Founded in 2010, Ekoscan Integrity, a leading European end-to-end technology provider of ultrasonic (UT) non-destructive testing (NDT) advanced solutions, has announced that it has successfully raised \u20ac23 million by partnering with leading private equity firm Abenex, alongside a new strategic sponsor EDF Group through its corporate venture capital arm, EDF Pulse Ventures(1) , as well as its historical strategic investor ALIAD, Air Liquide Venture Capital fund. This partnership also allows Ekoscan and its strategic investors to develop longstanding and fruitful business relationships.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Ekoscan Integrity provides its global industrial customers in multiple geographies with intelligent solutions encompassing hardware, software as well as on-site services in Europe and in the Americas. Beyond fulfilling regulatory and quality requirements, Ekoscan Integrity solutions allow customers to transition from a curative maintenance activity to predictive maintenance plans through automated systems, connected probes and artificial intelligence. A large spectrum of industries contemplates Ekoscan Integrity solutions as demand on safety becomes more stringent and assets\u2019 life extension provides economic advantages to companies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
This investment will help further expand Ekoscan Integrity\u2019s international footprint, increase its delivery capacity and support the roll-out of its next-generation ultrasonic inspection solutions. Beyond the current round and organic expansion plans, Abenex, ALIAD & EDF Pulse Ventures are excited to support Ekoscan Integrity in its ambition to further participate in the industry consolidation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cEkoscan has experienced tremendous growth. Asset integrity is at the top of most industrials\u2019 priority list, from Chemicals, Power & Energy, Hydrogen, Mobility to Aerospace & Defense. We have built a fast growing and profitable company in a competitive market, largely due to our constant innovation and anticipating the unexpected. This funding round will help us realize our ambitious plans to significantly increase the adoption and scale-up the next gen NDT inspection.<\/em>\u201d, said Hugo Cence, CEO at Ekoscan Integrity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner with Ekoscan Integrity as we believe that their clients will increasingly require end-to-end technologies that can easily and effectively monitor the integrity and extend the operational life of their assets<\/em>\u201d, comments Thomas Peretti, Director at Abenex.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n [1] EDF Pulse Ventures identifies new activities and innovative solutions, and the related investments are carried by the EDF Pulse Holding<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Founded in 2010, Ekoscan Integrity, a leading European end-to-end technology provider of ultrasonic (UT) non-destructive testing (NDT) advanced solutions, has announced that it has successfully raised \u20ac23 million by partnering with leading private equity firm Abenex, alongside a new strategic sponsor EDF Group through its corporate venture capital arm, EDF Pulse Ventures(1) , as well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abenex-en","category-companies"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n