March 2nd, 2023, Houston, TX – I-care Group, a global leader in machine health, is pleased to announce its strategic alliance with Technical Associates of Charlotte (TAC), a leading vibration training solutions provider. This partnership allows I-care to further grow its technical offerings with TAC’s vibration training solutions and, as a result, to boost its predictive maintenance expertise.
For over 60 years, Technical Associates of Charlotte (TAC) has been delivering the highest quality of industry focused vibration training and ISO vibration certification to over 20,000 vibration analysts worldwide.
Industrial companies have to navigate complex challenges such as production disruptions, technical skills deficiencies, and rising operational costs. Specialized techniques to identify machine problems and better data-driven decisions will be more and more required to meet their operational performance standards. The strategic alliance with TAC provides I-care with the next building block in order to further grow its technological leadership in the field of predictive maintenance.
Ben Detober, CEO Americas of I-care Group: “While I-care Group will provide the financial backing for TAC through this alliance, the companies will continue to operate independently. As one of the oldest and most well-known training companies in the United States, TAC has always been our preferred source for vibration training and certification. We view it as our contribution to the vibration analysis community to continue this offering to the next generation of vibration and reliability professionals.”
Jim Berry, President of TAC and a leading vibration analysis instructor: “Our alliance with I-care Group will offer the market added vibration monitoring depth and domain expertise. As predictive maintenance has become a necessary strategy to compete in today’s global manufacturing marketplace, our constant mission is to educate and empower reliability professionals through our highly qualified and experienced vibration training experts. It is important to the TAC team and our customers that we continue to advance our high-quality vibration training solutions by aligning with a company that shares our passion. I-care Group is the right company to continue our success.”
From Mons, Belgium, to Houston, Texas via Brazil and Australia, I-care Group monitors the industrial equipment of thousands of customers (total value of $75 billion), 24/7 and in all major industry sectors including food and beverage, chemicals, pharmaceutical, energy, and material industries.