News - Testex

A welcome return to the Breakfast Meeting – Engineering Workshop, EEMUA 231

For those that may not be aware, Testex have run breakfast meetings for a number of years now, inviting local Engineers to attend and discuss topical Inspection and related engineering matters. We had a fantastic turnout-thank you and it was great to see everyone, and welcome some new faces. This event, held at Catch, NE. Lincolnshire, Wednesday 29th June, was the first since COVID restrictions were lifted. It proved to be a great meeting and sparked some very useful debate around...

TesTex Employees Visit French Office To Discuss New Advanced NDT Applications, Equipment, Training and Collaborations

Last week some of the UK staff visited the TesTex office in Lyon, France. This was the first time since the pandemic that we were able to get together and discuss new advanced NDT applications & equipment, training, upcoming works and collaborations in Europe. We were also joined by one of our senior software engineers from Pittsburgh, USA and our representative from TesTex Germany. Looking forward to more of these in the future.

Engineers Breakfast Meeting – Wednesday 29th June 2022

On Wednesday 29th June 2022, we welcome the return of our Engineers Breakfast Meetings, aimed at helping Plant/Asset Engineers manage and maintain their static assets effectively. The subject matter of this meeting is WSEs for PSSR and Non-PSSR COMAH Operations. The event starts at 8am and concludes at 10am. Held at CATCH, Redwood Park Estate, Stallingborough, Grimsby DN41 8TH. If you would like to attend, and you are an engineer involved in the management of static assets, please drop us an email with your contact...

TesTex Apprentice Awarded with the ‘Concom Apprentice of the Year 2022’

I’m sure we have said this before? Just how proud we are of our apprentices and this year they have done us proud - again! Mathew Lister has only gone and won the Concom Apprentice of the Year 2022! Amazing stuff Matt. The Concom Committee commented on just how much time and effort Matt put into his presentation and interview preparations and although the quality and standard of the presentations and interview comments were very high this year, Matt was indeed a...

Skills Training Top of the Agenda at TesTex

We are taking the opportunity to enhance the skills of four of our experienced API Inspectors this week, in the construction of Written Schemes of Examination. This marks the start of substantial investment within the business to further develop our most qualified staff. The programme is ably supported by our Category 2 and Category 1 Engineers, who are passing on the skills and knowledge they have obtained over many years. Within our business, we do recognise our people as our most important resource...

The Benefits and Applications of Phased Array (PAUT)

We don’t shout loud enough about our Phased Array offer without getting into the real technicalities. These last 12 months have seen an increase in demand from customers for Phased Array (PAUT) and we have been using it more extensively than ever on boiler tube inspections. As a result, we’ve added to our equipment inventory by investing in more Olympus Omniscan phased array flaw detectors, probes, bracelets, wedges, and calibration blocks. Although you can apply PAUT to lots of situations where more...

Written Schemes of Examination (WSE’s)

We are in the process of writing out to all of our customers, as a reminder that Written Schemes of Examination (WSEs) are considered to be one of the most important documents associated with asset integrity. Since our return from the Christmas break, we have seen an increase in requests for these and we continue to offer this vital writing service to anyone who requires one, whether a new or existing customer. The best time to do this is whilst we are...

TesTex – Annual Staff Meeting

Having had a two-year hiatus, we were finally able to hold our annual TesTex gathering which took place on the 14th of January at Healing Manor, NE Lincolnshire. We think it’s fair to say one of the first real highlights of the event was being able to see everybody together, have a chat, and catch up. Some of the staff hadn’t physically seen each other for a very long time. So, there were lots of happy chatter. The event carried some...

TSA Conference 2021

Tomorrow, the 23rd September in Coventry, marks a welcome return for us, as exhibitors, to the Tank Storage Association Conference. We look forward to chatting with our customers and colleagues that we haven’t seen in some time. Dean and Trev will be on hand to welcome everyone to the stand and catching up on what’s new and evolving within our industry. Thanks to Joe and the team at the TSA for making this happen.

Our business is passionate about the environment

We have taken steps to reduce our energy consumption, lowering our carbon emissions for our loved local community. As a business we have invested in Heating and LED lighting. This will make a huge difference to the environment and this is just the start of our sustainable journey. To help us invest in these energy saving measures we had support from Smart Energy Greater Lincolnshire. Through this we received a grant of £2,800.61 to enable us to make these fantastic changes. The...