QA Weld Tech Achieves F4N Status
QA Weld Tech, one of the North Eastâs leading integrated welding and engineering specialists, has achieved the Fit for Nuclear (F4N) status and is now recognised as a reputable provider in the nuclear supply chain. After passing a series of rigorous measures, the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC) has awarded the firm. Established to create an industry benchmark, the F4N allows manufacturers to measure their operations against the required standards to operate in a complex sector. Securing the coveted F4N status will open the doors for QA Weld Tech and establish the business in this growing sector as we commit to supporting the UKâs nuclear decommissioning program, said Charles Tighe, Managing Director at QA Weld Tech. As a sector naturally driven by demanding safety standards, securing this status very much highlights our core capabilities to deliver our services to the very highest industry standards, and as such, QA Weld Tech will be recognised as a highly credible supplier by nuclear buyers. This achievement comes after the company has decided to transition their Quality Management System to both ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015 accreditation, which reflects the latest trends. It delivers full turnkey solutions and is capable of working with difficult materials and engineer innovative solutions to complex problems. Over the years it has managed to develop over 650 recognised and fully approved welding procedures for a wide range of applications. It delivers services such as shot blasting, clean condition welding and weld overlay cladding right through to fabrication, CNC Machining, and pressure testing. When established, QA Weld Tech used to work primarily in the oil and gas sector, but over the past years it has entered new markets, such as nuclear, petrochemical, power generation, and renewables. As such, we have transferred our extensive knowledge and core capabilities to new projects and we plan to carve a strong reputation within these sectors, said Charles.
QA Weld Tech Announced its Plans for Carrying On Their Expansion
QA Weld Tech, an integrated welding and engineering solutions provider operating in the North East of the Country has announced its plans for carrying on their expansion by offering their well known welding and fabrication services to be used in a range of different industrial sectors. QA Weld Tech has a good reputation and is thought to be one of the leading providers of welding and engineering solutions in the North East where they operate. Their good reputation should make the expansion into more sectors such as nuclear, power generation and petrochemical slightly simpler. The company first started operating in 1980 in Middlesbrough. The company has developed their services to become a central player in the oil and gas sector. QA Weld Tech has worked with a number of high profile companies in the past including Total, BP, Shell and GE Oil & Gas. Charles Tighe has worked in the past as a Welding Engineer, and is now the Managing Director of the QA Weld Tech after founding the company in 1980. The supplier of integrated welding and engineering solutions started working from a 600 sq.m. unit. Now the company is working from nine adjacent workshops at the same Riverside location, stretching over 4,600 sq.m. QA Weld Tech offers their clients a full turnkey solution and highlights the fact that they are able to work with a range of difficult materials in order to deliver cutting edge solutions for their clientâs complex problems. Expanding into a range of different industry sectors has come after a slight rebranding for the company, who have released a new logo in order to upgrade their image and better reflect the quality of the work and service that they offer. The company has recently been awarded and successfully delivered a number of major contracts in the oil and gas market in which they are well established. QA Weld Tech are planning on using the success of these major contracts in order to enter into the other industries in order to offer their engineering services to a whole new audience.
