COMPANY PROFILE
Umbria Controlli S.a.s. was born in 2006 from the experience gained since 1998 in the Pre-Shipment Inspection branch, Government’s Contracts and from monitoring and sampling food at company workshop or in Yard.
Initially composed by a small number of inspectors, it expanded quickly its operational areas becoming highly specialized in several fields such as Industrial Inspections of Second and Third Party, Expediting Activities, Monitoring Of Suppliers and Painting Inspections.
Nowadays Umbria Controlli S.a.s. is able to cover the whole Italian territory thanks to its inspectors.
As training is a fundamental part of our Society’s belief system, we are proud to have available for customers, a growing number of highly qualified (NDT, IWI, IWE, NACE, FROSIO) and extremely competent inspectors in various areas, duly selected from a large technical team available throughout Italy.
Umbria Controlli S.a.s. has a long and consolidated experience in Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Electrical & Instrumental, Chemical & Petrochemical, Marines & Subsea, Renewable Energies, Marine Hoses, Pipeline & OCTG.
Professionalism and flexibility complete the overall picture of the Company that provides its customers with a team of inspectors and coordinators to manage in the best way each project.
Umbria Controlli S.a.s.’s headquarter is located in Terni (Umbria Region) in the centre of Italy, about 100km away from Rome. This location easily allows us to cover inspections throughout the Italian territory.
OUR SKILS
Our Inspectors are qualified in accordance with International Standards. Among the most important:
Non Destructive Testing – NDT level II & III, in accordance with the standard ASME and/or UNI
International Welding Inspector - IWI
International Welding Engineer - IWE
Coating and Painting Inspections - NACE level II & III
Coating and Painting Inspections - FROSIO level II & III
Auditor ISO 9000 - 14000
INSPECTIONS
Umbria Controlli S.a.s. is able to follow the Industrial Inspections throughout its process, from the Pre-Inspection Meeting (PIM) to Final Inspection and Revision of Inspection Books, as well as various intermediate activities required by the Quality Control Plan and project specifications in order to ensure the conformity of goods to project requirements and to those required by law. The main action fields are those of Mechanical Industry, Power Generation, Electrical, Instrumental Chemical & Petrochemical, Marines & Subsea, Renewable Energies, Marine Hoses, Pipeline and OCTG.
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Pre Inspection Meeting:
Our inspectors attends technical meeting, which usually takes place at supplier’s site before starting to work in order to ensure compliance with the project specifications and to verify the inspection activities list to be performed during and after the manufacturing phases in accordance with Quality Control Plan (QCP/ITP);
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Intermediate Inspections:
Our experts attend Intermediate Inspections listed in the Quality Control Plan (QCP/ITP) and witness any task explicitly required by the client during production phase at supplier’s workshop;
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Final Inspections:
Our experts attend the Final Inspection according to Quality Control Plan (QCP/ITP) and project specifications in order to guarantee to Customer that the goods correspond to what has been ordered ;
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Revision of Inspection Books:
Our qualified technicians verifies the completeness and the conformity of inspection books in accordance with project requirements and Client’s specifications. They perform the revision andthe endorsement of inspection books;
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Full-time Inspections:
A resident inspector, daily present on production site, performs all the inspections listed in the Quality Control Plan (QCP/ITP)and witness any activity expressly requested by the Customer, keeping him constantly updated with daily flash report;
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Inspection Report:
At the end of each inspection activity, our inspectors issue a detailed report with pictures of the activities along with the test certificates issued by the supplier duly reviewed and signed off. All the documentation is checked by our coordinators which than send it quickly to the Client;
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Project Coordination:
A team of experts at your disposal to plan in detail any aspect of the Inspection and to support the inspectors in the activities.
EXPEDITING
Umbria Controlli S.a.s. provides all Expediting Services that starts when a purchase order of a good has been issued. This is an activity to ensure that the project will not be delayed. To avoid it our technicians are able, if necessary, to implement recovery actions aimed to reduce delays already accumulated. Our experts examine all the necessary activities for the production of the required good (issuance of engineering documents, test procedures, issuing of sub-orders, availability of materials, analysis of manufacturing time and verification of compliance of it selves from the supplier’s side).
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Field Expediting and Monitoring of Suppliers Services:
An inspector constantly updates the Customer on real advancement of production and documentation;
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Desk Expediting Services:
Alternative service to the classic one, which is done by phone or via web, on Customer’s expressed request;
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Full-time Expediting Services:
A resident inspector, daily present on production site, monitor closely the advancement of manufacturingand documentation , keeping the Customer constantly updated with daily flash report;
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Expediting Report:
At the end of each Expediting Activity, our technicians issues a detailed report with photos of the activities along with manufacturing programs, documentation list, sub-orders status and material availability in order to give our Customer a picture as clear as possible of the real progress of the job. All the documentation is checked by our coordinators which than send it quickly to the Client;
COATING INSPECTIONS
Umbria Controlli S.a.s. offers coating and painting inspections performed by experts qualified NACE or FROSIO (II & III level) to help industrial and commercial structures to reduce and prevent the risk of corrosion.
Our inspectors are responsible for all activities related to the painting process, from qualification of coating process to performance of tests on the finished product. They check quality and longevity of protection coating system checking each practice put in place by contractor’s quality department to ensure their suitability to achieve the desired final product, as defined in the painting specification.
In the case of a painting inspection, at the end of each activity, our supervisors issue a detailed report with pictures.
In the case of coating qualification, our experts follows all the phases of the process starting with sandblasting activities throughout coating/painting tests issuing a final qualification report.
All the documentation is checked by our coordinators which than send it quickly to the Client.
PSI INSPECTION AND CARGO SUPERVISION
Umbria Controlli S.a.s. is able to follow Pre-Shipment Inspections throughout its process, from the initial check of quality and quantity to loading or unloading operations with its qualified inspectors.
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Pre-Shipment Inspection:
Our experts are present where Customer’s needs them, production site, port or bonded warehouse in order to ensures the conformity of goods with respect to the requirements of the destination Country and the consistency between what is declared and exported goods. All the items are checked accurately verifying quality, quantity and packaging;
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Witness Loading & Unloading Operations:
In addition to Pre-Shipment Inspection our inspectors ensures that all the finished goods are loaded into containers or in vessels. An inspector witness all the loading/unloading phases, taking pictures of all the steps in order to give a clear imagine to Clients.
When the load is completed, a seal is placed witnessed by inspector to prevent any subsequent manipulation of the good;
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Sampling Activities:
Our inspectors assists the production sampling (usually food, pharmaceutical goods or chemical product) at production site or in yards during vessel loading or unloading. On request the samples are sent to laboratories designated by the Customers where our inspectors are able to attend while the tests are performed;
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Inspection Report:
At the end of each inspection, our inspectors issue a detailed report with pictures of the activities along with the test certificates issued by the supplier duly reviewed and signed off. All the documentation is checked by our coordinators which than send it quickly to the Client.
SUPPLIER QUALIFICATION AND CONSULTING
Umbria Controlli S.a.s. offers a service of suppliers qualification in order to help the Client to choose the right supplier for his needs.
Our staff is present on supplier’s place to implement the evaluation process required by the Customer, which begins with the vendor’s application and ends with the issuance of a qualification certificate or a notification to Client/supplier of any negative results and any corrective actions to be put into practice to achieve the goal.
Our inspectors verifies what follows:
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Ethic’s code;
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Financial strength;
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Technical capabilities;
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Organizational structures;
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Size;
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Working capacity;
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Special Customer’s request
At the end of each inspection, our experts issue a detailed report with pictures of the activities performed and the result of it. In the case of a negative response, our team suggest a plan with remedial actions to put in place.
From long time Umbria Controlli S.a.s. collaborates with a network of trusted and professional advisors guaranteeing to its Customers a wide range of services including:
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Quality Management System– UNI ES ISO 9001
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Environmental Management – ISO 14001
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Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series – OHSAS 18001
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Marking of product according to UNI EN 1090
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Welding processes certification – ISO 3834
