MISTRAS Group Partnering with Villari to Offer Wireless Crack-Detection Sensors for Critical Steel Assets
MISTRAS Group (NYSE: MG) announced a partnership with Villari to offer Villari’s globally certified wireless crack-detection sensors for steel structures on October 14, 2025.
The integration uses Villari’s passive magnetic flux leakage sensors to provide continuous, real-time detection of fatigue crack growth—claimed to identify cracks earlier than traditional NDE—and pairs that data with MISTRAS’ monitoring and analytics to reduce manual inspections, improve safety, and support proactive maintenance across wind turbines, bridges, cranes, ports, oil & gas supports, and steel manufacturing.
MISTRAS Group (NYSE: MG) ha annunciato una partnership con Villari per offrire i sensori wireless per rilevamento crepe certificati a livello globale di Villari per strutture in acciaio, il 14 ottobre 2025.
L'integrazione utilizza i sensori passivi di perdita di flusso magnetico di Villari per fornire rilevamento continuo in tempo reale della crescita delle crepe di fatica—affermando di identificare le crepe prima rispetto alle tradizionali NDE—e abbina tali dati al monitoraggio e all'analisi di MISTRAS per ridurre ispezioni manuali, migliorare la sicurezza e supportare la manutenzione proattiva su turbine eoliche, ponti, gru, porti, supporti per petrolio e gas e produzione in acciaio.
MISTRAS Group (NYSE: MG) anunció una alianza con Villari para ofrecer los sensores inalámbricos de detección de grietas certificados a nivel mundial de Villari para estructuras de acero, el 14 de octubre de 2025.
La integración utiliza los sensores pasivos de fuga de flujo magnético de Villari para proporcionar detección continua en tiempo real del crecimiento de grietas por fatiga—afirmando identificar las grietas antes que las pruebas NDE tradicionales—y combina esos datos con el monitoreo y analítica de MISTRAS para reducir inspecciones manuales, mejorar la seguridad y apoyar el mantenimiento proactivo en turbinas eólicas, puentes, grúas, puertos, soportes de petróleo y gas y la fabricación de acero.
MISTRAS Group (NYSE: MG)는 Villari와 제휴를 발표하여 Villari의 글로벌 인증 무선 균열 탐지 센서를 강철 구조물에 제공할 예정이며, 2025년 10월 14일에 발표했다.
통합은 Villari의 수동 자속 누설 센서를 사용하여 피로 균열 성장의 지속적이고 실시간 탐지를 제공—전통적인 NDE보다 균열을 더 빨리 식별한다고 주장—그 데이터를 MISTRAS의 모니터링 및 분석과 결합하여 수동 점검을 줄이고 안전을 개선하며 풍력 터빈, 다리, 크레인, 항구, 석유 및 가스 지지대 및 강재 제조에 걸친 예방 유지보수를 지원합니다.
Groupe MISTRAS (NYSE: MG) a annoncé un partenariat avec Villari pour offrir les capteurs sans fil de détection de fissures certifiés à l'échelle mondiale par Villari pour les structures en acier, le 14 octobre 2025.
L’intégration utilise les capteurs passifs de fuite de flux magnétique de Villari pour fournir une détection continue et en temps réel de la croissance des fissures de fatigue—prétendument capable d’identifier les fissures plus tôt que les NDE traditionnelles—et associe ces données au monitoring et à l’analyse de MISTRAS afin de réduire les inspections manuelles, améliorer la sécurité et soutenir la maintenance proactive sur les éoliennes, les ponts, les grues, les ports, les supports pétroliers et gaziers et la production d’acier.
MISTRAS Group (NYSE: MG) kündigte am 14. Oktober 2025 eine Partnerschaft mit Villari an, um Villaris weltweit zertifizierte kabellose Rissdetektionssensoren für Stahlstrukturen anzubieten.
Die Integration nutzt Villaris passive magnetische Flussleck-Sensoren, um eine kontinuierliche, Echtzeit-Erkennung des Wachstums von Ermüdungsrissen bereitzustellen—behauptet, Risse früher zu identifizieren als herkömmliche NDE—und kombiniert diese Daten mit MISTRAS' Überwachung und Analytik, um manuelle Inspektionen zu reduzieren, die Sicherheit zu verbessern und proaktive Wartung über Windturbinen, Brücken, Krane, Häfen, Öl- und Gassupports sowie Stahlherstellung zu unterstützen.
المجموعة MISTRAS (بورصة نيويورك: MG) أعلنت عن شراكة مع Villari لتقديم المستشعرات اللاسلكية لكشف الشقوق المعتمدة عالمياً من Villari للهياكل الفولاذية، في 14 أكتوبر 2025.
تستخدم الدمج المستشعرات السلبية لتسرب الف flux المغناطيسي من Villari لتوفير الكشف المستمر وفي الوقت الفعلي عن نمو الشقوق الناتج عن الإجهاد—المزعوم أنه يحدد الشقوق قبل الاختبارات التقليدية غير المتدمرّة—ويوّحد هذه البيانات مع رصد وتحليلات MISTRAS لتقليل الفحوص اليدوية، وتحسين السلامة، ودعم الصيانة الاستباقية عبر توربينات الرياح والجسور والرافعات والموانئ والدعائم النفطية والغازية وعمليات تصنيع الصلب.
MISTRAS Group (NYSE: MG) 宣布与 Villari 建立合作关系，提供 Villari 的全球认证无线裂纹检测传感器用于钢结构，日期为 2025 年 10 月 14 日。
该集成使用 Villari 的被动磁通泄漏传感器，提供疲劳裂纹扩展的连续实时检测—声称比传统的 NDE 早识别裂纹—并将这些数据与 MISTRAS 的监控与分析相结合，以减少人工检查、提高安全性，并在风力涡轮机、桥梁、起重机、港口、石油与天然气支撑结构以及钢铁制造领域支持主动维护。
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MISTRAS expands continuous crack-detection offerings by reselling Villari’s wireless sensors, improving real-time monitoring for steel assets.
MISTRAS will offer Villari’s globally certified wireless crack-detection sensors as part of its continuous monitoring and data analytics ecosystem, giving customers continuous, real-time visibility into fatigue and crack growth for steel structures. The Villari system detects fatigue crack growth using passive magnetic flux leakage and is presented as able to identify cracks earlier than traditional NDE methods, while MISTRAS supplies integration, monitoring expertise, and data solutions across sectors like wind, oil & gas, bridges, ports, and steel manufacturing.
The announced collaboration reduces reliance on manual inspection and targets improved safety, reliability, and uptime, but its practical impact depends on deployment scale, integration speed, and environmental limits noted in the release (for example, use in non-ATEX environments). Watch initial commercial rollouts and case data on detection lead-times and false-alarm rates to assess short-to-mid term adoption and operational benefit.
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MISTRAS Group (NYSE: MG), a global leader in technology-enabled industrial asset integrity and testing solutions, today announced it is partnering with Villari, a technology provider offering continuous visibility into fatigue and crack growth through a globally certified wireless crack-detection system for steel structures. The collaboration enables MISTRAS to offer Villari’s sensor technology to customers with any steel structure susceptible to cracking, advancing continuous, data-driven structural health monitoring and proactive maintenance.
The Villari system is the only wireless monitoring technology known to detect fatigue crack growth through passive magnetic flux leakage, identifying cracks earlier than traditional NDE methods. This capability gives MISTRAS customers access to continuous, real-time insight into asset health through an integrated solution that combines Villari’s proven sensor technology with MISTRAS’ expertise in continuous monitoring and data analytics, reducing the need for manual inspection while improving safety, reliability, and operational efficiency.
“Building on MISTRAS’ long-established expertise in continuous monitoring technology, this collaboration enhances how operators manage the health and reliability of their critical assets,” said Jonathan Burns, Vice President, Monitoring Technologies, MISTRAS Group. “By integrating Villari’s certified wireless crack-detection technology with our proven monitoring solutions, customers gain a continuous view of asset integrity that helps them take action before minor defects become critical or confidently plan maintenance to maintain operational safety and uptime. Together, we’re helping customers minimize unplanned downtime, optimize inspection and repair intervals, and extend asset life across wind turbines, bridges, cranes, and more.”
“At Villari, our mission is to empower asset owners with real-time insights into the integrity of their critical steel structures,” said Olivier Baas, CEO & Founder, Villari. “By partnering with MISTRAS, we can bring our technology to a wider range of industries and geographies, combining their deep expertise in asset integrity and inspection solutions with our wireless monitoring system to help customers ensure safety, protect uptime and improve efficiency and sustainability.”
Proven Applications Across Critical Industries
MISTRAS, a leader in data-centric asset integrity and continuous monitoring solutions, integrates advanced sensor technologies within its broader Data Solutions ecosystem to provide customers with real-time intelligence on asset condition and performance. These wireless sensors add another layer of insight to predictive maintenance programs, enabling customers to stay ahead of potential failures, reduce unplanned downtime, and extend the life of critical infrastructure.
- Wind turbines: Online monitoring of crack sensitive locations of bedding plates and pitch bearing outer rings, circumferential tower welds and any manufacturing weld defects.
- Oil & Gas: Early detection of fatigue and crack propagation in offshore structural supports, cranes, and aerial pipeline crossings located in non-ATEX environments
- Bridges & Infrastructure: Early detection of sub-surface or toe/root-initiated cracks to inform maintenance timing and extend service life.
- Ports & Terminals: Continuous monitoring on ship-to-shore and overhead cranes to identify fatigue damage and reduce operational risk.
- Steel Manufacturing: 24/7 insights on high-stress components to improve uptime and safety in demanding production environments.
About MISTRAS Group
MISTRAS Group, Inc. (NYSE: MG) is a global leader in technology-enabled industrial asset integrity solutions, serving critical industries including oil & gas, aerospace & defense, power & utilities, manufacturing, and civil infrastructure. The company provides a diversified portfolio of products and services, ranging from advanced non-destructive testing and pipeline inspections to real-time condition monitoring, maintenance planning, and specialized engineering, powered by a proprietary management software suite that centralizes integrity data for predictive analytics and benchmark analysis. With a long-standing track record of innovation and deep industry expertise, MISTRAS helps clients reduce risk, extend asset life, and optimize operational performance. Learn more at www.mistrasgroup.com.
About Villari
Designed for steel structures that keep industries moving, Villari provides continuous visibility into fatigue and crack growth, helping operators avoid unplanned downtime, plan maintenance and repairs better and make smart investment choices through extending the life of critical steel assets with confidence. Villari’s wireless sensor technology is trusted by leading operators across ports, industrial, infrastructure, and other sectors, supporting critical assets in over a dozen countries worldwide. Learn more at villari-technology.com.
MISTRAS Media Contact:
Theresa Feraren
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
MISTRAS Group, Inc.
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