Furmanite Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides technical services in the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. It offers online repairs of leaks in valves, pipes, and other components of piping systems and related equipment used in flow-process industries; and on-site machining, bolting and valve testing, valve repair, product distribution, heat treating, and repair on such systems and equipment. The company also provides hot tapping, fugitive emissions monitoring, passive fire protection, concrete repair, heat exchanger design and repair, and manufacturing, as well as diagnostic services on valves and motors. In addition, it offers information technology and other services to the government contracting industry in focus areas of early childhood education and development. Furmanite Corporation provides program and policy analysis, program implementation, and program evaluation services; and research studies and services, training and technical assistance, conference and event management logistical support services, grant review services and support, and tailored solutions in Web site development and graphic design. The companys research services include evaluation, survey development, data collection, primary and secondary data analysis, report preparation, training, and technical assistance. It serves petroleum refineries, chemical plants, offshore energy production platforms, steel mills, nuclear power stations, conventional power stations, pulp and paper mills, food and beverage processing plants, and other flow-process facilities. The company was formerly known as Xanser Corporation and changed its name to Furmanite Corporation in May, 2007. Furmanite Corporation was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.