WCA July 2019

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Death of MAC chairman William Gould

In 1992, under Mr Gould’s leadership, the company launched the ERIC V, the first fully computerised eddy current tester. Featuring a real-time, full-colour graphic display and sophisticated software control of test parameters and analysis of test signals, this instrument set a new benchmark for the industry. He oversaw the company’s expansion into worldwide markets along with the development of sophisticated automated test systems for a broad range of products. “He combined his knowledge of science with a keen understanding of the financial and strategic positioning of the company and a genuine desire to provide an opportunity for each employee to grow to their full potential. The result was not only the successful growth of the business, but also the long-term commitment of countless employees all over the world,” said his son, Robert R Gould, MAC’s recently elected chairman. MAC’s business now includes plants in Elmsford, New York, USA; Boardman, Ohio, USA; Östersund, Sweden; subsidiaries in Italy, the UK, Australia and Sweden; and representatives around the world. Magnetic Analysis Corporation – USA Website : www.mac-ndt.com

MAGNETIC Analysis Corporation has announced the recent death of its chairman, William S Gould 3 rd . Mr Gould succeeded his father, a company founder, as president in 1964, and remained in that role until 2007, when he became chairman, a position he held until his death. During his tenure, he successfully built the company from a small USA-based non-destructive test designer and manufacturer. It now provides NDT eddy current, ultrasonic and flux leakage systems and services. In 2016, he was honoured by the American Society for Nondestructive Testing for his contributions to the NDT industry through his “knowledge and dedication” for over 50 years. Mr Gould held a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Yale, where he was a member of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. Over the course of his years as president of MAC, he led the company into many new developments, beginning with the introduction of the ERIC eddy current tester in 1968, which featured solid state electronics, phase gating and, later pulsed eddy current techniques. During the 1970s, he expanded the company’s products to include flux leakage testers, and in 1989, MAC introduced its own line of Echomac ® ultrasonic rotary testers for tube and bar.

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