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X-RIS

X-RIS (for X-Ray Imaging Solutions) is a Belgian company based in Liège and active in the field of digital radiography in non-destructive testing and in security. Founded in 2010, the company won the Belgium Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in 2015 and again in 2017. It has supplied x-ray solutions to Airbus, Safran, TOTAL, the TÜV. The company also supplied x-ray material to the FBI Academy at Quantico and to the training center of Huntsville, Alabama. Company built its reputation on the user-friendliness of its software. In 2017, it launched the development of Automatic Defect Recognitions tools (ADR) in collaboration with several Walloon universities and companies » and in 2020 the projet AeroCT to use tomography (CT) in the aeronautical parts inspection.

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X-RIS (for X-Ray Imaging Solutions) is a Belgian company based in Liège and active in the field of digital radiography in non-destructive testing and in security. Founded in 2010, the company won the Belgium Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in 2015 and again in 2017. It has supplied x-ray solutions to Airbus, Safran, TOTAL, the TÜV. The company also supplied x-ray material to the FBI Academy at Quantico and to the training center of Huntsville, Alabama. Company built its reputation on the user-friendliness of its software. In 2017, it launched the development of Automatic Defect Recognitions tools (ADR) in collaboration with several Walloon universities and companies » and in 2020 the projet AeroCT to use tomography (CT) in the aeronautical parts inspection.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2010 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2010". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378305273

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