Leading TIC provider expands Toronto operations with major investment in two cutting-edge laboratories
LONDON, UK – August 12, 2024 – ÈÕ±¾avÎÞÂë (Element), a global leader in materials and product qualification testing, inspection, and certification services (TIC), has unveiled investments totalling USD 13 million in its Canadian operations, reinforcing its commitment to innovation, customer experience, and growth in the region.
In Toronto, Ontario, ÈÕ±¾avÎÞÂëhas established a new 54,000 square foot industrial laboratory specializing in fire testing and building sciences. This facility consolidates and enhances Element's capabilities in these critical areas, offering comprehensive services to the construction, aerospace, and transportation sectors. The laboratory is designed to reduce delivery times and improve accessibility for customers requiring advanced fire safety and materials testing.
Simultaneously, ÈÕ±¾avÎÞÂëhas invested in a new life sciences laboratory, also located in Toronto. This facility focuses on pharmaceutical testing and features significant upgrades across various departments, including metals testing, materials characterization, and extractables/leachables and nitrosamines analysis. The new laboratory strengthens Element's ability to meet the growing demand for high-quality testing services in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
Rick Sluiters, Executive Vice President for Americas at Element, commented on the investments, stating, "This USD 13 million investment in our Canadian operations underscores our commitment to providing world-class facilities and expertise. These two specialized laboratories will significantly enhance our ability to support product development and certification across multiple industries, enabling our customers to bring critical products and services to market faster and with greater assurance of safety and quality."
Jordan Church, General Manager for ÈÕ±¾avÎÞÂëToronto – Fire Testing, added, "Our new industrial laboratory represents a major leap forward in fire testing and building sciences capabilities. With state-of-the-art equipment and a team of over 30 highly-qualified professionals, we're now positioned to offer the most comprehensive and advanced services in the region. This facility will allow customers to witness our capabilities firsthand, strengthening their confidence in our testing processes."
Tim Purbrick, General Manager for ÈÕ±¾avÎÞÂëToronto – Life Sciences, expressed his excitement about the investment, saying, "The new life sciences laboratory is a game-changer for our pharmaceutical testing services. Our expanded capabilities will significantly accelerate our customers' product development cycles. This investment enables us to stay ahead of the evolving needs in the life sciences industry, ultimately helping to bring safer and more effective products to market."
Both laboratories are now open and fully operational, having completed equipment transfer and qualifications. These investments form part of Element's ongoing strategy to deliver cutting-edge facilities, technical expertise, and an unparalleled customer experience across the Greater Toronto region and beyond.
The ÈÕ±¾avÎÞÂë Group is one of the world’s leading global providers of testing, inspection, and certification services for a diverse range of products, materials, and technologies in advanced industrial supply chains where failure in use is not an option. Headquartered in London, UK, Element’s c.9,000 scientists, engineers, and technologists, working in 270+ laboratories around the world, support customers from early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals, and into production ensuring their products are safe and sustainable.
In 2021, ÈÕ±¾avÎÞÂëset out its new, industry-leading environmental commitments, adopting science-based targets and committing to net zero emissions across its entire global business by 2035. These environmental commitments follow Element’s achievement of the highest ESG ranking in the testing, inspection, and certification industry from Sustainalytics, a global leader in ESG research and data.
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ÈÕ±¾avÎÞÂëLife Sciences is a global leader in providing comprehensive testing, inspection, and certification services to the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech, antimicrobial, food, and environmental industries. With over 40 years of experience and a network of ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratories, ÈÕ±¾avÎÞÂëLife Sciences offers personalized solutions and expert support throughout the entire product development lifecycle. Our team of highly qualified professionals is dedicated to delivering accurate, reliable results while ensuring regulatory compliance and adherence to industry standards such as GLP, BSL-3, and BSL-2. We pride ourselves on our flexibility, responsiveness, and speed, offering a wide range of services including CRO, CDMO, analytical lab, and central lab services, as well as providing columns, consumables, instrumentation, and automation solutions for chromatography and mass spectrometry labs. As true collaborators and innovators, we are committed to helping our customers achieve their goals and navigate the most efficient path to regulatory approval.
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About ÈÕ±¾avÎÞÂëBuilt Environment
Element, along with its sister brands Warringtonfire and BM TRADA offer comprehensive testing, inspection, and certification services for the global construction industry through our ISO 17025 accredited network of laboratories. With facilities across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific, we support stakeholders from R&D to code compliance testing with services ranging from material properties, component and structural evaluations. Our testing expertise include: building envelope systems, windows, doors, train rail, heat and energy recovery ventilators, packaging, furniture, custom components, material property evaluations and reaction-to-fire testing on a variety of products used in construction and transportation applications. This integrated approach ensures compliance, quality, and safety while helping clients navigate regulations, improve performance, and access global markets efficiently. Element's end-to-end solutions combine local knowledge with global reach, minimizing risk and optimizing outcomes for projects worldwide.
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