Partners - SME-AG Participants
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Zerstonrungsfreie Prufung.e.V .Germany
SME Membership: 477
Profile: German Society for Non-Destructive Testing (DGZfP) is the institution which coordinates NDT activities in Germany. It is a technological society with more than 1,500 corporative and individual members which is well recognised in Germany and abroad. The main objectives of the society are supporting research and development activities in NDT and application and dissemination of NDT testing methods
Role in the Project/Tasks Attributed: WP-7 Leader (Training, dissemination and exploitation of project results). To survey the ship building and ship repair/maintenance market in Germany and the neighbouring sea-going countries generally, its current and future needs (WP 1), to input into the training and certification needs for technicians (WP 7), to provide and facilitate dissemination and exploitation plans in the German market and neighbouring countries, organise National Conferences & Workshops, and help prepare guidelines for technician training and certification where appropriate (WP 8).
Staff involved: Mrs Hannelore Wessel-Segebade, Quality and Project Management.
Benefits to the Consortium The consortium will benefit from DGZfP's participation in Ship-Inspector because it is a large SME-AG providing a 'window' into the Germany and other Northern European countries, with a huge future potential market for shipping NDT and inspection systems.
Reasons for Participation: DGZfP sees Ship-Inspector as an opportunity to introduce the shipping industry to a potentially highly productive method of inspecting their essential sea going vessels.
