Expansion to bolster client base (From The Northern Echo)

Expansion to bolster client base

9:57am Saturday 6th February 2010 in

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A COMPANY specialising in using radiation and x-rays to check products for defects is creating the largest facility of its kind in the country, creating four jobs.

Argos Inspection Company Ltd, based in Washington, Tyne and Wear, specialises in providing non-destructive testing (NDT) services to engineering firms in the Offshore, Ministry of Defence, oil and gas, aerospace, automotive and nuclear industries.

The company, which employs about 70 staff, is extending the exposure bay at its headquarters at Glover Industrial Estate, enabling it to increase its client base by providing the largest hightech radiation exposure facility in the country.

The expansion will also create four technician roles for its laboratory facilities.

Managing director Peter Bauckham said: “The extension to our laboratory facility is crucial to the company’s future, as it will enable us to bolster our client base by bringing work into the company which would normally have to be sent elsewhere.

“Our clients will also benefit with a much more improved turn-around time due to the new facility.”

The expansion has been supported by a £50,000 Grant for Business Investment from regional development agency One North East.