Mistras Group UK opens dedicated office in Aberdeen
05/11/2014
With the opening of its new facility in Aberdeen, Mistras aims to utilise its available UK and global resources to provide the oil & gas market with new solutions, from its extensive worldwide renowned products and services portfolio.
With the core business being inspection and integrity, Mistras has available a wide range of ‘own’ products it can utilise to cater for the needs of ageing assets affected by the degradation of structures and process systems. The Aberdeen facility represents the latest development, along with recent acquisitions, to further expand and develop the company’s presence in the UK market.
With a reputation built up over more than 40 years in business worldwide, servicing many market segments, Mistras looks to further develop its client base by providing Aberdeen with a premium service to a market that demands a premium delivery. Commenting, General Manager, Stuart Ley, said: “A great deal of thought was put into the decision to enter the Aberdeen market. We believe that Mistras, as a world leader and preferred supplier in providing inspection and integrity services to many of the world’s largest oil companies around the globe, will establish itself as a provider of premium service and delivery through its unique position of offering in-house designed advanced inspection equipment and integrity management tools solutions.
“Mistras specialises in catering for the exacting needs of its clients and has the ability to tailor integrity inspection packages to meet clients’ requirements. The opening of the Aberdeen office marks the latest development in our expansion into the UK and world market. It’s an exciting time here at Mistras, and being given the opportunity and responsibility to introduce some unique inspection solutions to the local market and further develop our capability should establish Mistras as a go-to provider for some unique products and services that will help to ensure the ongoing integrity of many new and ageing assets.
“Our aim for the Aberdeen office is to capitalise on our advanced technology capability for NDT/integrity inspection and further develop this into a consultancy service for clients to tailor their needs to a ‘one source’ package that fulfils their inspection requirements.”
Mistras is a global leader in conditioning monitoring and advanced solutions for the inspection and integrity requirements of the oil & gas, nuclear, renewable, marine, aerospace and public infrastructure. With 5000 employees comprising highly-skilled and certified technicians, managers, degree engineers and over 40 PhDs operating in over 100 offices in 15 countries, Mistras is a leading provider of conventional and innovative solutions to an ever more demanding world market for NDT, inspection and engineering solutions. From basic NDT methods to structural acoustic emission monitoring (AE), advanced fully automated inspection and integrity management solutions, Mistras has built a reputation on providing reliable and innovative solutions to all market segments.
Mistras Group UK has offices in Aberdeen, Cambridge, Rotherham, Hartlepool and Bridgend (Wales).
www.mistrasgroup.co.uk
