Delivering testing confidence when the stakes are highest.
Element is a global provider of lab-based Testing, Inspection and Certification services, powering confident decisions in the most highly-regulated industries.
Element’s expertise cover a diverse range of materials and products - in sectors where failure in service is simply not an option. From concept through ongoing compliance, we support your entire product life cycle. Whether you need standardized high-volume testing or solutions for one-of-a-kind challenges, our experts become genuine partners in your success. We combine responsive service and clear communication with unwavering accuracy to help you launch safer products with confidence.
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Some of the many regulatory and industry certification requirements we help you meet.
Material Testing
Element is one of the largest independent providers of destructive and non-destructive testing services for metals and non-metals. We help to make certain these materials are safe, quality, compliant and fit for purpose.
Product Testing
Element is a leading provider of product compliance and qualification testing services to its customers in the world’s most highly regulated industries.
Certification
Element certifies products and management systems to help make certain that they are compliant to all relevant international standards.
Unrivaled accreditations & approvals
Element holds an unmatched range of national and international accreditations and client approvals in the highly-regulated, safety-critical industries we serve worldwide.
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Our experts become an extension of your team, supplying the technical guidance necessary for you to go to market with confidence.
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We are a global family of scientists, engineers and technologists, driven by our purpose of Making Tomorrow Safer Than Today. Explore our jobs to see how you can make a positive difference to people's lives, each and every day.
What's new at Element
When to Use a Reverberation Chamber for EMI/EMC Qualification
This whitepaper explains how reverberation chamber testing provides uniform, repeatable, and cost-effective EMI/EMC qualification testing for aerospace, defense, automotive, and electronics manufacturers.
Oct 26, 2026How Does Qualification Testing Support Missile Production Readiness?
Article explaining how qualification testing builds engineering evidence, reduces program risk, and supports missile production readiness.
Oct 23, 2026Early Screening for Battery Safety: How In-Situ Gas Analysis Identifies Failure Chemistry Before Production
Whitepaper on early screening for battery safety: how in-situ gas analysis attributes gas generation to specific electrode reactions, and where that data stops being valid.
Sep 14, 2026Beyond Compliance: Battery Safety Through Real-World Validation Webinar
Certification is a safety baseline, not proof of safety. Mike Pendleton on battery abuse testing, thermal propagation and off-gas validation. Watch the webinar.
Sep 11, 2026
Element launches 24/7 automated machining centre in Lancaster to cut customer lead times
Element Materials Technology is expanding its dynamics testing capacity by purchasing 11 IMV vibration systems (17,000-78,000 lbf) across U.S. labs, with more planned, helping customers qualify critical products faster and with less risk.
Oct 13, 2026Element Materials Technology Expands Advanced Dynamics Testing Capabilities Through Strategic IMV Partnership
Element Materials Technology is expanding its dynamics testing capacity by purchasing 11 IMV vibration systems (17,000-78,000 lbf) across U.S. labs, with more planned, helping customers qualify critical products faster and with less risk.
Oct 12, 2026Element Appoints Rob van Dorp to lead its Consumer & Industrials Business Line in Europe
Element Materials Technology has appointed Rob van Dorp as Vice President, Europe for its Consumer & Industrials Business Line, effective 1 September 2026. Reporting to Fabian Schober, Chief Operating Officer, Consumer & Industrials, van Dorp will oversee product testing and certification, environmental testing services, and consumer electronics testing across Europe.
Sep 1, 2026Element Recognized with PTCRB Award of Excellence for Second Year Running
Element Materials Technology has been awarded the 2025 PTCRB Award of Excellence in recognition of its significant contributions to PTCRB test case development and ongoing support of the PTCRB and IoT Network Certified (INC) certification programs.
Aug 14, 2026