Testing labs in Pozuelo de Alarcón

OCA Global (OCA INSPECCIÓN, CONTROL Y PREVENCIÓN, S.A. Unipersonal) is an international group headquartered in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain, operating across more than 90 countries with subsidiaries in 19 nations. Founded with the aim of becoming a benchmark inspection and certification organization, the group has grown to employ more than 6,500 professionals, serving over 240,000 clients and generating in excess of €200 million in annual revenue. OCA Global operates nine lines of business—regulatory inspection (inspección reglamentaria), quality control and technical assistance, certification, testing (ensayos), prevention (prevención), maritime and raw-materials inspections, training, renewable-energy consulting and engineering, and vehicle technical inspection—making it one of the most diversified testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) providers in the Spanish-speaking world and beyond. The group's laboratory testing portfolio is anchored by two complementary pillars: non-destructive testing (NDT) and destructive testing. OCA Global's advanced NDT capabilities include phased-array ultrasound (PAUT), guided-wave ultrasound, acoustic-emission monitoring, and pulsed eddy-current inspection—technologies used to evaluate the structural integrity of welds, pipelines, pressure vessels, and complex assemblies without altering or damaging the component. Conventional NDT methods are equally well-established within the group, covering liquid-penetrant testing (using red-dye or fluorescent inks to reveal surface-breaking discontinuities), magnetic-particle inspection, radiographic testing with X-ray and gamma-ray sources to reveal internal corrosion, erosion, and foreign objects, and conventional ultrasonic testing. OCA has more than 30 years of combined experience in NDT activities and is accredited for these methods by ENAC (Entidad Nacional de Acreditación, the Spanish national accreditation body) as a Non-Destructive Testing Laboratory. OCA Global's destructive testing laboratory assesses the mechanical and physical properties of metallic and non-metallic materials to verify quality, detect hidden defects, and confirm compliance with applicable regulations and client-defined standards. Services span tensile, hardness, impact (Charpy and Izod), bend, and metallographic analyses, providing data that underpin fitness-for-purpose decisions in manufacturing, maintenance, and repair scenarios. The group also operates civil laboratory testing facilities covering soils, sands, gravels, concrete, and aggregate conglomerates, executing analyses in accordance with ASTM and AASHTO standards—a critical capability for infrastructure, construction, and energy-project clients who require independent materials verification at every project stage. Beyond laboratory testing, OCA Global delivers statutory inspection (inspección reglamentaria) across a wide spectrum of regulated equipment and installations, including pressure vessels, boilers, electrical installations and devices, lifts and hoisting equipment, cranes, storage tanks, gas appliances, oil and gas facilities, and pipework. These regulatory inspections encompass initial commissioning assessments, five-yearly periodic checks, type examinations, and out-of-service evaluations. The group's maritime and raw-materials inspection division performs quantity verification, quality surveys, and cargo condition assessments for bulk commodities and specialty products at ports and industrial facilities worldwide. OCA Global's certification arm provides management-system certification under ISO 9001 (quality management), ISO 14001 (environmental management), ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety), and a range of sector-specific schemes, enabling clients to demonstrate third-party-verified compliance to customers, regulators, and supply-chain partners. The group additionally offers consulting and engineering services focused on renewable energy—wind, solar, and related sectors—providing technical due diligence, owner's engineering, and independent assessment for energy developers, investors, and lenders. Vehicle technical inspection rounds out the service portfolio, demonstrating OCA's reach into consumer-facing regulatory compliance alongside its core industrial client base. Sectors served by OCA Global include oil and gas, nuclear energy, wind and solar energy, marine and offshore, automotive, construction and real estate, mining, and industrial manufacturing. The group's environmental services address energy savings, energy-efficiency auditing, and occupational health and safety consulting (prevención de riesgos laborales), helping clients manage environmental risk and comply with evolving national and EU regulatory requirements. Maritime clients benefit from independent cargo inspections, vessel condition surveys, and quantity measurement for bulk commodities, while industrial clients across the oil and gas and energy sectors rely on OCA's NDT and statutory inspection services to maintain operational safety and regulatory standing. OCA Global holds accreditations under ISO/IEC 17025 (testing and calibration laboratories), ISO/IEC 17020 (inspection bodies), ISO/IEC 17021 (management-system certification bodies), and ISO/IEC 17029 (validation and verification bodies) across multiple entities within the group. All accreditations are internationally recognized through ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation), giving clients and their trading partners global confidence in the technical competence and impartiality of OCA's findings. Subsidiary entities operating in jurisdictions outside Spain work under their respective ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA)-signatory national accreditation bodies, ensuring consistent and internationally accepted standards of competence across the group's global footprint. With offices and laboratories spanning Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, OCA Global combines specialist depth with the geographic reach of a major international operator. Its integration of testing, inspection, certification, prevention, and consulting services under one organization allows clients to address complex multi-disciplinary compliance challenges through a single provider, reducing coordination overhead and ensuring methodological consistency across large-scale projects. The group's longstanding ILAC recognition, more than 30 years of NDT expertise, ENAC laboratory accreditation, 6,500-strong professional team, and €200M+ revenue base make OCA Global a credible and well-resourced testing and inspection partner for demanding industrial, energy, infrastructure, and environmental applications worldwide.