The most advanced, UKAS accredited and ISO-certified Industrial Materials testing laboratory in the Caribbean is located at CARIRI in Trinidad.

Manned by skilled and experienced people operating state-of-the-art testing equipment, IMU has been serving the energy, construction and manufacturing industries throughout the region for more than 30 years - meeting the needs of clients, who must be globally competitive to survive.

Whether you are a new, small manufacturer, an established exporter or an internationally recognised energy company – our team brings to every client relationship a philosophy of pro-active partnership with industry to solve problems, promote safety and increase profitability.

We can test virtually any product or raw material, including metals, concrete, aggregate, paper, cardboard, ceramic, plastic, paint, timber and adhesives. We test to appropriate international or local standards. Services include failure analysis, non-destructive testing, particle size analysis, tensile strength, weld assessment and concrete testing.

Our specialised equipment includes:

Scanning Electron Microscope

X-Ray Diffractometer and X-Ray Spectrometer

Universal Testing Machines

Compression Testing Machines

Controlled Environment Chambers including salt spray

Optical Microscopes

Structural Frame

High Volume Air Samplers

Particle Size Analyser

Furnace, Kilns and Ovens

Our wide range of testing services include:

Civil Engineering

Concrete mix design

Conduct of slump cone test on concrete

Concrete and asphalt coring

Non-destructive testing of concrete using the Schmidt Hammer and Ultrasound

Half-cell testing (to determine corrosion in reinforced concrete)

Asphaltic concrete testing

Aggregate testing

Conduct of field densities

Sampling of on-site materials

Physical Metallurgy

Hardness and impact testing of metals

Metallography (grain structure classification, grain size)

Analysis of engineering failures (corrosion, overload, wear, poor material selection, fatigue, design defects)

Weld assessment and welder qualification (examination of welded materials)

Experimental heat treatment

Calibration of force measuring devices

Physical and Microstructural Analysis Services

Elemental analysis (qualitative and semi-quantitative determinations using x-ray spectrometry and scanning electron microscopy)

Compound analysis using x-ray diffraction

Microstructure analysis

Environmental investigations in asbestos (identification and fibre counting)

Testing of non-metallic materials