Testing, qualification and certification of your products

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1 Testing, qualification and certification of your products

2 Your challenge Element Materials Technology is a trusted advisor to the aerospace, oil & gas, transportation and industrial sectors. We understand the complexity in delivering your products to meet either your contractual or regulatory obligations in a global marketplace. Companies placing products into highly regulated industries across multiple territories with differing testing requirements face a number of product qualification challenges. Element is able to support your testing and compliance needs with a global platform of laboratories and over 60 years of experience. Our network of engaged experts, worldwide capacity and innovative services are designed to meet the challenge of developing your market share through increased speed to market, reducing the administrative burden and managing testing costs. Our solution Element is a testing, certification and validation company. Each year we work with companies to increase their sales and drive their market share by taking their products to 167 countries. We do this by helping them achieve compliance more often on the first attempt, and speeding up their validation and certification process. We have more than 60 years engineering and testing expertise and we are supported by over 1800 employees with skills in aerospace, defence, electrical devices, automotive, rail and power generation. With our leading engineering simulation, state-of-the-art testing technologies and global testing capacity, we can replicate the electromagnetic, climatic or mechanical conditions encountered by any product during its working life. We have an expert understanding of the regulatory and statutory challenges that our clients face taking their products to market, and we help them access new territories and export to new countries. As you would expect from the UK s leading testing, validation and certification company, we are a UKAS accredited test laboratory for EMC Testing, Safety Testing, Environmental Testing, Explosive Atmosphere Testing, Telecoms Testing and Radio Testing as well as a National Certification Body (NCB) and Certified Body Test Laboratory (CBTL) for international products and approvals. Element is the complete solution for testing, regulatory and compliance services.

3 TESTING, QUALIFICATION & CERTIFICATION Element can help provide you with a passport to international trade Element provides a safety testing and assessment route for manufacturers, designers, importers, exporters and distributors of all major electrical equipment. We ensure your product fulfils the necessary legal obligations and demonstrates full compliance with the requirements of countries around the world. Our speed and expertise in managing the approvals process ensure that you gain the competitive advantage and your product gets to market faster. Europe n ATEX n CE Marking n Electromagnetic Compatability (EMC) n E Marketing Automotive Directive n Low Voltage Directive (LVD) n Machine Safety Directive (MSD) n Marine Equipment n Medical Devices n Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) / Radio Equipment Directive (RED) n VCA Approval We are UKAS accredited to BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005, a Certification Body Test Laboratory and a National Certification Body. We can test your products to global standards for international safety certification under the IECEE, IECEx and CB Scheme and we are a Notified Body. Element has the expertise to deliver pre-compliance support at essential points of your product life cycle, ahead of formal testing and certification. North America n Federal Communications Commission (FCC) n Food & Drugs Association (FDA) 510K n Hazloc n Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) n Nationally Recognised Testing Laboratory (NRTL) n Telecommunication Certification Body (TCB) Global n CB Scheme IECEE n TRaC Mark n IECEX n Japan CAB/VCCI n Product Approval Service

4 Element can help provide integrity in the supply chain Element provides qualification testing to industry and voluntary standards. Manufacturers often place a contractual requirement on the supply chain as a pre-requisite in their acceptance of components. We help our clients ensure that their products meet established industry standards, which provide confidence in that product s safety, reliability and interference-free functionality throughout its lifetime. Similarly, consumers and manufacturers look to industryaccepted voluntary certification marks to provide similar assurances to the consumer and industrial buyers and add value to their own products and brand with respect to the integrity the marks provide. Our UKAS accredited testing laboratories cover EMC, Environmental, Telecoms and Radio conformance to a range of industrial standards from aerospace, oil & gas, transportation, defence, energy, medical and rail. Element has the global capability to define and implement product qualification strategies and test plans appropriate to your industry demands. We help clients through the critical stages ahead of the qualification process, before providing expertise that performs the final testing and certification, enabling you to deliver your product to market quickly and successfully. Early Stage Qualification (ESQ ) helps companies achieve first time success when projects reach the testing, approvals and certification phase. Our experts work closely with design teams to avoid common testing, compliance and approvals pitfalls.

5 TESTING, QUALIFICATION & CERTIFICATION Element provides companies with accredited testing for specific contractual standards in numerous industries as well as for major manufacturers; we also support accreditation and certification into 167 different countries. We test across a wide range of industries: n Aerospace n Defence n Electrical n Automotive n Medical n Rail n Marine n Telecommunications n Industrial Machinery Contractual requirements Industry standards Market driven requirements Legislative requirements n Vibration & Shock Testing n Environmental Testing n EMC Testing n RTCA DO-160 n EUROCAE ED-14 n DEF STAN n DEF STAN n DEF STAN n MIL-STD 1275 n MIL-STD 461 n MIL-STD 704 n MIL-STD 810 n Reliability Testing n ZigBee Member n TRaC Mark

6 Element s facilities and primary capabilities Aberdeen United Kingdom Warwick +44 (0) n Environmental Testing n Engineering Simulation n Early Stage Qualification (ESQ ) Malvern +44 (0) Skelmersdale Hull Sheffield Warwick Hitchin Malvern Watford Wimborne n EMC Testing & CE Marking n EMC Testing for Automotive n EMC Testing for Aerospace & Defence Wimborne +44 (0) n EMC Testing n Environmental Testing n EMC Testing for Aerospace & Defence n Indirect Lightning Testing n HIRF Testing n Early Stage Qualification (ESQ) Hull +44 (0) n EMC Testing n Safety Testing n Telecoms Testing & Approvals n Radio Testing & Approvals n ZigBee Testing & Certification Skelmersdale +44 (0) n EMC Testing n Radio Testing n Explosive Atmosphere Testing n Certification & Approvals Watford +44 (0) n Safety Testing n Medical Compliance Aberdeen +44 (0) n Mechanical Testing n Chemical & Corrosion Analysis n Fracture Mechanics Services Hitchin +44 (0) n Fluid Exposures n High Pressure Gas Testing n Accelerated Ageing n Mechanical Testing n Finite Element Modelling n Seals and Sealing Technology n Life Prediction n Failure Analysis n Independent Inspections Sheffield +44 (0) n Mechanical Testing n Chemical Analysis n Metallurgical and Corrosion

7 TESTING, QUALIFICATION & CERTIFICATION When you work with Element, you are in a safe pair of hands As well as our UKAS accreditation to BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and BS EN ISO 9001:2008, we are a: n Notified Body for: - EMC (Electromagnetic compatibility) - Explosive Atmospheres - Low Voltage Directive - Machinery - R&TTE (Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment) / RED (Radio Equipment Directive) n Certified Body Test Laboratory n National Certification Body n Conformity Assessment Body n Telecommunications Certification Body n Vehicle Certification Agency n Recognised Test Laboratory for Cert Alarm n Member of the ZigBee Certification Programme As well as having the expertise and facilities for testing, validation and certification, we put the customer experience at the forefront of our service. Customer feedback We have used the services of Element for a wide range of testing encompassing environmental, compliance to multiple standards, national approvals and Bluetooth qualification. Without exception, we have found all staff members to be highly competent, professional and helpful. We have also found the company at every level and within every activity to be efficient and responsive to our corporate needs. We have every intention of building upon our relationship with Element in the coming years as we see them as the experts in their field. Thomas Shannon, Co-Founder at OMG plc

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