Engineering

Aberdeen City and Shire's engineering industry has been at the forefront of developing new technologies for the world's oil and gas industries at every phase of offshore development and is now leading the way in renewable energy.

Aberdeen is regarded as the centre of excellence and recognised world leader in downhole drilling and sub-sea technology.

Melfort Campbell OBE, Chief Executive, IMES Group

 "Visitors to Aberdeen are often surprised by the scale and extent of the city commercially and its attitude and infrastructure that has attracted and retained global business for more than 30 years. It has always supported business growth whilst offering the outstanding quality of life to attract and keep the required talent. Even the weather is better than people think!"

Services

Imes Group provides integrity management services for the defence, marine, oil & gas, construction and process industries. These services aim to preserve and increase the life span of safety-critical equipment to help clients optimise performance and costs.

Innovative products

The company's innovative products have attracted global customers since it began in the late 1970s. One early invention, a water-filled bag used to test safe working loads of cranes on offshore oil and gas installations, has saved the UK offshore industry in excess of £136 million over the last 30 years. This simple idea proved a safe alternative to solid weights and is more flexible, economical and far easier to transport.