GEOTECH's Background

Geotechnical Services Pty Ltd began as a specialised petroleum exploration service company, set up by a management buy-out in March 1991 of the Oil and Gas division of Analabs (a subsidiary of the international Inchcape Group). The acquisition of Spectrotech Laboratories in 1992 enabled GEOTECH to expand its range of services to include Condition Monitoring.

GEOTECH has built a strong and commercially viable business since it was established and has continued to grow since 1991. The company dominates petroleum geochemistry service work in Australia and has a considerable client base in all its areas of expertise. The Condition Monitoring Division has been developed into a major provider in the areas of fuel and lubricant analysis and the Industrial Chemistry group offers chemical problem solving and consulting. The Environmental Division has grown into a very significant provider of routine and specialised environmental analyses. It is one of two main providers of VOC analyses in Australia and a major supplier of ecotoxicology services.

GEOTECH has a policy of carefully selecting new recruits, with staff being chosen on the basis of expertise, experience and excellence. This is demonstrated by the depth of qualified personnel within the company, with virtually all technical staff (technicians through to Divisional Managers) having formal tertiary qualifications and many years of experience in their analytical fields.

The principals of GEOTECH, Dr. Birgitta Hartung-Kagi (Managing Director) and Dr. Robert Kagi (Technical Director) have many years of management and industrial experience which they bring to the company. Dr. Robert Kagi is a Professor of Applied Chemistry and Director of the Centre for Applied Organic Geochemistry at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia.