Intertek (Manchester, United Kingdom), a total quality assurance provider to industries worldwide, recently announced the revival of its CAPCIS brand.
According to the company, the goal is to leverage its global reputation as a leading authority in corrosion and materials assurance while honoring this specialist team’s 50-year legacy that started in 1973 at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).
Acquired by Intertek in 2007, Intertek’s production and integrity assurance business has a long-standing reputation for offering independent third-party testing and consultancy services worldwide to businesses in the energy, transport, aerospace, marine, manufacturing, and infrastructure sectors.
Corrosion can cost up to 4% of a company’s total revenue each year, according to Intertek. As energy, utilities, and infrastructure assets age and operate in increasingly challenging environments, the need for systemic risk-based corrosion monitoring and materials assurance solutions has never been greater.
As a result, the company says it is introducing Intertek CAPCIS as part of a plan to strengthen its position as an industry leading expert providing quality services through a trusted, single-source partnership for all stages of the materials and corrosion lifecycle. Ranging from prevention to failure analysis, the ambition is to reduce uncertainty and risk across a wide range of assets.
In addition to corrosion and materials testing, Intertek CAPCIS aims to deliver in-depth expertise worldwide on integrity management across services such as failure investigation and material selection, as well as production chemistry and oilfield microbiology—primarily in upstream oil and gas.
With a diverse team of highly specialized experts and state-of-the-art facilities in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia, Intertek’s production and integrity assurance group is operating at the forefront of corrosion and materials assurance while working to ensure the safety and integrity of assets around the world.
Tim Walsh, Intertek CAPCIS Director, said: “Bringing back the CAPCIS brand in our 50th year of operation further reinforces Intertek's reputation in the materials and corrosion industry,” says Tim Walsh, director. “As Intertek CAPCIS, we will continue to support our customers, giving them confidence that their assets are safe and meet regulatory requirements, even in the most challenging operating environments. In an ever-changing market, our specialist expertise is more important than ever, and we will ensure that Intertek CAPCIS continues to exceed our customers’ expectations.”
Earlier this year, Intertek CAPCIS expanded its corrosion and materials testing capabilities with an investment in new technology. As part of this, the company is implementing a new suite of Instron Electropuls E10000 electrically actuated load frames. This new equipment complements the group’s existing testing services by introducing torsional force application and enabling uniaxial (tension or compression) or bend testing of lighter-weight, lower-strength materials.
“This is an important milestone for Intertek CAPCIS and recognizes our 50 years of expertise as an independently and globally recognized leader in corrosion and materials testing and consultancy,” says Mark Luby, business development manager. “We are delighted to be uniting our industry-leading experts and state-of-the-art technical infrastructure under the CAPCIS brand and to build on its rich legacy. Intertek CAPCIS is here to help our customers assure the integrity of their assets, for both the existing and future energy and infrastructure landscape.”
Source: Intertek, www.intertek.com.