Matrix Inspection and SPI join forces

09/11/2010

SPI NDT Limited of Immingham, North East Lincolnshire, has joined forces with IRISNDT. From 1 October 2010, SPI operates with IRISNDT’s existing specialist NDT services company, Matrix Inspection (UK). Roman Kyrnyckyj, Founder and Managing Director of SPI NDT, will join the senior management team of IRISNDT as Managing Director of IRISNDT UK.

Matrix Inspection
(UK) of Stockton-on-Tees was established in 2006 to provide a full range of specialist inspection services for the process industries. Matrix Inspection is managed by Simon Butler, Operations Director, and Martin Peacock, Technical Director. The Stockton office will continue to offer world-class specialist inspection services with the addition of SPI’s full range of conventional NDT services, including a radiography bay.

Established in 1991, SPI NDT Limited was formed to provide reliable and accurate NDT services at cost-effective prices. The company will continue to provide its full range of standard NDT services together with the existing mechanical testing laboratory and heat treatment ovens at its Immingham base. The SPI Hull offic
e also provides ship surveys and EEMUA tank surveys.


 




“The d
epth of expertise embodied in Matrix Inspection and SPI allows the new organisation to provide an unmatched range of conventional and specialist inspection and testing services,” says Martin Peacock, Technical Director of Matrix.

Thermal Technologies Inc (TTI), another recent addition to IRISNDT, is of significant value to SPI. With TTI, SPI offers on-site heat treatment and bolting services to the existing heat treatment facilities of the Immingham office. With these additions, the IRISNDT family now includes:
  • IRISNDT based in Edmonton, with bases at many locations in Canada and the USA
  • Pangea Engineering of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Coraspec Systems of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Matrix Inspection bases in Houston, Edmonton as well as Stockton-on-Tees
  • Thermal Technologies Inc and Xtreme Bolting Services of Claremore, Oklahoma, USA
  • SPI NDT of Immingham and Hull, UK
“The relationship between IRISNDT, Matrix Inspection, Pangea, Coraspec, Thermal Technologies, Xtreme Bolting, and now SPI NDT, enables us to solve problems from a global perspective,” says Roman Kyrnyckyj. “With assistance and support from our technical experts, engineers, IT specialists and senior field inspectors, we can manage projects with the highest quality, professionalism and care.”