The UK’s Transport Rsearch Laboratory (777 TRL) is partnering with Transpolis in France to open an international test facility. This new partnership enables TRL and French road safety testing facility, Transpolis to deliver a full-scale testing service to a global client base. The partners are offering full scale safety and security barrier impact testing services. The partnership provides customers with a variety of full scale impact testing programmes from Transpolis’ test site in Lyon, France.
Strategically positioned close to Lyon International Airport, the Transpolis test facility will serve as a European hub for TRL’s full scale impact testing activity. The move is part of TRL’s wider strategic plans to develop a global network of full scale security and safety impact test facilities and will aid growth and development for the business.
Following visits to the Lyon test site in January 2015, TRL’s Engineering & Assurance director Neil Sharpe commented: “The launch of our first international full scale testing partnership with Transpolis reinforces our commitment to providing world-class research, testing and consultancy services to our growing international customer base. Having these test facilities at our disposal and within easy reach of the UK not only enables us to continue to offer full scale testing services, but more importantly, provides our global client base with continued access to our world-class consultancy and expertise in the design, standards definition and interpretation of full scale impact test data”.
Dominique Fernier, CEO of Transpolis added; “We are very pleased to seal our partnership with TRL and become the company’s full scale impact testing operations partner. By combining our operational staff and facilities with TRL’s consultancy expertise, we are able to deliver a strong and broad offering to our customers worldwide.”
The test site will continue to be operated by Transpolis, however all tests booked through TRL will be managed and attended by TRL personnel. Transpolis is accredited by COFRAC, the French equivalent of UKAS (The United Kingdom Accreditation Service). All impact tests will be conducted using guidance rails to ensure accuracy and repeatability.
Strategically positioned close to Lyon International Airport, the Transpolis test facility will serve as a European hub for TRL’s full scale impact testing activity. The move is part of TRL’s wider strategic plans to develop a global network of full scale security and safety impact test facilities and will aid growth and development for the business.
Following visits to the Lyon test site in January 2015, TRL’s Engineering & Assurance director Neil Sharpe commented: “The launch of our first international full scale testing partnership with Transpolis reinforces our commitment to providing world-class research, testing and consultancy services to our growing international customer base. Having these test facilities at our disposal and within easy reach of the UK not only enables us to continue to offer full scale testing services, but more importantly, provides our global client base with continued access to our world-class consultancy and expertise in the design, standards definition and interpretation of full scale impact test data”.
Dominique Fernier, CEO of Transpolis added; “We are very pleased to seal our partnership with TRL and become the company’s full scale impact testing operations partner. By combining our operational staff and facilities with TRL’s consultancy expertise, we are able to deliver a strong and broad offering to our customers worldwide.”
The test site will continue to be operated by Transpolis, however all tests booked through TRL will be managed and attended by TRL personnel. Transpolis is accredited by COFRAC, the French equivalent of UKAS (The United Kingdom Accreditation Service). All impact tests will be conducted using guidance rails to ensure accuracy and repeatability.
