Element Materials Technology is pushing forward with its digital services, offering customers live remote access to tests and launching a digital division.
Element has accelerated the roll out of a renewed digital remote witnessing offering to improve customer experience as part of the large-scale digital transformation of the business.
Element is using market leading technologies, easily accessible by customers the world over, and which allow virtual access to its complete range of testing services from anywhere in the world. Through the use of these easily accessible digital platforms, customers can watch live testing of their materials and products remotely, keep their testing programs on track, avoid unnecessary travel and hotel costs, and focus on more productive, value-creating activities for their own organizations.
As with standard testing protocol, all remotely witnessed testing is performed in accordance with all the relevant certification and security conformance standards. The delivery of the service is supported by rigorous operating procedures and usage guides, designed to give the customer the same high quality, efficient Element experience as they would in person.
Janet White, EVP Digital Transformation at Element, said: “I am delighted that we are accelerating the roll out of these capabilities at a time when customers across many of the end markets that we serve continue to face challenges that have arisen out of the COVID-19 crisis. Element has been successfully delivering remote witnessing services to many of our clients for several years, and 2020 presented us with an opportunity to optimize our capabilities to better serve them through the restrictions that the pandemic caused.
“Element’s remote witnessing offering is a shining example of our ability to drive value through internal transformation and delivering growth by leveraging data, automation, AI, and practical IoT to enhance customer experience and our competitive advantage.”
Remote Witnessing from Element can comply with many export regulations as regulated by the by the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), US Export Administration Regulations (EAR), US Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC), Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP), and the UK Strategic Export Control Lists.
Element has also formally launched its simulation arm, Element Digital Engineering, which takes it a step forward in its aim to become a leader in engineering simulation, modelling, data science and artificial intelligence to solve complex industrial challenges for its customers, as well as ensuring the safety and regulatory compliance of their products.
Element Digital Engineering’s specialists bring with them capabilities not readily available in the testing market, including digital twinning, machine learning, and mathematical optimization to bolster Element’s comprehensive range of existing testing services. The Digital Engineering team will primarily focus on the global medical device, energy transition, aerospace, consumer goods and mining markets.
This new business builds on Element’s existing capability in areas such as finite element analysis and engineering critical assessment, and has been accelerated by the acquisition in early 2021 of a leading engineering and modelling simulation company based in Cambridge, UK. This acquisition and the launch of Element Digital Engineering supports Element’s ambitions and focus on innovation and digitization to develop industry leading capabilities and solutions for its customers.
Jo Wetz, CEO at Element, said: “Element Digital Engineering is an exciting and natural extension of our commitment to develop specialist technical and digital services to solve complex problems for our customers who are working at the cutting edge of their industries. With this new expertise available to the Group, we look forward to creating new opportunities for digital technical knowledge sharing and improving partnerships with our customers.”