TPT March 2012

T echnology N ews

Inspection services ENGINEERING Bureau Franke

Aktobe, Kazakhstan, and it also plans to open offices in India. Engineering Bureau Franke carries out inspection of the following tubular products: seamless and welded tubes and pipes; drill pipes; casing and tubing for oil and gas exploration; pipes for oil and gas pipeline construction; and tubes and pipes for use in the machine-building industry. The company has experience in carrying out inspections of pipeline, casing and drilling pipes for customers from Russian Federation and CIS countries, Kazakhstan, the Middle East, South-East Asia, Africa and the USA. The scope of activities is constantly enlarging, and besides inspection of all kinds of metal products it includes certification of enterprises, inspection of railway wheels, railway products and component parts for railway equipment production, technical supervision, material testing, inspection of buildings and constructions, appraisal services, consulting and inspection of agricultural

cargoes, mineral fertilisers, inspection of container cargoes, and marine survey. The company’s personnel policy follows constant changes in the business world, and actively develops and attracts educated, highly qualified technical specialists. Staff are trained on specialised courses improving qualification on a regular basis: training programme of specialists on non-destructive testing; training programme of specialists at Paton Welding Institute Training and Qualification Centre within the International Welding Inspector programme; training of specialists on railway wheels testing in Munich University (Universität der Bundeswer München); internal API auditors (American Petroleum Institute); and ISO 9000/14000 auditors. Engineering Bureau Franke International – Ukraine Fax: +380 56 725 18 40

International Ltd is an independent inspection company that provides a range of services ensuring complete and economically effective realisation of customers’ products. A reputation based on high professionalism of employees, and the establishing of close long-term relations with clients are the main criteria of the company’s work. The company has been working in the sphere of inspection services for more than 30 years, and was founded as an independent company in 1973 in Germany. The head office of the company is located in Dnepropetrovsk – the metallurgical centre of Ukraine, and offices are in Mariupol, Odessa, working offices in Dneprodzerzhinsk, Nikopol and Khartsyzsk. Broadening the international activities of the company, representative offices have been opened in Moscow, Taganrog and Volzhsky (Russian Federation), in Shanghai, China, and in

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