Our History

PNL has provided services regionally, nationally and internationally. Our multi-disciplined experienced staff is fully equipped to provide engineering, engineering design, testing and inspection services on a periodic or full time basis, depending on the size and scope of your project. We are dedicated to providing our clients with a professional, efficient service at a fair price and we believe that our reliable designs, test data, reports, and advice are indispensable to your project.

Our Founder, Alex Zuran Sr.

Mr. Zuran has been working in the nondestructive testing field since 1959, starting out as a radiographer at Graver Tank in East Chicago, IN when nondestructive testing was beginning to blossom as an industry. Soon afterward he found himself managing an independent testing laboratory south of Chicago, the heart and soul of heavy industrial activity. Back then, wide spread certification was just catching on as it became clear that NDT was a specialized field requiring a specialized education and training. As there were few formal training programs back then, Alex was aggressive with his training pursuits, learning all he could about multiple test methods. Mr. Zuran was and continues to be instrumental in working with our technicians to continually train, educate, and keep them certified. As President of PNL, Mr. Zuran maintains an active professional lifestyle. In addition to owning and operating PNL, he still manages to get out into the field on a regular basis keeping his skills fresh and keeping in touch with our younger technicians as well as the needs of our Clients.

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