During his mission to the tenth conference for the European Federation for Non-Destructive Testing in Moscow, the Director General of the Industrial Research Institute Dr. Bassam Frenn, accompanied by the Lebanese Welding Center Division Head, Mr. Tarek Hakim, received a certificate by the International Committee for Non-Destructive Testing (ICNDT) general assembly welcoming IRI as a member of ICNDT. Welding process for metallic structures, buildings, and tanks are subject to these non-destructive tests in order to expose any faults.

Dr. Frenn informed the Minister of Industry, H.E. Mr. Apraham Dedehyan about this accomplishment, emphasizing that having an international presence in the field of technology transfer and acquiring of the advanced scientific expertise in the world an integral part of IRI’s development policy.

H.E. Mr. Dedehyan expressed his backing for these objectives, pledging his support for IRI, its activities as well as its future plans, while stressing the importance of adopting international standards to ensure public safety by avoiding the dangers that can result from poor welding.

The Director General of the Industrial Research Institute insisted that the acquired expertise will not remain among IRI engineers and assured its dissemination through specialized training sessions to be organized by the Lebanese Welding Center which is an important part of IRI.