Laboratory Testing hires general manager for TACTIC division

Michael Coulton

Laboratory Testing Inc., Hatfield, Pa., has hired Michael Coulton as general manager to oversee its new ultrasonic testing equipment division, TAC Technical Instrument Corp. (TACTIC), in Trenton, N.J.

Coulton has more than 30 years of high-level leadership experience. For the past two years he has served as COO of McCarthy Engineering Associates Inc. Before than he worked for 30 years at Benjamin Obdyke Inc., most recently as general manager. Coulton is a graduate of Drexel University with a bachelor’s degree in commerce and engineering sciences.

Most of TACTIC’s standard products are designed to inspect cylindrical materials, such as tube, pipe, bar, and billet. The company also has provided equipment to inspect hexagonal and square billet.