What TesTex does

TesTex is a Pittsburgh-based non-destructive testing (NDT) company founded in 1987 that designs, manufactures, and operates proprietary electromagnetic and ultrasonic inspection systems for industrial asset integrity. The company's technology platform spans six core techniques — Remote Field Electromagnetic Technique (RFET, developed 1988), Low Frequency Electromagnetic Technique (LFET, developed 1992), Balanced Field Electromagnetic Technique (BFET), Eddy Current Technique (ECT), Off Surface Electromagnetic Technique (OSET) for Corrosion Under Insulation, and Ultrasonic Thickness (UT) testing — supported by high-speed data acquisition electronics (Prodigy II), proprietary reporting/mapping software, and specialized crawlers/probes. Hardware products include the Triton II multi-technology instrument, Falcon 2000 and Falcon S tank floor scanners, Line CAT pipeline scanners, Hawkeye crack detection systems, Eagle 2000 RFET tube inspectors, Viper Magnetic Crawler, PS-2000 pipe scanner, Onyx IV, MagWave MWET, Helix XT II IRIS, Echo 20/20 thickness gauge, and OSET Scout, all manufactured in-house and typically shipped within 1-3 business days.

The company operates a dual hardware-sales and professional-services revenue model. Products are sold via direct quote-based pricing through the website, with custom builds available. Field inspection services are delivered through 200+ certified technicians across branch offices in Pittsburgh, South Bend, Lower Gwynedd, Belle Chasse, Stone Mountain, Bakersfield, and Houston; international subsidiaries in the UK (HQ plus Avonmouth and Stokesley branches), Germany, Canada, Trinidad, France, and India (Mumbai, Vadodara, Kolkata, New Delhi); and a representative network spanning 16+ additional countries. The 2024 launch of the SuperVan mobile NDT lab extends delivery capacity for turnarounds and unplanned outages. TesTex serves power generation (fossil, nuclear, combined cycle), oil and gas/refining, chemical processing, pulp and paper, mining, and food processing customers, with API 510 and API 653 certifications supporting regulated inspection work. Customer engagements documented in the source material include power utilities, refineries, Braskem, Oman India Fertiliser, and other named industrial operators across North America, South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Oceania.

Name

TesTex

Legal name

TesTex Incorporated

Website

https://testex-ndt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

TesTex is a Pittsburgh-based non-destructive testing company that designs and manufactures proprietary electromagnetic and ultrasonic inspection equipment and provides field inspection services to power, refining, chemical, and industrial customers across 16+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Equipment & Inspection Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)

akta.pro primary industry

NDT/NDE Inspection Equipment (Ultrasonic, eddy current, radiography, thermography) (IMAGAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) & Inspection Services (IMAIACAI), Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) & Advanced Inspection (Phased Array, TOFD, Guided Wave) (EUAEAKAF)

Keywords

• Non-destructive testing services
• Electromagnetic inspection equipment
• NDT field inspections
• Tube and pipe scanners
• Industrial integrity assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Pittsburgh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices18 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. NDT Products: Sale of proprietary NDT inspection equipment and technology. TesTex manufactures all its own products including scanners, probes, and systems at its Pittsburgh facility. Products include RFET, LFET, BFET, ECT, UT, OSET systems. Most devices and probes can be shipped within 1-3 business days after order. Products can be custom built to customer specifications.
2. Field Service Inspections: On-site NDT inspection services performed by certified field technicians. Services include turnaround support, rapid deployment for unplanned outages, full plant inspections, and specialized inspections for boilers, heat exchangers, tanks, pipelines, condensers, HRSG units, and more. Technicians available globally through branch offices and representatives.
3. Custom-Built Orders: TesTex can custom build orders to customer specifications, including specialized probes and scanners for unique inspection requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

TesTex manufactures and sells proprietary electromagnetic and ultrasonic non-destructive testing (NDT) equipment—including RFET, LFET, BFET, ECT, OSET, and UT systems—and provides certified on-site NDT field inspection services for industrial assets such as boilers, heat exchangers, tanks, pipelines, and condensers. The company operates a SuperVan mobile NDT laboratory for rapid deployment to customer job sites during plant turnarounds and unplanned outages, with all equipment built in-house at its Pittsburgh facility.

Product overview

TesTex is a Pittsburgh-based NDT company that designs and manufactures its own inspection equipment, deploying it both as products for sale and as field services. The core product line consists of electromagnetic and ultrasonic inspection systems organized around six primary technology platforms: LFET (Low Frequency Electromagnetic Technique), RFET (Remote Field Electromagnetic Technique), BFET (Balanced Field Electromagnetic Technique), ECT (Eddy Current Technique), UT (Ultrasonic Thickness), and CUI/OSET (Corrosion Under Insulation). Key hardware products include the Triton II multi-technology instrument, Falcon 2000 Mark II and Falcon S tank floor scanners, Line CAT/Line CAT Plus pipeline scanners, Hawkeye 2000 crack detection system, Eagle 2000 RFET tube inspection system, Viper Magnetic Crawler, PS-2000 pipe scanning system, Onyx IV and MagWave MWET eddy current instruments, Helix XT II IRIS ultrasonic system, Echo 20/20 thickness gauge, and OSET Scout for insulated pipe inspection. Supporting software includes proprietary reporting/mapping software and Prodigy II electronics. Field services span the full portfolio, including turnaround support, SuperVan mobile labs, boiler/HRSG, condenser, heat exchanger, pipeline, tank, crack detection, CUI, and API inspections. TesTex was founded in 1987 and employs over 200 personnel worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Triton II Multi-Technology NDT Instrument Multi-technology NDT instrument platform supporting Low Frequency Electromagnetic Technique (LFET), Remote Field Electromagnetic Technique (RFET), and Balanced Field Electromagnetic Technique (BFET) for pipe, tube, and tank inspection.
• Falcon 2000 Mark II Digital Tank Floor Inspection System Saturation eddy current tank floor scanner operating on LFET principles, capable of scanning entire tank floors at 15-20 ft/min with minimal cleaning, ability to test through coatings, and no couplant or permanent magnets required. Includes automated mapping with X/Y coordinate reporting.
• Falcon S Series Tank Floor Scanner Eddy current-based tank floor scanner that virtually eliminates the need for ultrasonic thickness prove-up of indications, featuring automated mapping for detailed coordinate reporting of every indication.
• Line CAT / Line CAT Plus Pipe Scanning System 32-channel LFET-based pipe scanning system for 360-degree inspection of multiple pipe diameters with minimal surface preparation. Line CAT Plus variant offers extended capabilities for pipeline inspection at speeds up to 10 ft/min with a 32-inch scanning width.
• Hawkeye 2000 / Hawkeye Crack Detection System BFET-based weld scanning system for detection of surface and sub-surface cracking in welds and base metal. Operates through coatings, rust, and epoxies without requiring bare metal surface preparation. Scanning speeds up to 1 ft/sec.
• Eagle 2000 / Eagle 2000 Plus RFET System Remote field electromagnetic inspection system for full circumferential tube testing including bends. No couplant required; scale/deposits do not affect signal. Available in single-channel and multi-channel configurations.
• Viper Magnetic Crawler Lightweight (under 8 pounds) magnetic crawler that carries UT and LFET equipment for inspections of hard-to-reach areas. Traverses vertically and horizontally on magnetic surfaces using permanent magnets. Used for tank walls, pipelines, columns, smoke stacks, and flare stacks.
• PS-2000 Pipe Scanning System LFET-based pipe scanning system with multiple scanner sizes (6", 8", 10") for detecting ID corrosion and wall thinning in various diameter tubes. Inspects a 4-inch wide swath per pass.
• Onyx IV Eddy Current Instrument Eddy current inspection instrument for rapid scanning and sizing of flaws in metal tubing and tank floors.
• MagWave MWET Eddy Current System Eddy current technology for rapid scanning and sizing of flaws in metal tubing.
• Helix XT II IRIS Internal Rotary Inspection System Internal Rotary Inspection System (IRIS) using ultrasonic technology for tube wall sizing and prove-up in multiple applications.
• Echo 20/20 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge Ultrasonic thickness gauge providing reliable standard NDT wall thickness measurements.
• OSET Scout Corrosion Under Insulation Scanner Off Surface Electromagnetic Technique scanner for inspection of insulated pipes without removing insulation. Detects surface corrosion, large area ID corrosion, and locates butt welds under insulation.
• Prodigy II High-Speed Data Acquisition Electronics High-speed data collection electronics (32x test frequency, ~9,600 samples/sec/channel) for BFET probes, eliminating concerns about unsteady scanning speeds. Includes individual channel gain and rotation controls.
• Ultra High-Speed Eddy Current Condenser Tube Inspection System High-speed condenser tube inspection system that inspects 8 tubes per minute at speeds up to 10 ft/sec, capable of detecting flaws as small as 0.9 mm in diameter. Has inspected over 50 million tubes.
• Testex NDT SuperVan Mobile Inspection Laboratory A fully equipped, mobile NDT inspection lab on wheels, bringing TesTex inspection technology, certified technicians, and rapid deployment capabilities directly to customer job sites. Ideal for turnarounds and critical maintenance windows.
• TesTex Field NDT Inspection Services On-site NDT inspection services performed by certified field technicians. Services include turnaround support, rapid deployment for unplanned outages, full plant inspections, and specialized inspections for boilers, heat exchangers, tanks, pipelines, condensers, and HRSG units. Technicians available globally through branch offices and representatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ultra High-Speed Eddy Current System inspects 8 tubes per minute at speeds up to 10 feet per second, detecting flaws as small as 0.9mm in diameter
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature12 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Premier NDT ServicesnotableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 March 2006TesTex partnered with Premier NDT Services to provide inspection services for approximately 2,200 Above Ground Storage Tanks at approximately 1,700 different locations in the Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma for a major Oil and Gas Company. TesTex provided LFET technology and products while Premier NDT Services established a field office in Perryton, Texas. Three inspection teams were formed with employees from both companies. The project was completed in 10 months.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• MISTRAS Group: MISTRAS Group is a leading global provider of integrated NDT products and field services for industrial asset integrity, serving power, oil & gas, refining, chemical, and aerospace — directly comparable to TesTex's vertically integrated products-plus-services model.
• Eddyfi Technologies (Zetec): Eddyfi/Zetec manufactures advanced electromagnetic, eddy current, phased array, and UT inspection instruments used in the same power, refining, and aerospace integrity markets as TesTex's RFET/LFET/BFET product lines.
• Sonatest: Sonatest designs and manufactures ultrasonic flaw detectors, thickness gauges, and phased array instruments used in similar industrial NDT applications as TesTex's Echo 20/20 and Helix XT II product lines.
• Rosen Group (Rosen RoTec): Rosen is a global provider of pipeline integrity inspection services and technology, including in-line inspection tools and integrity management — directly comparable to TesTex's pipeline and tank inspection capabilities in oil & gas.
• T.D. Williamson: T.D. Williamson provides pipeline inspection, integrity assessment, and hot tapping services to oil & gas operators globally, serving a similar customer base to TesTex with complementary pipeline integrity offerings.
• NDT Global: NDT Global specializes in ultrasonic and electromagnetic in-line pipeline inspection services using proprietary tools, serving the same oil & gas and energy operator customers as TesTex's pipeline scanning products.

Broad incumbents

• Olympus Scientific Solutions (Evident): Evident (formerly Olympus Industrial) is a global incumbent in NDT instrumentation, offering eddy current, ultrasonic, phased array, and radiographic equipment that overlaps with TesTex's ECT, UT, and pipeline inspection offerings across a much broader portfolio.
• Baker Hughes (Waygate Technologies): Baker Hughes' Waygate Technologies (formerly GE Inspection Technologies) provides industrial NDT equipment and services, including radiographic, ultrasonic, and eddy current solutions used in power generation, oil & gas, and aerospace — overlapping with TesTex's core markets.
• Applus+: Applus+ is a global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) major serving energy, industrial, and infrastructure clients with field inspection services comparable to TesTex's NDT field service line, though with a much broader portfolio.
• Intertek: Intertek is a global TIC services major providing industrial inspection, asset integrity, and certification services to energy and industrial clients — comparable to TesTex's field service business, though with substantially broader service categories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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