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LONDON, UK - 7 February, 2017 - ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ continues to support the Transportation industry by investing in new, state-of-the art cleaning technology at its Wixom, MI laboratory.

The new cleanliness process subjects the samples to a spray in multiple directions, creating a customized cleaning process for components. This advanced cleaning methodology ensures particulate is removed from the sample and is analysed by a fully-automated microscope that can categorize particles by both size and type (metallic and non-metallic). ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Wixom has the ability to test components with particle count requirements to standards such as ISO 16232 and VDA 19.

John Nelson, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s Executive Vice President, Transportation and Industrials, comments: ‘’This investment is being directly driven by the needs of our clients in the industry. By investing in new technology and by continuously updating our testing standards to meet the demands of our clients, we continue to cement our reputation as the best and most trusted testing partner to the Transportation sector.’â¶Ä™

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Wixom is a leading full-service metallurgical laboratory supporting automotive and other industrial clients with a comprehensive range of services including; metallurgical, chemical, and failure analysis, PCB cross-sectioning, and engineering testing and consulting.

About ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½:

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ is a company with a global presence; its laboratories are staffed by experts specializing in materials testing, product qualification testing and failure analysis for the Aerospace, Oil & Gas and Transportation and Industrials sectors. ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s team of over 2,000 scientists, engineers and technicians work in 61 laboratories located throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. For a complete list of Accreditations & Approvals and more information, please visit www.element.com

Media Contact:

Bora Trimcev, Communications Manager, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, tel: +44 (0) 2035 401 820, e-mail: bora.trimcev@element.com