Element Materials Technology is creating a new center of excellence in Linköping, Sweden, bringing three laboratories together into one site close to major clients in the aerospace, defense, and industrial sectors.
The new site will optimize production flow. An open plan layout will allow flexibility and the ability to accommodate increases in production volume, as well as the introduction of new equipment and services. By bringing services together, the business will also increase capacity and allow stronger collaboration between its experts, broadening the range of services and increasing access to specialist support for customers.
Matt Hopkinson, EVP of EMEAA at Element, said: “Element is always focusing on how to bring greater efficiency and expertise to our customers. This exciting development in a major industrial region within Sweden will bring high end R&D support, advisory services, training, and investigations under one modern, state-of-the-art roof. It is a significant development for a number of major industrial sectors in the region and Sweden.”
Headed by country manager, Björn Kullman, the Linköping operation currently works with leading firms in the aerospace, defense, transportation, energy, and industrial sectors across three sites. It provides calibration, destructive, and nondestructive testing alongside R&D support, advisory, training, and investigations. Assignments can range from method development for composite car body repairs to fighter jet inspection and material qualification for satellite dispensation systems, with a focus on worldwide support.