(TÜV Rheinland: Cologne, Germany) -- TÜV Rheinland Group, a leading provider of technical services worldwide, is acquiring Sonovation B.V., a highly specialized nondestructive testing services provider based in the Netherlands. Founded in 1988 and employing a staff of 50, Sonavation provides advanced nondestructive testing (NDT) services, particularly for companies in the oil and gas industry. Typical services can include weld examination, pipe system and pressure equipment corrosion inspection, and others. The company also operates an accredited training school for advanced NDT.

“High-technology solutions for nondestructive testing represents an important growth area and one in which TÜV Rheinland is making strategic investments,” says Dieter Hesel, TÜV Rheinland’s executive vice president for industrial services. “We are targeting a large-scale regional expansion of our international NDT services beyond the United States and Germany, and we expect this acquisition to help us accomplish that while also helping us increase market share in the oil and gas sector.”

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