AmSpec

AmSpec is a global testing, inspection and certification company. It serves the energy, agriculture, chemicals, metals and sustainability sectors from hundreds of locations around the world.

The company offers three core services. Testing covers a wide range of tests on many products, carried out in its laboratories. Inspection helps businesses cut risk and check the quality and integrity of products against industry standards and customer requirements. Certification helps companies stay within quality, performance and safety rules and meet customer specifications. AmSpec says it has served many sectors around the world for several decades.

Energy is a major area. Its energy services include aviation fuel, biofuels and feedstocks, biomass, blending, bunker fuel, coal and coke, crude oil and crude assays, and ethanol. They also cover gasoline, hydrogen, LNG, LPG, middle distillates and renewables. Its special services include metering, tank calibration, tank inspection, manpower and outsourcing, and railcar services.

AmSpec also works with other sectors. In agriculture and food, it covers cereals, oilseeds and feedstuffs, fertilizers, peanuts, pulses, sugar, and vegetable oils and fats. Other sectors include additives, chemicals, consumer products, plastics, infrastructure, marine services, and metals and minerals. In infrastructure it covers asphalt and lubricants. In marine services it tests pipelines and flexible hoses.

Sustainability is a growing focus. The company offers sustainability certification programs, ISCC certification, life cycle assessments, greenhouse gas verification and validation, and environmental product declarations. It runs CBAM readiness workshops that help importers, exporters and suppliers understand exposure to the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and it offers help with EU deforestation rules. It has also bought A&B Labs to expand into environmental testing.

The company describes its mission as being a trusted partner for a safer, more sustainable world. Its stated values are personal relationships, challenging the status quo, driving innovation, flexibility and adaptability. It publishes ethics, quality and safety policies.

Services

• Testing
• Inspection
• Certification
• Aviation fuel testing
• Biofuels testing
• Crude oil and assays
• Tank calibration and inspection
• Metering
• Sustainability certification
• CBAM readiness services