SGS is proud to announce the acquisition of Herguth Laboratories, Inc. Herguth Labs is a commercial, oil, grease, fuel, and failure analysis laboratory in North America.
The acquisition of Herguth Labs, with major testing laboratories located in San Francisco and Chicago,m introduces the SGS global network of 27 condition monitoring laboratories to the North American market with two more state of the art, 10,000 sq. ft. facilities, making SGS the world’s largest independent testing company in the field of Oil Condition Monitoring.
Bill Herguth, CEO of Herguth Laboratories, Inc., says he is pleased with the acquisition. “This acquisition offers unlimited opportunities for the talented and dedicated staff at Herguth. In addition, the user base in industry will benefit from increased access to high quality sophisticated testing service in every area of North America. I plan to stay very involved on a day to day basis with the SGS Group and Herguth Labs for the benefit of our clients and staff.”
The alliance between Herguth Labs and SGS will create synergies that will make it the leading Oil Condition Monitoring company in North America, offering both routine, highly automated analysis, and equipment condition’s diagnostics as well as non-routine consulting services, such as lubrication programs audits, root cause, and failure analysis. Herguth Labs high level of service, as well as high quality standards make it a good addition for the SGS Group, global leader in the area of quality, health, safety, and environmental business practices. Herguth tests to ASTM and industry accepted standards, and is ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 17025, and 10CFR50 Appendix B certified.
SGS Herguth Laboratories, Inc.
www.herguth.com
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