Laboratory Testing Inc. Employee Promoted to Chemistry Supervisor

HATFIELD, PA, March 27, 2011 (Press-News.org) Marion Crooks of Philadelphia, PA has been promoted to Chemistry Supervisor at Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI). She will oversee staffing, order processing and other daily operations in the instrumental and wet chemistry laboratories. The Chemistry Department provides material characterization and element analysis by ICP, AES and SEM/EDS; corrosion analysis, wet chemistry and positive material identification (PMI) services.

Crooks has been with LTI for 9 years as a Chemistry Technician performing corrosion analysis, ICP, AES, wet chemistry and most recently SEM/EDS analysis. She holds a B.A. degree in Chemistry from Delaware Valley College.

Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) of Hatfield, PA has been in business since 1984. The company specializes in materials testing, nondestructive testing, specimen machining, failure analysis and calibration services. The laboratory is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 by PRI/Nadcap and A2LA, which complies with ISO 9001 and ISO 13485. Mechanical, chemical, metallurgical and nondestructive testing services are performed on metals, alloys and other materials. Chemical analysis is also offered for a variety of other materials including powdered metals, ores, ferroalloys, composites, ceramics, aerospace materials and nuclear materials. Test specimens are machined on-site and material investigations are conducted to determine the root cause of material failures. The calibration lab, LTI Metrology, provides dimensional, pressure, force, torque, mass and vacuum calibration services traceable to NIST. Field calibration service is offered for surface plates, hardness testers, optical comparators, balances, hand tools and testing machines. LTI provides new instruments and replacement parts as a representative for manufacturers such as Mitutoyo, Starrett, Boston Centerless, Glastonbury Southern Gage and Vermont Gage. Information on Laboratory Testing services and accreditations is available at http://www.labtesting.com, sales@labtesting.com or 800-784-2882.