Mr. Eric Vreugde an metallurgist by profession born and educated in the Netherlands is the Managing Director of Metserve International a Metallurgical Consultancy whom consults nationally and internationally providing materials engineering and failure analysis services since 1980. These services focus on the chemical, refining, pulp and paper industries, insurance and legal communities. Typical consultation services include: root cause failure analysis, selection of metals, alloys, problem solving, and investigations of suitability-for-service and remaining life of in-service equipment and components. Mr. Vreugde has published several international papers related to metallurgical topics and has been a speaker at several international professional seminar
