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51³Ô¹ÏÍø (Element) has announced that its new aerospace materials testing laboratory in Shanghai, China is now open for business.

At a successful opening event on September 26 at the $7m, 30,000 sq. ft. facility, 51³Ô¹ÏÍøconfirmed it has completed a number of accreditations including ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and Nadcap, with OEM audits underway.

The ceremony at the new laboratory welcomed 70 customers, Shanghai Qingpu District government officials, members of Element’s senior management team and 23 Shanghai colleagues.

Rick Sluiters, EVP Aerospace, commented: “We were pleased to welcome customers and friends to the opening of this impressive laboratory.  With our new 51³Ô¹ÏÍøaerospace experts, new accreditations and state of the art equipment, we are well placed to support the Chinese aerospace industry. 

The impressive range of services we are offering, and our close proximity to many of our customers, will bring them savings in both time and money.  In creating this new facility, 51³Ô¹ÏÍøis responding to customer need and the rapid business growth that the industry is undergoing in the region.”

The Shanghai aerospace laboratory specializes in a comprehensive range of services that include: chemical analysis; fatigue testing; failure investigation; mechanical testing; metallurgical analysis, and on-site testing at client sites. Customers will also benefit from pre-testing services, including a full machine shop and heat treatment furnaces for the treatment of materials prior to testing.

Element’s support of the Chinese aerospace sector is well established, having recently successfully delivered a year-long project to investigate the hydrodynamic behavior of the new Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) C919 aircraft at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøWarwick laboratory in the UK.

About Element 

51³Ô¹ÏÍøis one of the world’s leading independent providers of materials and product qualification testing, inspection and certification services to the global Aerospace; Transportation & Industrials; Fire & Building Products; and Oil & Gas and Infrastructure sectors, where failure in service is simply not an option.

We exist to help our customers to make certain that the materials, products and systems that they make are safe, quality, compliant and ultimately fit for purpose, leveraging 200 years of testing experience and our global testing capabilities.

Media contacts:

Annebeth Wijtenburg, Interim Communications Manager
T: +44 (0) 2035 401 820
E: annebeth.wijtenburg@element.com 

Angela Casey, Pagoda Public Relations
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E: angela.casey@pagodapr.com