About Element

Your calibration and metrology partner

We operate 20 European calibration laboratories plus mobile calibration laboratories and perform calibrations on-site to meet our customers’ needs for flexibility with minimum production disruptions.

Several of our calibration laboratories are permanently located on our customers’ premises and as a calibration outsourcing partner, we are proud of our track record of long-term partnerships with our teams supporting our customers’ continuous requirements for metrological accuracy and compliance.

With focus on high quality and precision, we serve customers in a variety of sectors, including Aerospace, Defence, Transportation, Energy, Industrials and Life Sciences.

Trusted Testing Partner

Element Metech is the Calibration division of Element, the global provider of Testing, Inspection and Certification services. Learn more on Element.com.

The history of Element Metech

Our calibration business has a long and rich history dating back over 70 years, and it all started in a Swedish Air Force instrument workshop in 1947. We are the calibration division of Element, now known as Element Metech since June 2018.

FFV Aerotech

Until 1994 the business was a division of FFV Aerotech. On January 1, 1994, FFV Metrology was formed as a subsidiary of FFV Aerotech, which was also the year we launched our Finnish business, FFV Mittausteknika OY.

Celsius Metech and Saab Metech

In 1998, the Celsius group acquired FFV and was renamed Celsius Metech before establishing in Denmark and Germany in 1999. In 2000, Saab acquired the Celsius group and we became Saab Metech.

Bodycote Metech

In 2006, Saab signed an agreement with Bodycote International Plc on the transfer of shares in Saab Metech and its subsidiaries. At this point, Bodycote acquired a large number of test facilities around the world and Bodycote Testing Group was established. Our name became Bodycote Metech.

Exova Metech

In 2008, the entire Bodycote Testing Group was acquired by the American private equity company CD&R. The new name became Exova and we became Exova Metech. In 2014, we moved into Norway while also expanding outside Europe into China and USA as a result of an outsourcing partnership.

Element Metech

In June 2017, Exova Group was acquired by Element Materials Technology. We are the calibration division of Element, now known as Element Metech from June 2018.

Element was originally formed out of the in-house laboratories of Stork, the Dutch engineering and manufacturing company, and we trace our origins back to 1827, over 190 years ago.