Testing and Measurement in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Today's testing and measurement websites hotspot is Cluj-Napoca.

Also known as Cluj, this is the second-most populous city in Romania after the capital, Bucharest. 

Situated in the northwest of the country, Cluj is also considered the unofficial capital of Transylvania, as it was officially in the late 18th and much of the 19th century. 

About 400,000 people live in the Cluj metropolitan area, with about 300,000 of them within the city limits. There has been a settlement on the site of modern day Cluj, in the Someşul Mic River valley, since pre-Roman times.

Testing and Measurement in Leipzig

Today's testing and measurement websites hotspot is Leipzig. 

This town in Saxony, Germany, is about 150km south of Berlin and has a population of over half a million people. It's home to the famous Leipzig Festival, and has been a significant trade centre since the time of the Holy Roman Empire and was first documented in 1015. 

The city sits at the intersection of two major medieval trade routes. 

Leipzig became an important cultural centre, too, and after World War Two it developed into a major urban city within East Germany, although its economic importance declined. Leipzig's citizens played an important part in the protests that lead to the reunification of Germany and the modern city has been voted one of the best places to live in the world. 

DID YOU KNOW? Our new construction materials testing website is now LIVE at www.novanna-testing.co.uk

Big News in the World of Testing and Measurement

Today's testing and measurement website hotspot is undoubtedly Bury St Edmunds.

Why? because today our second website finally went 'live', thanks to the hard work of our friends at Logic Design, our neighbours in Novanna's home town of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

The new site concentrates on concrete and construction materials testing, and is on a totally new domain www.novanna-testing.co.uk.

We've taken the opportunity to create a new design for the site that we'll also be using on the existing site very soon. Navigation is easier and categories are easier to identify. (It looks nicer, too!)

We're very excited about the new site and a new chapter in Novanna's story. Most importantly, though, YOU will hopefully find the Novanna Testing website a great source of test equipment and everything to do with concrete and construction materials testing.

Please have a look - we'd love to know what you think!

Testing and Measurement in Asker, Norway

Today's testing and measurement website hotspot is Asker, in Norway. 

Asker is a municipality in Akershus county, and a suburb of Oslo,and became a municipality in 1838, having previously been a parish, centred on the parish church. 

The church, in turn, was built at Asker Farm, the name of which came from the old Norse word for ash trees, 'askar'. Thus, the coat of arms, only created in 1975, depicts three ash trees, with the distinctive shape of ash trees in the area, resulting from their annual cropping for animal feed. 

Due to its proximity to Oslo and its rural character, Asker is the second wealthiest municipality in Norway. The population is around 55,000.

Testing and Measurement in Caracas

Today's testing and measurement website hotspot is Caracas. 

More accurately, Venezuela's capital and largest city is named Santiago de León de Caracas, and has a population around 3 million people in the Caracas metropolitan area. The city sits between 700 and over 900 metres above sea level, despite being fairly close to the Caribbean sea. 

The modern city was founded in 1567 by Spanish captain Don Diego de Losada, five years after the first failed attempt by another Spanish Captain to settle the area. There were, of course, indigenous people here already, who destroyed the first settlement but not the second. A declaration of independence was signed in Caracas in 1811, but it took a decisive victory over royalist forces in 1821 to secure independence for Venezuela.

Novanna Testing and Measurement Website Hotspots

Watch out for our daily testing and measurement website hotspots. Each day we pick a location where one or more visitors to our main website www.novanna.co.uk are located, and tell you a little about it.

We're proud to be a global company with a world-wide customer base!

Testing and Measurement in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Today's testing and measurement website hotspot is Thunder Bay. 

Situated in northwestern Ontario, Thunder Bay is a resort as well as a significant commercial centre. The population exceeds 108,000, while the surrounding towns and settlements add another 13,000 or so. The city sits on the shore of Lake Superior on the banks of the Kaministiquia River and was first settled by Europeans in the 17th century. 

Thunder Bay was an important trade point for the shipping of grain from western Canada, being at the head of the Great Lakes navigation and the St Lawrence Seaway. Later, the timber industry and manufacturing became the main source of revenue. These have now declined and been largely replaced by a 'knowledge economy' of medical research and education.