Element has successfully completed a number of high quality acquisitions since 2011.
These acquisitions have significantly extended Element's technical capability, operational capacity and geographic footprint as part of our on-going strategy to satisfy our clients' future testing requirements and also in support of our mission to become the world's most trusted testing partner.
The acquisitions we have made to date are:

August 07, 2018
Orbit Industries, Inc.
Element Materials Technology (Element) announced the acquisition of Orbit Industries, Inc. (Orbit) in the United States, further strengthening the Group鈥檚 leadership position in non-destructive testing (NDT) for the aerospace industry.

July 2, 2018
Vohtec聽Acquisition
Element acquired vohtec Qualit盲tssicherung GmbH (vohtec) on the 2nd July 2018, significantly strengthening its testing footprint for the European transportation sector

December 19, 2017
Metals Testing Company Ltd.聽Acquisition
Element acquired MetalsTesting Company (MTC), a non-destructive testing (NDT) service provider located in Connecticut, United States, on 19th December 2017

June 29, 2017
Exova Group plc聽Acquisition
Element acquired Exova Group plc, one of the world鈥檚 leading laboratory-based testing groups, on the 29th June 2017.

May 18, 2017
Defire Holdings Pty Ltd
Exova Group plc (now owned by Element Materials Technology) acquired Defire Holdings Pty Ltd (Defire), a Sydney鈥揵ased fire safety engineering consultancy business.

April 11, 2017
SL Pharma Labs Acquisition
Exova Group plc (now owned by Element Materials Technology), the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, acquired SL Pharma Labs Incorporated (SL Pharma), a Delaware, US, based pharmaceutical business.

April 4, 2017
Medical Device Testing Services (MDTS)Acquisition
Element entered into an asset purchase agreement with Medical Device Testing Services (MDT), of Minnetonka, MN, USA, a specialist provider in Mechanical Testing and Materials Characterization for the medical device sector, on April 4th 2017.

April 3, 2017
T脺V S脺D Melbourne, Florida, USA
Element entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of T脺V S脺D Melbourne, FL, USA, a laboratory that specializes in EMI testing for Commercial, Aerospace and Defense applications, on April 3rd 2017.

March 9, 2017
Durkee Testing Laboratories聽Acquisition聽
Element acquired the assets of Durkee Testing Laboratories of Paramount, California, USA, a long-established provider of metallurgical investigation, mechanical testing and chemical analysis services.

february 27, 2017
MTEC Mechanical Testing Services聽Acquisition
Element acquired the assets of MTEC Mechanical Testing Services, an independent metallurgical testing laboratory in Houston, Texas, USA.聽

February 15, 2016
Admaterials PTE Ltd.
Exova Group plc (now owned by Element Materials Technology) acquired a majority stake in Admaterials Technologies Pte Ltd,聽a Singapore-based business that provides testing in the construction sector, as well as chemical, environmental and mechanical testing and certification services.

January 16, 2017
TEAMS S.L. Acquisition
Element acquired TEAMS (Testing and Engineering of Aeronautical Materials and Structures ) S.L. in Seville, Spain, a Nadcap accredited, specialist provider of destructive and nondestructive materials and component testing services and Tier 1 supplier to Airbus.

November 1, 2016
DNV GL's German Material Testing Laboratories Acquisition
Element acquired DNV GL's German materials testing laboratories in Hamburg, Muelheim a.d.R., Herne and Stuffgart/Esslingen, employing over seventy engineers specialized in materials testing, metallurgy and failure analysis.

July 1, 2016
Northwest EMC Acquisition
Element acquired Northwest EMC, a US Product Qualification Testing company with EMC laboratories in Oregon, California, Washington, Minnesota and Texas, providing testing services including EMC/EMI, radio devices (wireless), medical device, DO-160, MIL-STD and automotive electronics.

October 22, 2015
Cascade TEK Acquisition
Element acquires Cascade TEK, a Product Qualification Testing business with laboratories in Colorado, USA and Oregon, USA, providing service to the Global Aerospace sector.

May 7, 2015
TRaC Global Acquisition
Element completes the acquisition of Product Qualification Testing company TRaC Global Ltd, UK a leading provider of testing services to the Aerospace, Defense, Medical Device and Telecommunications sectors.

January 7, 2015
Environ Laboratories Acquisition
Element further expands its capabilities with the acquisition of Environ Laboratories LLC, Minneapolis, USA, a Product Qualification Testing business that specializes in servicing the Global Aerospace Sector.

July 2, 2014
Accutek Testing Laboratory Acquisition
Element acquires Accutek Testing Laboratory, Cincinnati, USA, a materials testing business with extensive experience in serving the Aerospace and Medical Device sectors.

January 20, 2014
GEVA Acquisition
Element acquires Gesellschaft f眉r Entwicklung und Versuch Adlershof mbH (GEVA), Berlin, Germany to strengthen its position in the European Aerospace Testing Market

April 3, 2013
Delsen Testing Laboratories Acquisition
Element acquires leading composites testing laboratory, Delsen Testing Laboratories, Glendale, USA to further strengthen its position in the Global Aerospace sector.

March 28, 2013
Sherry Laboratories Acquisition
Element acquires Sherry Laboratories, Daleville, USA one of the largest independent materials testing businesses operating in the USA聽with experience in servicing the Aerospace, Defense, Oil & Gas, Transportation and Environmental sectors.

July 31, 2012
MERL Acquisition
Element acquires Materials Engineering Research Laboratory Limited (MERL), Hitchin, UK a world class provider of polymeric materials, adhesives, components and structures testing services to the Oil & Gas, Aerospace and Transportation sectors.

FEbruary 1, 2012
MAR-TEST Acquisition
Element acquires MAR-TEST, Cincinnati, USA a specialist provider of high-quality mechanical testing services to the Aerospace, Defense, Power Generation and Medical Device sectors.

December 5, 2011
Detroit Testing Laboratory (DTL) Acquisition
Element acquires Detroit Testing Laboratory (DTL), Warren, USA a leading provider of product qualification testing services to the Aerospace, Defense and Transportation sectors.