The mission of the Committee is:

  • To improve the professional image and standing of IFIA member companies within the Metals and Minerals Inspection and Testing Industry (the industry) with clients and official bodies.
  • To provide a single point of contact between companies within the industry and with external bodies (clients, government agencies, standards organisations etc.) in order to project the collective views and experience of the industry.
  • To develop and promote technical standards within the industry that are driven by a clear industry need and which fall outside the current scope of ISO / ASTM projects.
  • To work as an educational group:
    • when we take the services offered by IFIA member companies into new business sectors within the industry
    • to attract high potential talent to the industry
  • Within the framework of IFIA, to develop, promote and internally police the minimum ethical standards to which all members of IFIA are required to adhere.
  • To provide an open forum for members to discuss and resolve important inspection and testing issues.
  • To attract new member companies into IFIA membership and to the Metals and Minerals Committee.

Chairman

Mike Belton, SGS, Switzerland

Members

Control Union World, Switzerland (Gijs van der Lee)
Stewart Group, UK (John Notman-Watt)
Alfred H Knight, UK (David Knight)
UIS, Malta (Mohammed Mnea)
Bureau Veritas, France (Richard Downs, alternate Darren Davies)
Cotecna, Switzerland (Didier Reymond)
Baltic Control Ltd, Denmark (Carsten Vammen)

Secretary

Roger Brockway, IFIA Director General