Trade & Industry Executive Committee

Committees

The purpose of the Trade and Industry Executive Committee is to provide a voice for all Corporate members within the Institute. Membership of this committee is open to one person nominated by each Corporate member company. The Committee has two main sub-groups: the Materials Testing Working Group and the Service Inspection Group.

The Trade and Industry Executive Committee is responsible for:

Providing a forum for manufacturers, inspection authorities, service and research providers, plant owners and end-users of NDT, both within the Institute and with external bodies
Fostering links between all the sectors and interest groups represented
Promotion of Corporate Membership of the Institute
Organisation of all exhibitions and table-top events held under the banner of BINDT.

The Committee has further developed these four primary responsibilities to encompass the following main strategic objectives to:

Develop its role as a communication channel for all Corporate Members.
Nominate representatives to standards bodies and committees and establish mechanisms for effective communication with these representatives.
Identify suitable events for promoting NDT and nominate appropriate individuals to represent the NDT industry at these events.
Develop all BINDT exhibitions in terms of increased engagement with exhibitors and visitors.
Raise the profile of NDT with industry, government and external bodies.
Enable Corporate members to have an effective voice in influencing Institute policy in its different activities, for example certification, publications, conferences, seminars and exhibitions
Assist the Technical Committees in identifying topics for seminars
Encourage feedback from all Corporate members on current Institute activities, as well as ideas for new developments.

Trade & Industry Executive Committee members are elected annually at the Committee’s AGM, normally held during the BINDT Annual Conference. Members of the Committee normally serve for three years, with the Chair and Vice Chair being appointed for two years. The Committee consists of nominees of Corporate member companies, Corporate members and co-opted individuals with relevant specialist knowledge. All Corporate member companies are entitled to provide a nominee for election to the Committee at the AGM. Meetings of the Committee are held four times a year at the Institute. The Committee Chair reports to the Institute’s Council.

Contact: tradeandindustry@bindt.org

Trade & Industry Committee reports

Report from the meeting held 08 October 2015

Report from the meeting held 23 July 2015

Report from the meeting held 19 May 2015

Report from the meeting held 26 February 2015

Report from the meeting held 16 October 2014

For further information contact: The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, Midsummer House, Riverside Way, Bedford Road, Northampton NN1 5NX, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1604 438300; Email: tradeandindustry@bindt.org