WELDING ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Q U A L I M E T C E L E B R AT E S 5 0 Y E A R S
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ualimet is a welding engineering consulting firm that also provides materials testing, inspection services and third-party auditing to the petroleum, oil and gas, light and heavy industrial sectors. The company boasts 50 years of experience across a wide variety of projects, providing proactive and collaborative client services and solutions. Qualimet’s origin was Dacro Test, opened by the Oswald brothers in 1973 as a welder test centre to take care of the new Alberta B Pressure Program. The early years were ones of identity formation and the branding changed several times. Long-time Albertans may
remember it being Prestige, Coronet, Alberta, or QC Inspection Weld Test Centre. In 1993, Jan and Don Keith took over and rolled out an exciting era of enhanced welding engineering consulting services and customer care. The brand became much more than just welder testing. The brand quickly grew under their leadership, with a name change to Qualimet in 2001, and a move to a larger facility in 2011 followed by ISO 17020 and ISO 17025 accreditation. Daren Evans says, “Today Qualimet is best known as a full-service welding engineering consulting firm
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