Operating since 2000, we provide rapid, independent materials consultancy and laboratory services. We are highly qualified scientists and engineers with many years industrial experience, recruited from the research, automotive, oil and gas and industrial sectors.
We offer a confidential, reliable and competitive service to meet our customers needs and have built up many long-term relationships by offering our expert support and advice together with skilled investigation and reporting.
Investigations we have successfully completed in the last 12 months include failure and quality analysis for automotive and manufacturing sectors, marine, railway, medical, plumbing, electronics, textiles, plastics and rubber industries. Our investigative techniques include metallography, mechanical testing, chemical analysis, thermal analysis and scanning electron microscopy with EDS analysis. We also have specialist equipment such as peel testing, rubber hardness and wear testing etc. Our extensive in-house analysis and testing facilities use only high-quality research grade laboratory equipment.
With our knowledge and wide-ranging experience of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, thermoplastic and thermoset polymers, composites and coatings, paints, engineering ceramics, fibres, fillers and adhesives we offer our customers extensive and expert services to meet their needs.