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United States Patent No 7,596,419 has been assigned to SGS North America's positive material identification inspection system. The original application was filed in 2005 and after an extensive examination process the patent was published by the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office on 29 September 2009. SGS now has a protected inspection system that was created to satisfy client requirements with regard to retro positive material identification (PMI). SGS clients use the PMI system to determine the alloy composition of piping and vessel materials in order to verify that only the correct materials are being used for their intended service. This SGS product is said to increase the effectiveness of the inspection process and enhance the usefulness of the collected data while ensuring higher levels of accuracy and completeness. The SGS system links CAD drawings, a PMI database, field load sheets and third-party commercial data loggers. It enables pre-selection of required ins...

SGS is due to host Project Risk Symposium 2009 on 17 June at the Gibson Hall in Bishopsgate, London. The event will focus solely on the issue of project risk and experts will share their views on how diverse risks can be managed effectively during the recession. The industry experts will cover financial, political, legal, technical, operational, environmental and social risks. Milena Stoyanova, head of financial services at SGS, said: 'In this economic environment, we are seeing customers demand more and more transparency and greater understanding of the risks involved before entering into large-scale infrastructure, energy, mining, oil-and-gas or agricultural projects, whether it is from the investor or the sponsor side. 'Assessing the diverse nature of risk today goes far beyond a traditional financial assessment of the project. 'Investors and sponsors want to understand and prepare for everything from market and political to technical and environmental risk - and ev...

SGS Introduces Pre-Shipment Inspection Service SGS SA Industrial Services is offering its customers a pre-shipment inspection and certification service covering equipment or materials. SGS will inspect quality and quantity, packing and marking and loading supervision. A certificate of inspection can be provided against a letter of credit and authorised by a chamber of commerce. For export to countries with import certification schemes, pre-shipment inspection is necessary to receive an import certificate. Without this certificate the shipment will not clear customs in the destination country. Pre-shipment inspection ensures goods arriving at their destination conform to the required specifications.