Dear Sirs,
We would like
to introduce our company as new set-up of Alex Stewart (Assayers) Ltd.
(UK) that is an International Independent Inspection Company.
Company ASAPA is British-Kazakhs Joint Venture
located in Central Asia, Kazakhstan since 2001.
Alex Stewart (Assayers) Ltd the largest privately
owned, independent inspection and analytical company has been involved
in the Agricultural Sector since the 1980’s and has established itself
as a leading supplier of agricultural testing and inspection services.
The company has established a dedicated
agricultural division at its UK Head Office called Alex Stewart
Agriculture to cope with the growth in demand for our services and
ensure that we continue to provide an efficient, professional service to
both existing and new clients.
The Alex Stewart
Group currently has twenty-seven laboratories that are strategically
placed around the globe.
Huson & Hardwick are a
fully integrated part of the Alex Stewart Agriculture division and are
the both FOSFA and GAFTA approved analysts. A complete range of
analytical and certification services are available for sealed shipping,
contract & arbitration samples.
ASA is an ISO
9002 accredited company and is approved or a member of the following
organizations:
Grain and Feed Trade Association
(GAFTA)
Federation of Oil Seeds and Fats
Association (FOSFA)
Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)
The Sugar Association of London (SAL)
Department of Environmental, Food and Rural
Affairs (DEFRA)
International Federation of
Inspection Agencies (IFIA)
ASAPA inspection team
play a vital role in ensuring that clients’ contractual specifications
are met and protected from any unnecessary financial claims by:
· Ensuring correct procedures are adopted to
protect your consignment from contamination or damage;
· Obtaining a true reflection of the cargo’s
quality and final loaded / discharged weight;
·
Assessing whether a vessel is sea worthy and in appropriate condition to
fulfill its carriage contract requirements;
·
Detecting / rejecting inferior quality cargo;
·
Reporting and taking protective measures in case of claim;
Our highly trained inspectors are dedicated to
providing you with the quality service and perform their work in
accordance with recognized industry standards.
They are fully experienced in sampling and
inspecting a wide range of agricultural commodities and by products and
are conversant with the loading / discharge, weighing and sampling
procedures of all international commodity bulk ports.
ASAPA offers complete package of agricultural
inspection, control and sampling services including:
· Hold / hatch inspection / cleanliness;
· Hatch hose testing;
·
Displacement draft surveys
· Weight control
· Continuous supervision of loading and / or
discharge
· Field testing:- infestation,
screening, admix
· Sampling
· Analysis
· Damaged cargo
assessment
· Quality and loss control
· Monitoring efficiency of labour
· Radioactivity testing
·
Marine surveys:-on/off hire survey, condition survey, bunker survey,
ullaging
The final result of our inspection is
the issuance of the following:
· Alex Stewart
International Certificate Quality and Quantity,
·
Alex Stewart International Certificate of Non-Radiation,
· Alex Stewart International Certificate
Environmental Purity of Goods
· Alex Stewart
Report of Loading / Discharge and Supervision
·
Kazakh Certificate of Quality
· Kazakh
Certificate of Conformity
· Other related
certificates.
ASAPA performs all operations using
the following standards:
- GOST (for all products
including agricultural products, foodstuff, water and soil);
- ISO (including agricultural products,
foodstuff, environmental control, quality management);
- ICC (including agricultural products,
foodstuff).
As a consequence we are able to
provide expert testing services with rapid turnaround times. ASAPA
laboratories in Kazakhstan are equipped with state of the art equipment.
We have a trusted and respected reputation in providing accurate and
prompt analytical results.
Our expert chemists
employ either classical wet chemistry methods or modern technology to
supply a service that you can rely on.
ASAPA
joint venture accredited laboratories based in Kazakhstan (Astana,
Kostanai, Almaty and Aktau).
We are able to
analyze wheat, rye, barley, oats, millet, peas, beans, Soya beans, and
grain produce for quality and viability for cereal production.
The laboratories can test for the presence of
protein, gluten, ash, moisture, hardness, infestation, grain/ foreign
admixture, P/L, P, W-factor, test weight, Hagberg Falling Number,
hazardous contents (e. g. arsenic, mercury & lead ) mycotoxins and
pesticides.
ASA are one of the world leaders in
the provision of analytical services to the International fertilizer
trade and it can offer fully comprehensive testing services for solid
and liquid fertilizers and associated products.
Inspection & analytical services are available
for the following agricultural commodities
Grain
· Wheat
· Barley
· Rice
· Oats
Seeds and Pulses
· Castor
Seed
· Copra
· Groundnuts
· Linseed
· Rape Seed
· Sesame Seed
· Sunflower
Seed
· Soya Bean
By
Products - Seeds and Feeds
· Soya Bean Meal
· Sunflower Meal
· Fish
Meal
· Rapeseed Meal
·
Corn Gluten Meal
· Copra Meal
· Linseed Meal
· Palm
Kernel Meal
· Groundnut Meal
· Cotton Meal
· Distillers
Meal
· Beet Pulp
· Bone
Meal
Oil and Fats
· Butter
Fat
· Coconut Oil
· Fatty
Acids
· Fish Oil
· Lard
· Tallow / grease
· Palm
Oil
· Palm Kernel Oil
·
Rapeseed Oil
· Soya Bean Oil
· Sunflower Oil
Fertilisers
· Di-Ammonium
Phosphate
· Calcined Ammonium Poly Phosphate
Nitrate
· Ammonium Poly Phosphate solution
· Ureic Ammonium Nitrate solution
· Mono-Ammonium Phosphate
· Ammonium Sulphate
· Urea
· NPK
· Ammonium Nitrate
· Apatite
· Magnesium
Sulphate
· TSP
· Compound
fertilizers
· Anhydrous Ammonia
Other Products
· Acid oils
· Caviar
· Cocoa
· Coffee
· Environmental
Control (Air, Water, Soil, Sediments)
· Fish
· Frozen foods
· Fruits
· Kraft Liner Board
·
Lumber
· Methanol
·
Newsprint
· Panel products
· Paper products
·
Petroleum products
· Tea
·
Timber
· Vegetables
· Wood
Pulp
We dedicate ourselves to continually
improving the quality of our services by focusing on skills of our
people and technique.
With best regards,
Veronika Jilkibayeva
ASAPA
LLP
Almaty - Kazakhstan
Tel/Fax: + 7 3272 915382
Tel: + 7 3272 916604
asapa@nursat.kz