A Stafford company, PTS Group, has been appointed as the only testing firm to complete all destruction testing at major waste-to-energy plants across the UK.

The Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) company, based at Common Road Industrial Estate, has been handed the exclusive testing contract at the Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant, currently under construction at Lostock Works near Northwich in Cheshire. This marks the second exclusive contract at an energy-from-waste plant for the firm, which previously oversaw construction at the Drakelow Energy From Waste plant near Burton Upon Trent. PTS Group will also carry out all ongoing maintenance work at the existing waste facilities.

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Ed Roe, Managing Director at PTS Group, expressed enthusiasm for the new contract: "We are thrilled to be on site at Lostock and carry out the testing needed."

He noted that the client was eager to work with them due to the company's strong reputation on previous projects.

"Using sustainable energy is an important step in the UK energy market and the contract aligns with the values of our environmentally conscious company."

The construction of Lostock, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and FCC Environment, is scheduled to take 18 months. PTS Group will be on site regularly to ensure all machinery and equipment meet stringent industry standards. Once complete, Lostock will divert 600,000 tonnes of waste from landfill and export 69.9MW of electricity to the grid.

PTS Group, which started in 1995 and works across the oil and gas, construction, and nuclear sectors, is currently experiencing a period of growth, having recently doubled its workforce to cope with increasing demand.