3RD RCA AFRICA

CONFERENCE
2027

VENUE: Vredenheim Wine Estate, Stellenbosch
DATE: 09 –10 March 2027

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Large-scale WPQR testing

Our accredited laboratory is purpose-built for high-volume WPQR orders in the oil and gas sector, with turnaround times that consistently outpace standard lead times.

Accredited Metallurgical Tests

ISO 17025:2017 accredited

About One-Eighty Materials and Engineering Solutions

One Eighty is a firm of leading global metallurgists and materials engineers. We have been serving clients worldwide for 23 years.

We bring high level technology to real life problems in a few different ways.

One way is to help clients figure out why something failed through root cause analysis. We provide this service to all industry sectors and across the ecosystem of financiers of projects, insurance underwriters, insurance professionals and legal professionals.

Through our accredited laboratory to ISO 17025:2017 we provide unprecedented turnaround times on large scale WPQR orders for the oil and gas industry and have over 12 years of delivering world class quality results that can be relied upon to mitigate risk, on time, every time.

Metallurgical Consulting

Advanced Materials Consulting

ISO 17025:2017 Accredited Metallurgical Testing

Advanced Materials Testing

Quality Management Systems Consulting

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INDUSTRIES

Our engineers and technicians have industry experience, so they know your pain points and can better help you address them.
Our industry experience includes:

Oil and Gas

The Oil and Gas industry is a high risk industry both for human safety and the environment. A failure on an oil rig or in a subsea structure can result in loss of life and also harm the environment. It is also a high stakes environment, failure on an oil rig or structure can cost an oil company considerably in production losses.

Power Generation

Providing electricity to a fast growing economy requires an in depth understanding of the materials used in the power generation industry. Most materials don’t only work under extremely high temperatures, but also see extremely high pressures with cyclic loading.

Aerospace

Innovation is critical to the aerospace industry in order to comply with demanding cutting edge design criteria. Implementation of advanced novel engineering materials and concepts is necessary to meeting this criteria.

Automotive

Materials testing and metallurgy play a crucial role in the automotive industry, ensuring the safety and reliability of vehicles.

Defence

The Defence industry has numerous requirements, including zero tolerance for failure, systems integration, demanding applications and requirements and the meeting of government and environmental requirements. These require integrity partners.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing involves processes of all engineering materials. The manufacturer needs to keep up throughput and product quality to meet the demands of their own client. One Eighty is a key technology and integrity partner to assist manufacturers meet these demands.

Fabrication

Metal fabrication refers to the building of metal structures by cutting, bending, and assembling processes. It is the evolutionary process of creating a metal product, from layout and design to formation and finishing This value-added process involves the creation of machines, parts, and structures from various raw materials.

Marine

One Eighty is also uniquely Bureau Veritas Marine and Offshore approved
On time delivery of cargo is central to the global maritime industry. Inability to deliver on time results in losses to charters and vessel owners. The on time delivery of cargo means that mechanical machine items and the structure of the vessel has to be efficient, reliable and serviceable. The failure of any item on board a vessel presents considerable risk. One Eighty’s services are key to risk assessment and mitigation in this sector.

Food and Beverage

One Eighty has a unique and bespoke Food and Beverage Materials Testing offering.
One Eighty provides solutions to the Food and Beverage industry to assist in meeting industry requirements, meeting the challenges and solving problems.
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