Project Partners
Portugal
APMI was founded in 1981 and is a non-profit making association. Its main objectives are the dissemination of information concerning inspection techniques, promoting training courses and the knowledge interchange with similar organisations worldwide. To achieve these objectives APMI publish a quarterly technical magazine - Manuten??o, with articles signed by famous managers and technical directors working in the field of Industrial Maintenance. APMI organise and promote a biannual conference, the "Congresso Nacional de Manuten??o". The 2006 and 2008 conferences will provide fora to disseminate information concerning the LRUCM project. APMI is member of EFNMS and FIM - Federa??o Ibero-Americana de Manuten??o. Role
To survey the LRUT market in Portugal, its current and future needs (WP-A), to input into the training and certification needs for technicians (WP-H), to provide and facilitate dissemination and exploitation plans in Portugal, organise LRUCM National Conferences & Workshops (WP-I).
LRUCM is a collaboration between the following organisations: TWI Ltd, Deutsche Gesellschatt fur Zerstorungsfreie
Prufung EV, European Federation of Non Destructive Testing, Asociacion Espanola de Ensayos no Destructivos, Associacao
Portuguesa de Manutencao Industrial, Associazone Italiana Prove Non Distruttive Monitoraggio Diagnostica, Balgarski
Saiuz po Zavariavane, Ukrainian Society for Non Destructive Testing and Technical Diagnostics, Coaxial Power Systems
Ltd, I & T Nardoni Institute Srl, Sonatest NDE Plc, Isotest Engineering S.r.l., RARI - Construcoes Metalicas Engenharia
Projectos E Solucoes Industriais, Lda, A Casa Inteligente, Lda., Atlantis NDE Ingenieria de Inspeccion no Destructiva SL,
NDT Consultants Ltd, Advanced Technology Group Sro, Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade Associacao, Kingston Computer
Consultancy Limited, Zenon Robotics and Informatics SA, Kauno Technologijos Universitetas, Nexus Engineering Ltd. The Project
is co-ordinated and managed by TWI Ltd. and is partly funded by the EC under the Collective SME programme ref:
Number Coll-CT-2005-516405.