MetoKote Relocates Performance Test Laboratory

 

MetoKote Corp. has relocated its Performance Test Laboratory to a larger space within its Lima, Ohio, facility. MetoKote has offered customers the convenience of an in-house American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) certified laboratory since 1995.

 

For more than 20 years, MetoKote's A2LA Performance Test Laboratory has provided service to customers doing business at any of the company's 30 facilities worldwide. The new 1,900-square-foot location provides an improved controlled environment, offers more space and the ability to perform hundreds of different test methods for MetoKote customers. Additionally, the new location provides room to grow for future equipment needs. 

 

“Our Performance Test Laboratory illustrates our commitment to quality and customer service,” says Jeffrey Oravitz, president and CEO of MetoKote Corp. “Moving to a larger space enables us to continue accommodating customer needs in a timely manner. This service also saves our customers time and money by eliminating the need to use outside laboratory services, and our A2LA accreditation offers customers confidence in the accuracy of the testing methods.”

 

The Performance Test Laboratory is staffed by two full-time employees and offers a variety of services such as salt spray testing, cyclical corrosion testing, humidity testing, QUV accelerated weathering, hardness tests, solvent rubs and more. Bi-weekly panel corrosion tests are performed for our 78 process lines located around the world to ensure optimal process performance. The facility conducts Production Part Approval Process testing, performance specification testing to dictate coating requirements, and collects research and development data. Laboratory personnel also maintain a specification library, which includes material and performance specifications that are used companywide at different stages of the operation. The facility is recertified by A2LA every two years.

 

Data collected at MetoKote's laboratory is internationally accepted and recognized as part of a mutual recognition arrangement A2LA has with international programs such as the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program, Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation, International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation and the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation. This reduces technical hurdles for customers who operate or market abroad.

 

For more information, visit metokote.com.