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Stork Materials Testing

Stork NV is an industrial technology company with global operations which supply production systems and technical services to selected customer categories. Based in the Netherlands, the company was officially founded in 1868 and now employs 20,000 people worldwide.

The Stork Materials Technology division began its plans for a rapid expansion through the merger and acquisitions of materials testing laboratories in North America in mid-1998. One year later, based on the recommendation of one of its most successful companies, MMA Laboratories, Technology's Edge was chosen to design and build a complete IT infrastructure for all of its North American laboratory operations. Technology's Edge is responsible for the design and implementation of the company's Local and Wide Area Network, Laboratory Information Management System (LabMan), Financial Accounting Systems, Customer Relationship Management Systems, Wide Area Network projects.

As a leading provider of materials testing services in the U.S., the implementation of state of the art information systems will allow Stork to offer its customers the most efficient and cost effective testing services in the industry.