Acquisition Brings Extended Capabilities

Following our announcement back in December 2006 about the acquisition of UK Analytical, we are now pleased to reveal more about our additional capabilities.

UK Analytical is an experienced and independent test house undertaking physical testing and chemical analysis and has well equipped laboratories in Leeds including sophisticated X-ray analysis equipment to provide a fast, accurate and efficient service.

Within the construction industry CERAM can now offer half cell potential monitoring of bridge structures in addition to laboratory testing and investigations, sampling and surveying.

UK Analytical tests a broad spectrum of materials, representing a variety of industrial processes and products and can carry out:

• Chemical analysis
• Mineral and compound identification
• X-ray fluorescence
• X-ray diffraction
• Analysis of construction materials
• Concrete durability investigations
• Environmental Analysis
• Physical testing of concretes, aggregates and soils.

[February 2007]