The International Institute of Marine Surveying has announced that the Marine Surveying Academy Ltd (MSA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IIMS, has acquired the now liquidated Institution of Diagnostic Engineers with immediate effect, to include the intellectual property, brand name and organisation’s assets.
The Institution of Diagnostic Engineers (affectionately known worldwide as DIAGS) was founded in April 1981 by the late Dr. Ralph Collacott and notched up its fortieth year in 2021.
In recognition of the special knowledge and skills needed for the diagnosis of deterioration of plant and machinery and the development of Continue reading “IIMS subsidiary, the Marine Surveying Acamadey Ltd, acquires the Institution of Diagnostic Engineers”


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