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Late-Breaking News<br />
Worldwide Certification Agency Acquires Unified Testing<br />
Services In Alabama<br />
Celebrating new acquisition - Bernie Hrubala, Division Manager<br />
peMT, Don Uptain, president of UTS, Stephan Schmitt president<br />
and Ceo TÜVRheinland ® of north America, Denny Stepp, Vice<br />
president of UTS, Deep Krishnan Vice president of operations,<br />
TÜVRheinland ® of north America.<br />
TüVRheinland ® recently acquired Unified Testing<br />
Services, Inc. (UTS), a full-service testing and<br />
consulting engineering firm based in Woodstock,<br />
Alabama. TüVRheinland ® currently serves many<br />
industry sectors globally and this strategic acquisition<br />
will benefit clients with added expertise, geographic<br />
expansion of coverage and an increase of service<br />
portfolio offerings to additional industry sectors.<br />
The UTS client base includes many diverse groups<br />
including: state departments of transportation;<br />
universities; banking and real estate institutions;<br />
paper and steel mills; power plants; fabrication<br />
and machine shops; automobile industry suppliers;<br />
industrial equipment suppliers; steel fabrication<br />
shops; amusement/theme parks; and state and local<br />
governments.<br />
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“This acquisition enhances our ability to serve<br />
additional segments in different industries that we<br />
have not served in north America before. Previously,<br />
we had offered our services in this industry segment<br />
for export to the rest of the world. now we can offer<br />
these services for the north American <strong>market</strong>, which is<br />
huge benefit to our clients. Having this significant local<br />
expertise will complement our global proficiencies<br />
and provide a better network that will benefit local<br />
customers.” says Stephan Schmitt, President and CEO<br />
of TüVRheinland ® of north America.<br />
UTS brings extensive expertise in a wide variety<br />
of testing and inspection services focused on<br />
materials, construction, transportation, facilities and<br />
environmental engineering. Overall, services include:<br />
environmental consulting and testing; destructive and<br />
non-destructive materials testing; and shop fabrication<br />
inspection of structural steel bridges.<br />
In the environmental arena, UTS provides quality,<br />
cost-effective environmental and testing services that<br />
include testing, sampling and analysis of paints for lead<br />
concentration, as well as assessment and observation<br />
of lead–based paint. The staff is trained in a full range<br />
of asbestos identification and management services<br />
consisting of facility surveys and assessments,<br />
abatement design, abatement monitoring and laboratory<br />
analysis. A full range of environmental site assessment<br />
services ranging from “due diligence” assessments<br />
for real property transactions to sampling and testing<br />
can be offered. UTS also has the capability to provide<br />
indoor air quality testing and assessment (covering
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