Trelleborg adds multi-million-pound testing facility

Offshore engineering specialist Trelleborg has broken ground on a new multi-million-pound testing facility which it will use to simulate extreme deepwater conditions.

The new 2,066 sq ft facility will sit next to the company's Skelmersdale manufacturing site and will contain two hyperbaric test chambers.

Trelleborg will use the new testing facilities to recreate the extreme pressure found when working in deepwater, enabling accurate testing of subsea and drilling equipment.

The method is currently the only way to effectively simulate deep water conditions and to confirm the reliability of product in deep subsea environments.

John Drury, managing director at Trelleborg’s offshore facility in Skelmersdale, said that the testing will ensure the company's products meet both customer requirements and stringent global standards.

He said: “Building this impressive new multi-million-pound testing facility ensures that we are able to provide our customers with the most reliable hyperbaric testing scenarios, guaranteeing peace of mind while ensuring quality, performance and efficiency in the product manufactured and delivered to them. “With the new test equipment located immediately adjacent to our main manufacturing site, we will be able to take advantage of our on-site engineering support, which will enable us to provide greater flexibility to meet our customers’ testing and delivery schedules."