About Us

Burton NDT Rentals is a professional equipment rental and sales company specializing in industrial inspection solutions. With over 35 years of inspection industry experience and newest inventory in the industry, we help our industry partners maintain smooth operations, ensure workplace safety, and promote equipment reliability and integrity. Based out of La Porte, Texas, Burton NDT Rentals has been working with diverse clientele in many different industries like oil & gas, pipelines, pharmaceutical facilities, chemical plants, and power generation.

We deliver unparalleled equipment solutions and inspection expertise in Non Destructive Testing (NDT), Remote Visual Inspection (RVI), Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Positive material identification (PMI), and X-Ray fluorescence (XRF). We offer portable and easy-to-use RVI equipment, which includes a wide range of videoscopes, fiberscopes, pipe cameras and video crawler systems with various diameters and lengths, making our equipment suitable for the most demanding of inspection requirements. We also carry other testing equipment (eddy-current testing, phased array ultrasonic testing, ultrasonic flaw detection, infrared imaging, and hardness testers) for the most challenging turnarounds, shutdowns and emergency outages.

Why choose Burton NDT Rentals?

  • We provide superior performance and customer service through in-depth customer knowledge, and best in class technology
  • We consistently deliver exceptional value for each customer through efficient account management
  • We regularly seek customer, employee and vendor feedback concerning our customer-service, equipment quality, technical support and on-time performance and use this information to relentlessly pursue continuous improvement

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Eric L. Williams

Gulf Coast Operations Manager

Eric Williams is the Operations Manager for Burton Non-Destructive Testing Rentals Gulf Coast Region. The region includes offices in La Porte and Port Arthur, Texas. Prior to starting with Burton NDT Rentals in 2021, Mr. Williams was an Administrative Coordinator for Prince William County Schools, in Manassas, Virginia. Mr. Williams honorably served in leadership and executive level command and staff positions for 20 years in the United States Military. Mr. Williams attained valuable operational, logistic, safety, and senior management experience while in the military. Mr. Williams has PHD level experience managing complex, multi-functional organizations. Leading organizational planning while communicating the organization’s vision, goals, and objectives, are leadership and management responsibilities Mr. Williams has successfully done for over four decades. Mr. Williams documented portfolio of knowledge, skills, and abilities inspires employees, motivates performance, and will seamlessly translate to sustainable and effective customer service in the Gulf Coast Region. Mr. Williams hold a B.S. in communications from Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A degree in Strategic and Organizational Studies from the United States Army Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS.

Mark Eddy

Southeast Regional Operations Manager

Mark Eddy currently serves as the Southeast Regional Operations Manager for Burton NDT. Prior to his position with Burton, Mark worked for years as the office manager for one of the largest equipment rental companies in the United States where he honed his skills working with environmental equipment and non-destructive testing equipment. His career began as Project Manager for Advanced Industrial Resources where he worked for 11 years completing EPA compliance emissions testing. Mark’s knowledge of the industry is vast with a specialty in Remote Visual Inspection.

Tyler Burton

Customer Service Manager

Tyler Burton is the Customer Service Manager of Burton NDT LLC. Prior to joining the team at Burton NDT Rentals in fall 2020, Tyler was a Parking Cashier Coordinator for SMG Global at NRG Park. During his time at NRG Park, Tyler worked with the Houston Texans as well as the Houston Livestock and Rodeo in all events during the 2 years spent there. Mr. Burton attained valuable experience in the service industry, managing big events, and has extensive experience helping small businesses build their brand. While attending the University of Utah, Tyler worked for over 2 years at eBay helping new sellers’ market their products while also resolving issues site users experienced. Tyler holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Utah and has experience in the banking industry as well as in asset protection.

Mark Burton

Founder, President

Mark Burton is the Founder and President of Burton NDT LLC., aka Burton NDT Rentals. Prior to starting Burton NDT Rentals in 2019, Mr. Burton was Vice President or Resources for ROSEN USA and Mexico. From 2013 through 2018, Mr. Burton served as Vice President of Operations for Pine Environmental. Pine Environmental acquired Ashtead Technology where Mr. Burton held several senior leadership roles between 2004 and 2013 including Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Vice President of Operations, and Vice President of Non-Destructive Testing Division. Mr. Burton attained valuable industry experience from his engineering sales and marketing positions with several fortune 500 Chemical and Oil & Gas companies including The Dow Chemical Company, Baker Hughes, Hoerbiger Corporation and Aeroquip-Vickers (An Eaton Corporation company). Mr. Burton has extensive experience working for Private Equity, Public and Private corporations. Prior to Mr. Burton’s broad industrial experience, he served as an officering the United States Military from 1985 to 1996 both active and reserve components. Mr. Burton holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Advance Marketing and Finance Certifications from University of St. Gallen, St, Gallen Switzerland, MBA from Texas A&M University.