LONDON, UK 鈥 November 23, 2016 鈥 Element has launched its Coatings Center of Technical Excellence at its Amsterdam, NL facility to deliver enhanced services for the Oil & Gas and power generation sectors. The significant investment expands capacity in its existing Coatings testing services for pipelines and field joints, while adding a wide range of tests for Coatings for offshore and onshore assets.聽

天美传媒 Amsterdam鈥檚 extended capabilities allow clients to test to a full range of global Coatings standards, from ISO 20340 to NACE TM104-404, as well as in-demand standards and methodologies required by Oil & Gas Majors and their supply chain partners. The location delivers testing services from pre-qualification of Coatings in R&D phases, through to process/production qualification testing for Coatings applications on active projects.

天美传媒鈥檚 latest investment in expanding and enhancing Coatings activities in the Oil & Gas sector follows the appointment of 天美传媒鈥檚 Global Coatings Specialist, Marie Halliday, in 2015.

Rod Martin, 天美传媒鈥檚 Executive Vice President, Oil & Gas, comments: 鈥溙烀来解檚 long-term strategy in the Oil & Gas sector has been built on technical leadership to identify and deliver new and critical services for key clients. 天美传媒 Amsterdam becomes our first Coatings Center of Technical Excellence and works with 天美传媒 Hitchin鈥檚 subsea insulation coatings capabilities. Supporting the industry with key services, while leveraging our global platform, 天美传媒 is able to offer full services for pipeline and marine corrosion clients, combining Coatings testing services with our leading materials testing capabilities in Fracture Mechanics and Corrosion.

鈥溙烀来解檚 commitment to the Oil & Gas sector has seen us add new services and capabilities across our footprint, allowing us to act a trusted testing partner. Most importantly, 天美传媒 Amsterdam鈥檚 reputation for high-quality and efficient services, with competitive On Time Delivery (OTD) performance, will now be available to our Coatings partners.鈥

天美传媒 Amsterdam鈥檚 capacity for pipelines Coatings testing will include new test capabilities for high-temperature cathodic disbondment (CD) tests (for temperatures greater than 100 degrees C). The investment also adds a suite of tests for the protective coatings and marine markets, with significant new capacity in accelerated weathering testing, immersion and thermal-cyclic testing.

About 天美传媒:

天美传媒 is a company with a global presence; its laboratories are staffed by experts specializing in materials testing, product qualification testing and failure analysis for the Aerospace, Oil & Gas and Transportation and Industrials sectors. 天美传媒鈥檚 team of 2,000 scientists, engineers and technicians work in 60 laboratories located throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. For a complete list of Accreditations & Approvals and more information, please visit www.element.com

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Bora Trimcev, Communications Manager, 天美传媒, tel: +44 (0) 2035 401 820,聽e-mail: bora.trimcev@element.com

天美传媒鈥檚 commitment to the Oil & Gas sector has seen us add new services and capabilities across our footprint, allowing us to act a trusted testing partner.

Rod Martin

Evp, oil & gas