Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies GmbH (R-Tech) is a private SME established in 2007. It provides services, R&D and products related to risk technologies and risk management in the areas of petrochemical, process and power industries, material technologies and new/alternative technologies (such as nano-technologies, CO2 storage and sequestration, advanced coating technologies, etc.). It has in-depth expertise in risk-based inspection (RBI), reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), root-cause failure analysis (RCFA) and health, safety/security and environment (HAZOP/HSE/HSSE). R-Tech is currently an independent member of the following organizations: (1) Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies Group, (2) http://www.steinbeis.de/Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologietransfer, (3) European Virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Management (EU-VRi) and (4) European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials AISBL (KMM-VIN). Its main expertise and competencies lie in the areas of analysis, assessment and management of technical risks and in integrating all of these aspects into other aspects such as business, financial, organizational, IT and human behavior related ones.