive distribution of TubePro and a series of advanced NDT reporting software.
10/01/2018 Element climbs the Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 list
Following another year of impressive market growth, Element Materials Technology climbed 36 places in the 13th annual Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 league table, ranking 108th.
09/01/2018 TWI Training launches two new courses for 2018
TWI Training is offering two new courses at the start of 2018: PAUT and TOFD Data Analysis CSWIP Level 2 (Weld). After receiving many requests from several sources, the demand for ‘analysis only’ courses has driven the development of these two new 80 h courses.
08/01/2018 First public run of Bloodhound SSC is a resounding success with the help of sensors from Micro-Epsilon UK
Bloodhound SSC reached a major milestone in October 2017, as it made its first public run at the Aerohub at Cornwall Airport Newquay. However, the event was not just about driving the car successfully down the runway and showing it to spectators; it was also about testing the car and putting it through its paces, in particular testing that the hundreds of on-vehicle sensors were performing correctly under such extreme operating conditions.
05/01/2018 Sonatest and Carestream to mark special anniversary in 2018
Sonatest is celebrating two very special occasions in 2018: its 60th anniversary and 14 years as the UK’s exclusive distributor for Carestream industrial film and chemical products.
04/01/2018 North Star Imaging European sites attain quality accreditation
NSI’s headquarters in Rogers, Minnesota, USA, has announced that its facilities in Paris, France, and High Wycombe, UK, have acquired ISO 9001:2008 certification.
03/01/2018 New partnership to deliver NDT apprenticeships
Lavender International has announced that it will be working with innovative skills and employability provider Skills Training UK (STUK) to deliver two of the NDT apprenticeship standards.
02/01/2018 Wood wins Hinkley Point C contract worth £12 million
Wood has won a contract as sole supplier of inspection qualification services to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
