Please read our news from earlier this year, so you can catch up on the projects that FORCE Technology has been involved in.

•   2011
  •   August

    Recognition from United States Coast Guard

    Date: 2011-08-31

    FORCE Certification A/S has been recognized by USCG as the first Non-American Independent Laboratory for testing of lifejackets.

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  •   July

    FORCE Technology increases market on wind energy

    Date: 2011-07-08

    FORCE Technology is presented as company of the month in Windcluster Mid-Norway.

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  •   April

    Visit FORCE Technology at OTC 2011 in Houston

    Date: 2011-04-26

    Since the beginning of the 1970s, FORCE Technology has helped the oil and gas industry in the North Sea and other places to obtain increased productivity, markedly better safety conditions and increasing environmental awareness.

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    SWAY AS awards FORCE Technology a contract

    Date: 2011-04-14

    SWAY AS has awarded FORCE Technology Norway AS a contract for their SWAY Turbine 10 MW Prototype project to be installed at Ljøsøyna in Øygarden Norway.

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    Seminar for DONG Energy for offshore wind structures

    Date: 2011-04-14

    FORCE Technology arranged a seminar for DONG Energy for offshore wind structures.

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  •   March

    Annual report 2010

    Date: 2011-03-08

    FORCE Technology’s annual report 2010 has been released.

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    Environmentally problematic substance used in the chrome plating industry can be substituted

    Date: 2011-03-30

    The results of an important Danish investigation show that it is possible to replace PFOS as mist suppressant within non-decorative hard chrome plating.

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  •   February

    New software changes manning procedures

    Date: 2011-02-04

    A new concept developed by the Technical University of Denmark, the Danish Maritime Authorities and FORCE Technology ensures that ships can be manned in a more efficient way. The development of the concept is supported by the Danish Maritime Fund.

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    New software changes manning procedures

    Date: 2011-02-04

    A new concept developed by the Technical University of Denmark, the Danish Maritime Authorities and FORCE Technology ensures that ships can be manned in a more efficient way. The development of the concept is supported by the Danish Maritime Fund.

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•   2010
  •   December

    Emergency Department at Thisted Hospital

    Date: 2010-12-15

    On the hill in front of Sygehus Thy-Mors, one of the regional hospitals in Jutland, Denmark, an Emergency Department will be built. The Emergency Department will receive both patients to the emergency unit as well as acute and injured patients. A cross-disciplinary team consisting of the companies Friis & Moltke, Rambøll and FORCE Technology are working on the plans for the Emergency Department.
    

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    Video of new maritime training facility

    Date: 2010-12-10

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  •   November

    Substitution of an environmentally problematic substance used in the chrome plating industry

    Date: 2010-11-25

    An important Danish investigation is on its way to find a replacement for the harmful substance PFOS that is used as a chemical aid in the hard chrome plating industry all over the world. PFOS is harmful to both environment and health. The investigation, which is being financed by the Danish EPA, is managed by FORCE Technology in cooperation with IPU, DTU Mechanical Engineering and the surface treatment company a.h. Nichro Haardchrom A/S that is assisted by the development company SurfCoat A/S.

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    Simulator training reduces training period by 6 months

    Date: 2010-11-05

    FORCE Technology tug simulator used for training Swedish tug captains – the simulator training reduces the training period by 6 months.
    

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  •   August

    A novel solution for rotor blades on wind turbines

    Date: 2010-08-26

    At HUSUM WindEnergy 2010, FORCE Technology and PP Techniq ApS launches and demonstrates a novel solution for safe access to installed rotor blades on wind turbines.

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    Nordic Network for Research on fluorinated compounds in the Environment

    Date: 2010-08-04

    FORCE Technology is co-initiator of and member of the Nordic Network for Research on fluorinated compounds and the Environment.
    

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  •   July

    New Maritime Simulator Training Centre in Brisbane

    Date: 2010-07-28

    
    
    Maritime Safety Queensland has contracted FORCE Technology to deliver the most modern and professional simulator centre for training of pilots and tug masters in the Oceanic region.
    

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  •   June

    Simulator facility provided by FORCE Technology wins training award.

    Date: 2010-06-29

    CSMART, the Center for Simulator Maritime Training, is a newly established maritime training facility located in Almere, Netherlands. The simulator is provided by FORCE Technology, Division for Maritime Industry.

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    Meet us at NSM - Nordic Welding Conference 2010

    Date: 2010-06-15

    FORCE Technology gives two presentations at the Nordic Welding Conference NSM 2010 on optimised welding of wind turbine towers and surface treatment of components in the power plant sector.

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    We join the Wind Crew

    Date: 2010-06-10

    FORCE Technology joins Windcluster Mid-Norway

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  •   May

    Evaluating CP systems on Tartan and Scapa fields

    Date: 2010-05-05

    FORCE Technology retrofits the CP systems on the Tartan and Scapa fields

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  •   April

    Deepwater and FORCE Technology Norway Team Up

    Date: 2010-04-26

    FORCE Technology Norway AS and Deepwater Corrosion Services Inc. are co-operating to bring new technologies into the offshore corrosion and integrity monitoring markets in the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

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  •   March

    Annual report 2009

    Date: 2010-03-23

    FORCE Technology’s annual report 2009 has been released.

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    Ship simulations precede actual call at Australian port

    Date: 2010-03-19

    SimFlex Navigator simulations at Fremantle Marine Simulation Centre FMSC precedes QM II call at Fremantle Port

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    FORCE Technology participates in the NACE 2010 Conference

    Date: 2010-03-05

    From March 14-18 2010, FORCE Technology participates in NACE Corrosion 2010 (The NACE Annual Conference and Exposition) in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

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  •   February

    South African training center upgraded

    Date: 2010-02-02

    FORCE Technology delivers ASD tug simulator module to Samtra

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  •   January

    European report on dioxin emissions from domestic sources

    Date: 2010-01-26

    FORCE Technology was part of the project team with BIPRO as leader who produced a European report on information exchange on reduction of dioxin emissions from domestic sources. This includes dioxin emissions e.g. from wood stoves.

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    New report about Life Cycle Management

    Date: 2010-01-04

    The UNEP environmental organization under The United Nations has just published a very exciting report about Life Cycle Management

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•   2009
  •   December

    Watch FORCE Technology’s realistic ship simulator

    Date: 2009-12-18

     

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    FORCE Technology represented at the Bright Green Expo

    Date: 2009-12-04

    On 12-13 December 2009, the Bright Green Expo will transform Forum Copenhagen into an innovative universe of ideas for climate solutions. FORCE Technology participates to bring focus on the fuel of the future – biomass.

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  •   November

    New whitepaper about the financial aspects of corrosion

    Date: 2009-11-05

    The annual consequential costs of corrosion amount to 6-8 % of the gross domestic product (GDP). In Denmark it corresponds to approx. DKK 140,000 m. Despite this fact the field of corrosion loses ground among students of engineering in the competition against more high-technology subjects such as nanotechnology and biotechnology.
    

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  •   September

    FORCE Technology completes supply of training centre to the Singapore Police Coast Guard

    Date: 2009-09-29

    FORCE Technology and Meggitt Training Systems have completed the supply of an Integrated Tactical Training Centre to the Singapore Police Coast Guard

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  •   August

    FORCE Technology at EUROCORR 2009

    Date: 2009-08-18

    FORCE Technology gives three lectures at EUROCORR 2009 on microbial corrosion and on metals release to drinking water.

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  •   July

    Respected international environmental award to Danish maritime initiative

    Date: 2009-07-17

    The winner of the award for the most environmentally friendly shipping initiative was the Danish project "Green Ship of the Future".

     

     

      

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  •   May

    Reopening of Dansim

    Date: 2009-05-28

    FORCE Technology Division for Maritime Industry (DMI) marine simulation center Dansim has existed since 1996. Dansim was originally established in cooperation with the Danish maritime authoritiy. It is now being reopened after a massive investment in new SimFlex Navigator simulator systems, NACOS systems and other equipment, truly bringing it up to state-of-the-art world class level.

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  •   April

    Hard times ahead for pirates in Singapore

    Date: 2009-04-14

    Piracy at sea will be much more difficult when the Singapore Police Coast Guard commission their new training simulator. The Danish company FORCE Technology has supplied a new generation of software for the simulator.

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    Annual Report 2008

    Date: 2009-04-22

    FORCE Technology's Annual Report 2008 has just been released. Read about last years technological highlights.

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  •   March

    Ice cream enthusiasts undergoing rapid growth

    Date: 2009-03-30

    Is fra Skarø [Ice Cream from Skarø] is aiming to increase production, develop new flavours and sell their organic ice cream to a variety of distributors – challenges that require input from a variety of sources, including FORCE Technology’s innovation agents.

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    New version of ABC-Reinforcing steel

    Date: 2009-03-27

    FORCE Certification A/S, FORCE Technology´s independent certifying body, has just released a new version of "ABC-Reinforcing steel - General terms for certification of reinforcing steel products" (Publ. 1816-5-en).
    

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    Updated version of ABC-Sys

    Date: 2009-03-19

    FORCE Certification A/S, FORCE Technology´s independent certifying body, has just released a new version of "ABC-Sys - General terms for certification of systems" (Publ. 2031-10-da/en).

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    FORCE Technology participates in the NACE Corrosion 2009 Conference

    Date: 2009-03-11

    From March 22–26 2009, FORCE Technology participates in NACE Corrosion 2009 (The NACE Annual Conference and Exposition) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The conference attracts more than 5,000 industry professionals and 350+ exhibitors dedicated to corrosion science and engineering.
    

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  •   February

    FORCE Technology helps Lloyd’s Register train their marine surveyors

    Date: 2009-02-27

    During 2008 and 2009, Force Technology will provide expertise and facilities to Lloyd’s Register in order to certify Lloyd’s marine surveyors.
    

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    New Vice President of Inspection & Testing 

    Date: 2009-02-04

    On 1 January 2009 Ulf Larsen took office as new Vice President for Inspection & Testing with FORCE Technology. Ulf succeeds Niels Aage Giversen, who for generations has been engaged in inspection and testing tasks both in Denmark and internationally.

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  •   January

    New brochure on hazardous flame retardant

    Date: 2009-01-09

    Rockwool suspected that the brominated flame retardant HBCDD was a hazard to the environment and therefore commissioned a report to be drawn up by two leading experts in the area, one from FORCE Technology and the other from Stockholm University.
    

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•   2008
  •   November

    Camera technology “closes the loop” in arc welding

    Date: 2008-11-21

    FORCE Technology is working on improving the control of arc welding by integrating cameras for handling the welding process.

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  •   October

    New issue of Material News

    Date: 2008-10-24

    FORCE Technology's newsletter Material News has just been released. Read about corrosion, metallurgy and chemical analysis.

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    Corrosion monitoring – now in China

    Date: 2008-10-24

    FORCE Technology presented their unique concrete corrosion monitoring system in connection with the construction of China’s first subsea tunnel.

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    New report on environmentally hazardous polyfluorinated compounds

    Date: 2008-10-15

    The Danish EPA has just issued a report surveying the use of polyfluoro compounds in consumer products in Denmark and the impact upon health and the environment of these substances. This report has been prepared by FORCE Technology and the Danish National Environmental Research Institute.

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    New ABC-Sys from FORCE Certification

    Date: 2008-10-14

    FORCE Certification has just released the publication "ABC-Sys - General terms for certification of systems" (Publ. 2031-8-en).
    

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  •   September

    Major backing for Danish open source initiative

    Date: 2008-09-29

    FORCE Technology is leading the development of a Danish open source software platform for computational fluid dynamics. Eight Danish companies and two universities have combined their efforts to become a serious alternative to commercial programs.

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    Concrete monitoring system saves millions

    Date: 2008-09-18

    FORCE Technology has developed an up-to-date system for the monitoring of concrete constructions in bridges and metro tunnels. By this system Denmark will save millions of Kroner for maintenance and reduce passenger frustration.
    

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    Nilfisk-Advance counts dust particles

    Date: 2008-09-05

    FORCE Technology has assisted the famous Danish vacuum cleaning manufacturer Nilfisk-Advance at testing their particle-counter for test of vacuum cleaning particle air filters.
    

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  •   August

    HUSUM WindEnergy 2008

    Date: 2008-08-27

    FORCE Technology participates in the world’s largest Wind energy trade fair in Husum, Germany from 9 to 13 September 2008.
    

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    ONS 2008

    Date: 2008-08-26

    At this year's ONS fair from August 26-29 in Stavanger, Norway, FORCE Technology will present its varied assortment of services to the oil and process industries.

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    FORCE Technology at CopenMind 2008

    Date: 2008-08-25

    From September 1 – 3, 2008, a delegation of FORCE Technology specialists within environment, climate and energy will participate in the global event CopenMind at the Bella Center in Copenhagen.
    

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    FORCE Technology gives advice on reinforcement corrosion to one of Europe’s biggest nuclear power plants

    Date: 2008-08-21

    FORCE Technology’s Department of Concrete is assisting the Finnish nuclear power plant TVO with a revision and evaluation of their cathodic protection system for cooling water channels.

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    DMI News 2008

    Date: 2008-08-21

    Read the latest news from FORCE Technology's Maritime Division in DMI News 2008.

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    FORCE Technology participates at SMM 2008

    Date: 2008-08-14

    FORCE Technology participates at the SMM fair in Hamburg from Tuesday 23 of September to Friday 26 of September 2008.

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    Advanced flow measurement with a European perspective

    Date: 2008-08-07

    FORCE Technology and the Danish Technological Institute have joined forces to develop a new advanced flow measurement initiative. The flow areas of European Gas Cubic Metre and Laser Doppler Velocimetry are becoming international focus areas.

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  •   July

    FORCE Technology introduces new wind tunnel

    Date: 2008-07-11

    By introducing a removable truncation, FORCE Technology is able to increase the versatility of their wind tunnel facility and thereby ensure a fast turnaround on all their wind tunnel projects including buildings, bridges, ships and offshore platforms.

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    Fast materials identification with PMI

    Date: 2008-07-11

    FORCE Technology has invested in four new mobile PMI devices for materials identification. Customers all over the world may now get fast analyses of their metals and in this way reduce the risk of errors.
    

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    Chinese interest in Danish power plant know-how

    Date: 2008-07-11

    FORCE Technology recently hosted a delegation from China Power Investment Corporation (CPI), which is a major Chinese power plant owner and operator.
    

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    New publications from FORCE Certification

    Date: 2008-07-04

    Now you can order the three latest publications - ABC-Sys, ABC-Reinforcing steel and ABC-MID – from FORCE Technology’s independent certifying unit FORCE Certification.
    

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  •   June

    FORCE Technology develops next generation floating offshore windmills

    Date: 2008-06-26

    FORCE Technology, together with energy giant Statkraft and engineering and fabrication company NLI, establish the company WindSea for development of next generation floating offshore windmills.
    

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  •   May

    FORCE Technology opens the door to China

    Date: 2008-05-23

    After a year of thorough preparatory work FORCE Technology has succeeded in coming in from the cold with China’s largest state owned energy company Sinopec.

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    Danish know-how behind new Spanish calibration facility for gas meters

    Date: 2008-05-23

    In close co-operation with the gas transmission company Enagas SA from Madrid FORCE Technology is working on establishing a laboratory in Zaragoza, where gas meters under high pressure may be tested and calibrated with natural gas.

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    Diesel catalyst removes particles

    Date: 2008-05-14

    Haldor Topsoe is presently testing their catalytic coating for diesel particle filters. FORCE Technology provided assistance with conducting precise measurements of the filters’ ability to remove fine particles.
    

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    FORCE Technology at The International Tug & Salvage Convention 2008

    Date: 2008-05-14

    FORCE Technology’s Division for Maritime Industry participates at the ITS convention in Singapore from May 19 to May 23 2008.

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  •   April

    New hull paint reduces fuel consumption and protects the environment

    Date: 2008-04-04

    FORCE Technology has provided knowledge and water for testing of Hempel's new ship paint, Hempasil, which is to help the "giants of the sea" - the largest container ships - to reduce fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions.

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    Hospital robots take the load

    Date: 2008-04-29

    Together with Bispebjerg Hospital and DTU (Technical University of Denmark), FORCE Technology has joined a business Ph.D. project on the development of robots for transport of, for example blood samples, food and waste at hospitals.

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    FORCE-Dantest CERT changes its name to FORCE Certification

    Date: 2008-04-15

    FORCE Technology’s independent certification body is called FORCE Certification from now on.

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    University builds racing car

    Date: 2008-04-14

    Students from the University of Southern Denmark are busy with the final preparations on a racing car they have developed themselves and in so doing have drawn on FORCE Technology’s expertise within material testing.
    

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  •   March

    Advanced Immersion Ultrasonic System

    Date: 2008-03-31

    FORCE Technology delivers advanced inspection equipment to the Mexican steel forging company, Frisa Forjados.

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    Firewood consumption greater than presumed previously

    Date: 2008-03-03

    FORCE Technology has conducted an investigation on behalf of the Danish Energy Agency, which maps the consumption of firewood in Denmark according to a new and improved method compared to the one used previously.
    

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    Get to grips with the quality of stainless steel pipes

    Date: 2008-03-11

    FORCE Technology often assists plant owners in updating their requirements and purchasing specifications to stainless steel pipes. It ensures that the ready-to-use pipe system possesses the necessary properties in terms of resistance to corrosion, hygiene and strength.
    

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    FORCE Technology participates at the 2008 NACE Corrosion

    Date: 2008-03-05

    Also this year FORCE Technology presents papers on corrosion issues at the NACE Conference. The conference takes place in New Orleans from March 16th to March 20th.

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  •   February

    World Premiere on Scanning of Elephant

    Date: 2008-02-14

    As maybe the first in the world, FORCE Technology, the consulting engineers, has embarked upon a quite untraditional project: namely the scanning of an elephant.
    

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    Largest commercial computer cluster in Denmark

    Date: 2008-02-26

    FORCE Technology has recently installed a large and very powerful computer cluster for CFD calculations of complex flow problems within the three departments of Hydro and Aerodynamics, Industrial processes and SonoSteam

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    Total staff to be doubled

    Date: 2008-02-12

    Things are going very well for FORCE Technology's branch in Trondheim, Norway. So well, in fact, that they expect to double the number of employees over the next two years to a total of 70.

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    FORCE Technology helps the Chinese to better air quality

    Date: 2008-02-14

    FORCE Technology is gaining a larger part of the Chinese market of flow model jobs for flue gas cleaning at power plants.

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  •   January

    EuCheMS awards a Dane for the first time

    Date: 2008-01-31

    The Executive Committee of EuCheMS (European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences) has agreed to give Allan Astrup Jensen from FORCE Technology the Award for Service.

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•   2007
  •   December

    First phase of the delivery of ship manoeuvring simulators to Fremantle is completed

    Date: 2007-12-19

    For the first time FORCE Technology has delivered simulators to Australia

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    Bioenergy for combined heat and power installations – an overstated success

    Date: 2007-12-05

    FORCE Technology has joined forces with five counterparts from Sweden, Finland, Holland, Germany and Austria to study the actual operating conditions of combined heat and power plants using solid biofuels.
    

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    New report identifies marine CO₂ emissions

    Date: 2007-12-05

    FORCE Technology has recently issued a report on behalf of the Danish Shipowners’ Association focusing on the historic development in CO₂ emissions from the international shipping industry. The report also describes how the so-called CO₂ index may contribute to a reduction in CO₂ emissions from the shipping industry in the future.

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  •   November

    Wood pellets – a fuel market experiencing vigorous growth

    Date: 2007-11-22

    In recent years, national subsidies and ambitious objectives for sustainable energy have created rapid growth in the application of wood pellets used as fuel in large parts of the EU.
    

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    Fatigue testing in a flash

    Date: 2007-11-29

    FORCE Technology’s department for Material and Product Testing has invested in two high frequency resonance pulsing machines, which are used for fatigue testing of materials and components.

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    New ABC-Sys from FORCE-Dantest CERT

    Date: 2007-11-27

    FORCE Technology's independent certifying body FORCE-Dantest CERT has just published the publication "ABC-Sys - General terms for certification of systems"

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  •   October

    FORCE Technology participates at Marintec China 2007

    Date: 2007-10-08

    FORCE Technology’s department for Hydro & Aerodynamics participates at Marintec China 2007, in Shanghai November 27-30 2007.

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    New technology to combat medication faults

    Date: 2007-10-02

    New technology will minimise the risk of medication faults at hospitals, in particular in high risk areas where faulty medication in incorrect doses may, in the worst case, result in the death of patients.

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    Camera sees through flames

    Date: 2007-10-02

    FORCE Technology has developed an inexpensive monitoring system to ensure optimum location of the combustion zone and improved control of the combustion process in biofuel plants.

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  •   September

    Acquisition of companies in Norway

    Date: 2007-09-28

    In September 2007 FORCE Technology Norway AS acquired 100% of the shares in the following companies: EUROCERT Kurssenter AS,  EUROCERT Certifisering AS, IQI Consulting AS.

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    Help to companies wishing to be more sustainable

    Date: 2007-09-25

    A newly published international guide: “Life Cycle Management – A Business Guide to Sustainability” is aimed for helping companies to make more sustainable goods and services.

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    DMI News 2007

    Date: 2007-09-10

    In the new DMI News you can read about energy and emissions and other news within the maritime world.
    

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    Voltmeter with memory

    Date: 2007-09-03

    FORCE Technology has developed a new battery-driven voltmeter with memory, called a VMM measuring instrument.

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    Global welding innovation

    Date: 2007-09-03

    FORCE Technology presents no less than a global innovation within automated welding at the trade fair, HI Industry 2007, from the 4th to the 7th September.

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  •   August

    Emission measurement with new far-reaching perspectives

    Date: 2007-08-20

    FORCE Technology has now invested in the most modern equipment available in emission measurement of airborne particles. The instrument is called Electrical Low Pressure Impactor (ELPI). This makes FORCE Technology the only company on the Danish market to offer this particular service.
    

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  •   July

    New automatic technology for the sorting of batteries

    Date: 2007-07-05

    FORCE Technology has developed a brand new automatic sorting system for separating all types of batteries named SmartRay. The system has paved the way for more recycling and less pollution.
    

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  •   June

    Danish invention behind breakthrough in space technology

    Date: 2007-06-25

    FORCE Technology stands before an international breakthrough in the space industry with a new welding technique for construction of rocket nozzles.

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    Danida hires FORCE Technology for environmental assessment in the Maldives

    Date: 2007-06-21

    Danida has requested FORCE Technology to conduct an assessment of air pollution and noise from a power plant on the Maldives’ main island Male’.

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    Focus on transfer of space technology to civil use

    Date: 2007-06-21

    The Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation has appointed FORCE Technology as the Danish representative to the European space organisation, ESA’s large-scale plan for the advancement of technology transfer from the space industry to civil use.

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    New knowledge about corrosion

    Date: 2007-06-01

    At the 2007 conference in Nashville, FORCE Technology presented two new articles containing new knowledge about corrosion, principles of measurement and corrosion protection

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  •   May

    FORCE Technology at Nor-Shipping 2007

    Date: 2007-05-07

    FORCE Technology, Division for Maritime Industry, is exhibiting at Nor-Shipping in Oslo June 12 to 15, 2007.

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  •   March

    New ABC-MID

    Date: 2007-03-23

    FORCE Technology´s independent certifying body FORCE-Dantest CERT has just published the new ABC-MID: General terms for conformity assessment of measuring instruments incl. non-automatic weighing instruments.
    

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    New brochure about the Measuring Instrument Directive (MID)

    Date: 2007-03-14

    FORCE Technology’s independent certification body FORCE-Dantest CERT has recently published a new brochure about the Measuring Instrument Directive (MID).

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  •   February

    FORCE Technology contributes to the environment-friendly aircraft engine of the future

    Date: 2007-02-15

    The unique combination of welding and sensor technology has placed FORCE Technology in the distinguished company of aeronautical stakeholders who are involved in developing the aircraft engine of the future.
    

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    New website about solid biomass fuels

    Date: 2007-02-12

    FORCE Technology together with DONG Energy have released a new website, Biolex, which contains information about the composition and important characteristics of solid biomass fuels.

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    Laser hybrid welding now manages a material thickness of 30 mm

    Date: 2007-02-07

    As the only provider in Scandinavia, FORCE Technology now offers laser hybrid welding of steel plates in thickness up to 30 mm in only a few passes.

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    Selected for LCA advisory groups

    Date: 2007-02-02

    The LCA Center, which is run by FORCE Technology in cooperation with COWI A/S and IPU, has been selected for two European advisory groups for LCA.

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  •   Januar

    FORCE Technology tests high-tech race yacht

    Date: 2007-01-23

    In the fall of 2006 FORCE Technology performed tests in our towing tank for Wolfson Unit on a large model in 1:3 scale of the latest 'Ecover' Open 60 from Owen Clarke Design.
    

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•   2006
  •   September

    FORCE Technology performs wind tunnel tests on the world’s highest bridge

    Date: 2006-09-13

    FORCE Technology has performed wind tunnel tests for the railway bridge Chenab River Bridge between Katra and Laol in Jammu and Kashmir. With a deck height above the river of 359m it will be the highest bridge in the world.
    

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    The "terminator" of food bacteria has been found

    Date: 2006-09-22

    FORCE Technology has developed an effective method of reducing campylobacter on poultry. It is called SonoSteam. The method has proven so effective that it can practically eliminate campylobacter, which each year make 70,000 Danes sick to varying degrees.

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    FORCE Technology at SMM 2006

    Date: 2006-09-18

    FORCE Technology participates at the SMM – Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology - Trade Fair in Hamburg from September 26 to 29.

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    Order free publication: ABC-Water meters

    Date: 2006-09-14

    FORCE-Dantest CERTs new publication "ABC-Water meters - general terms for assessment of conformity of water meters" can be ordered free of charge.

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    New publication from FORCE-Dantest CERT

    Date: 2006-09-12

    FORCE-Dantest CERT has updated its ABC Sys. Order it here.

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    FORCE Technology contributes with knowledge about heat treatment of aluminium

    Date: 2006-09-06

    The Association for Materials and Heat treatment (Foreningen for Materialer og Varmebehandling) holds a feature-day on 14 September at B&O in Struer. FORCE Technology has been invited to give a presentation on heat treatment of aluminium.

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  •   August

    FORCE Technology achieves status of international training body for certificated auditors

    Date: 2006-08-18

    The International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) has approved FORCE Technology as training body, and as a result FORCE Technology is now able to have its courses approved by the IRCA, which is a widely recognised stamp of quality throughout the world.

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  •   July

    New knowledge about corrosion

    Date: 2006-07-14

    Read FORCE Technology's new articles about corrosion presented at the NACE corrosion conference 2006

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    New method tests burning time of barbecue charcoal and briquettes

    Date: 2006-07-11

    FORCE Technology in collaboration with Fritz Schur Consumer Products has now developed a new testing method - “Measurement of burning time in standard cylinder” - for barbecue charcoal and briquettes.
    

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    FORCE Technology join forces to develop future intelligent pipeline

    Date: 2006-07-04

    Years of knowledge and experience in integrity management and interpretation of related data are reasons why FORCE Technology has been chosen for Petromak’s project “SmartPipe”.

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  •   June

    Primary Circuit Weld Inspection

    Date: 2006-06-14

    How hard can it be?

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    Core Shroud Weld Inspection

    Date: 2006-06-14

    FORCE Technology owns an automated system for qualified inspection of the core shroud welds by means of visual, eddy current, ultrasonic and moulding inspection

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    9th European Conference on NDT, ECNDT, September 25-29, Berlin 2006

    Date: 2006-06-14

    FORCE Technology will give an oral presentation of the remote application moulding inspection technology on the 9th European Conference on NDT, ECNDT, September 25-29, Berlin 2006.

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    Newly revised Reference colour chart

    Date: 2006-06-16

    Now you can order FORCE Technology's revised "Reference colour charts (94.34) for purity of purging gas in stainless steel tubes". The price is DKK 200 ex. VAT.

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    Windmill industry on charm offensive

    Date: 2006-06-14

    The shortage of engineers has caused the major players in the Danish windmill industry to unite their efforts to market the industry to future generations of engineers

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  •   May

    Tank floor inspection reaches new levels

    Date: 2006-05-31

    To provide full documentation of a tank condition, FORCE Technology Sweden AB has invested in a new floor scanner, which utilizes the MFL technology. Our tank floor scanning procedure fulfills all clients' needs for documentation.

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    5th International Conference on NDE in Relation to Structural Integrity for Nuclear and Pressurised Components, San Diego, 10-12 May, 2006

    Date: 2006-05-12

    5th International Conference on NDE in Relation to Structural Integrity for Nuclear and Pressurised Components, San Diego, 10-12 May, 2006.
    

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    New moulding tools for nuclear inspection

    Date: 2006-05-15

    FORCE Technology has developed new remote tools for application of the moulding inspection technology above water as well as under water.

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    BP awards FORCE Technology massive inspection contract

    Date: 2006-05-31

    FORCE Technology Norway awarded its largest inspection and corrosion management services contract ever. The contract has an expected revenue of approximately USD 10 million over an initial three-year term.

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    New equipment detects metals at ppb and ppt level

    Date: 2006-05-03

    FORCE Technology’s chemical analysis laboratory has invested in new ICP-MS equipment. This equipment enables us to measure elements in solutions as far down as ppt-level.
    

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  •   April

    SeaSense wins award for FORCE Technology

    Date: 2006-04-25

    Prominent persons from the international maritime industry were gathered at the spectacular Banqueting House in London to celebrate the 18th ”Seatrade Award Ceremony Dinner”- the business’ tribute to innovative measures in the maritime world. Denmark’s FORCE Technology was invited to participate in the celebrations and won a distinguished award.

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    Pre-qualification of coating systems for offshore service

    Date: 2006-04-27

    All suppliers of coating material for the offshore industry in Europe are now routinely requested to produce evidence of the performance of their product after the ISO/NORSOK testing regime.

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    Conference: Materials in Offshore Constructions

    Date: 2006-04-05

    The conference”Materials in Offshore Constructions” has been arranged by Offshore Centre Denmark and will be held on 2 June 2006. FORCE Technology will contribute with seven entries, presented by employees with our branches in Norway, Esbjerg and Brøndby.
    

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  •   March

    New publications

    Date: 2006-03-31

    Order FORCE-Dantest CERT's - FORCE Technology's independent certifying body - new publications within ABC-Marine and ABC-Reinforcing steel

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    The County of Aarhus Makes Use of the “Sniffing Method”

    Date: 2006-03-27

    Through the past 6 years, the County of Aarhus has performed a focused effort against contaminated residential properties that were previously used for cleaning operations

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    Investment in microscope sees new opportunities at nano-level

    Date: 2006-03-20

    FORCE Technology has taken a giant step into future technology by investing in a state of the art microscope for almost DKK 10 million.

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  •   February

    New salt screen to protect trees and vegetation

    Date: 2006-02-08

    FORCE Technology has tested the efficiency of a newly invented salt screen in their wind tunnel

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    Distinguished visit from Japan’s leading environmental experts

    Date: 2006-02-27

    FORCE Technology’s Department of Sustainability & Management and LCA Centre have just had a visit from Japan

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    New effective mobile test system to control odour

    Date: 2006-02-21

    FORCE Technology has developed a mobile test system to fight odour.

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    Mobile artificial nose

    Date: 2006-02-20

    FORCE Technology’s department for emission reduction has recently invested in a new instrument for determination of odor both indoor and outdoor.

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    FORCE Technology test flow meters for Siemens

    Date: 2006-02-10

    Besides calibration of flow meters FORCE Technology can now also test flow meters under different work-like conditions.

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    More environmentally friendly alternatives to PFOS-compounds and PFOA

    Date: 2006-02-09

    FORCE Technology has investigated the use of PFOS and PFOA chemicals in different countries and their impact on the environment and people

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    FORCE Technology participates at NACE Corrosion 2006

    Date: 2006-02-03

    FORCE Technology will talk about the "Influence of Various Surface Conditions on Pitting Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel Tubes Type EN 1.4404” at NACE's corrosion conference in March 2006

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  •   January

    FORCE Technology enters Russia

    Date: 2006-01-19

    With a strong belief in the huge Russian market, FORCE Technology has now established a subsidiary in St. Petersburg

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•   2005
  •   December

    Norwegian company Hydro benefits from FORCE Technology’s inspection expertise

    Date: 2005-12-23

    AGR EmiTeam together with FORCE Technology have received a new frame contract which include inspection services and planning on all of Hydro’s offshore and onshore facilities in Norway.

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  •   November

    FORCE Technology participates at the Marintech fair in Shanghai

    Date: 2005-11-25

    From December 6 to December 9 2005, FORCE Technology participates at the Marintech fair in Shanghai. The Danish part of the fair will be inaugurated by her highness princess Alexandra.

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    New service for onshore and offshore customers

    Date: 2005-11-25

    FORCE Technology has just invested in a new automated ultrasound system, PipeWIZARD, which is a so-called phased array system. With this system we can now provide an even more efficient service to both our onshore and offshore customers.
    

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    Sono-Steam wins Foodtech Innovation Award 2005

    Date: 2005-11-16

    This morning minister of food, agriculture and fisheries, Hans Christian Schmidt, presented the Foodtech Innovation Award 2005 to the company FORCE Technology at the annual trade fair for food technology at Messecenter Herning.
    

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    New ABC - Weldcons

    Date: 2005-11-02

    FORCE-Dantest CERT's "Welding consumables according to CPD/EN 13479 or EN 14532" is now available

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  •   October

    New concepts for companies’ sustainability

    Date: 2005-10-19

    Today, more and more companies try actively to integrate their environmental work into their work with sustainability. This is reflected e.g. in the way that the companies report on these issues. The recent trend is shared reporting about environmental, ethical and social issues, i.e. about sustainability in a broader sense of the word.

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    FORCE Technology leading supplier within testing of aluminothermic welding processes

    Date: 2005-10-14

    FORCE Technology’s Division for Welding and Production Innovation has recently entered into cooperation with a large French company in connection with the testing of their aluminothermic welding processes for the welding of rail tracks.
    

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    Sono-Steam nominated for the Foodtech Innovation Award

    Date: 2005-10-14

    FORCE Technology’s newly developed product Sono-Steam, which, by the use of steam and ultrasound, can secure a higher food hygiene, has just been nominated for the Foodtech Innovation Award.

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    Visions for passenger and freight transportation

    Date: 2005-10-06

    ATV's think tank has gathered a task force guided by the Managing Director of FORCE Technology, Ernst Tiedemann, whose main purpose is to come up with ideas about future transportation solutions.

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  •   September

    Large-scale calibration

    Date: 2005-09-01

    FORCE Technology’s department in Vejen, Denmark - which functions as a national reference laboratory for gas flow measurement – has developed a calibration system that makes us capable of calibrating gas flow meters with a pressure of up to 50 bar. The system is unique and probably the only one of its kind in the world.
    

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    New publication

    Date: 2005-09-07

    You can now order the new publication "ABC - Weldcons, Part 2: Welding consumables according to CPD/EN 13479 or EN 14532"

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    Focus on core competences

    Date: 2005-09-27

    As a part of FORCE Technology Sweden AB’s strategical planning, it is decided that our business area which covers inspection of cranes, lifts etc must be phased out because management estimates that this particular area lies outside our core competences.

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    Ready for the future

    Date: 2005-09-27

    In order to meet the demand for new technology within testing and maintenance on the Swedish market, FORCE Technology Sweden AB’s management has decided to intensify the flow of knowledge from the parent company in Denmark and the sister company in Norway.
    

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  •   August

    Non Destructive Testing (NDT) at the Rya plant in Gothenburg

    Date: 2005-08-09

    FORCE Technology in Sweden has entered into a contract with YIT about NDT of district heating pipes and mountings

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    FORCE Technology helps American UTC with environmental dialogue

    Date: 2005-08-01

    FORCE Technology’s department for Sustainability & Management has carried through an analysis of the environmental effects of UTC’s activities including their global network of suppliers
    

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    16th International Computer Technology in Welding and Manufacturing Conference

    Date: 2005-08-01

    The conference programme in 2006 will include presentations in the field of sensors, equipment control, modelling and management software as a means of improving performance of joining processes

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  •   July

    Kayak design thoroughly tested by FORCE Technology

    Date: 2005-07-13

    The Danish kayak manufacturer Struerkajak A/S has taken a patent for a new hull design for their new two-seater kayak. In this connection FORCE Technology has computer tested 9 different designs in their advanced simulators and they have also build an exact replica of the kayak.
    

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    Giant space order to FORCE Technology

    Date: 2005-07-08

    FORCE Technology has just won an order of approximately 3 million Euro for their sophisticated welding proces for rocket nozzles to the European space industry.

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  •   June

    Create your own personal profile at FORCE Technology's website

    Date: 2005-06-07

    FORCE Technology's website gives you the opportunity to select the areas and materials of your specific interest.

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    New Application for the P-scan System 4, Flex

    Date: 2005-06-10

    The Department for Advanced NDE Services has invested in three new units, P-scan System 4, Flex, for automated ultrasonic and eddy current inspection

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    New Remote Moulding Application Tool

    Date: 2005-06-10

    FORCE Technology has developed new remote tools for application of the moulding inspection technology above water as well as under water.

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    FORCE Technology at international battery congress

    Date: 2005-06-14

    FORCE Technology’s environmentally friendly battery separation system ”SmartRAY” received great attention from European, American and Latin American customers at the 10th international congress for recycling of batteries held in Madrid from June 8 – 10 2005.

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    New standards for rocket nozzle design and manufacturing

    Date: 2005-06-16

    FORCE Technology, one of the leading technological consultancy and service providers on the international market, has accomplished great success in the European space and aerospace industry by combining three of their key competences: Welding, sensor technology and NDT (non-destructive testing).
    

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  •   May

    OKG Aktiebolag saves down time.

    Date: 2005-05-27

    OKG Aktiebolag was in urgent need for an alternative non-destructive testing of level measuring nozzles.

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    DONG signs contract for "Risk Based Inspection".

    Date: 2005-05-27

    The Danish energy company DONG has signed a four year contract for "Risk Based Inspection" at the SIRI Platform.

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    FORCE Technology wins big contract in Singapore

    Date: 2005-05-19

    Officials in Singapore, specifically the Singapore Police Coast Guard (PCG), have just signed a large contract for one of the world's most advanced maritime training centres.
    

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    New test center strenghtens Danish wind power industry

    Date: 2005-05-10

    FORCE Technology together with Risø and Det Norske Veritas have invested knowhow and money in a brand new blade test center in Aalborg, Denmark.

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    SimFlex Navigator inauguration in Venice

    Date: 2005-05-11

    The new SimFlex Navigator Full Mission facility delivered to Consorzio Venezia Nuova was inaugurated in Venice on May 4 2005. More than 60 prominent guests and members from the press participated in the ceremony.

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  •   April

    Eddy current available with P-scan

    Date: 2005-04-12

    P-scan runs ultrasound and eddy current inspection concurrently for improved efficiency.

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    Million deal signed with Talisman Energy Ltd.

    Date: 2005-04-29

    The Trondheim-division of FORCE Technology Norway has made a 15 million 5-year contract with the Canadian-based company Talisman Energy Ltd.

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    FSM-IT prevents leakages from wet sour gas pipelines

    Date: 2005-04-12

    In less than four years after its introduction in Western Canada, there have been over 60 FSM-IT installations in North America. In four documented cases, thanks to the warnings from the FSM-IT, operators were able to stop production in time before the pits in their pipelines containing sour gas further deteriorated into open holes.

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