Lloyd’s Register has significantly enhanced its human factors technical services business by acquiring Human Engineering Limited, a leading supplier of ergonomics and human factors technical services worldwide.
“The acquisition of Human Engineering underlines our strategy to position Lloyd’s Register as the leading provider of human factors consultancy services to clients throughout all business sectors. Human factors is an established and growing aspect of risk management in industries such as rail, oil and gas, chemical, power, marine, and aviation. Human Engineering has already become a premier supplier of these specialised services and with the backing of Lloyd’s Register is set to become the dominant provider,” says Paul Thomas, Lloyd’s Register’s Transportation Director.
Human Engineering
Human Engineering is an independent company that has been providing high-quality human factors, risk management and design services since 1995. The move adds sixty experienced employees over four offices worldwide to the Lloyd’s Register’s Group. Human Engineering currently has offices in the UK at Bristol, London and Manchester. In addition it owns a subsidiary business in Australia. Human Engineering has built a successful multi-sector business and now provides services to a wide range of international customers.
James Amende, Human Engineering’s Managing Director, said: “My goal has always been to ensure that Human Engineering could continue to grow and prosper as an independent technical authority in the market place, so I am delighted to join the Lloyd’s Register Group. This move will ensure that our business can achieve its full potential.”
Close Cooperation
Lloyd’s Register will work closely with Human Engineering in those markets where both companies have an established presence. In addition, each organisation will be able to support the other in markets where one or other already has an established business activity.
Human Engineering will continue to be an autonomous company, organized and managed as it currently is for the time being, but will be very closely interlinked with Lloyd’s Register’s Transportation business. However, because Human Engineering is already very active in markets such as oil and gas, power, and air transport, these and Lloyd’s Register’s other business sectors will feature strongly in the strategy for growth.
Source: https://www.lr.org/News+and+Events/Acquisition+of+Human+Engineering+Limited.htm[Lloyd’s Register]
