About us

It all started 1972 as a working group within the company Studsvik, 100 km south of Stockholm, on the Baltic coast of Sweden. A company highly focused in advanced engineering and long-term performance of materials.

In the above picture the gentleman in the centre is the King of Sweden, visiting the site when it started its journey back in 70’s.

• The focus for the working group was on research of methods for evaluating the long-term performance of materials.
• Focus on district heating applications and development withing PEX technology lead the working group into development of long-term testing methods and eventually refinement of the current method for hydrostatic pressure testing.
• Close collaboration with plastics pipe stakeholders results in the development of today’s well known evaluation method ISO 9080 – Determination of the long-term hydrostatic strength of thermoplastics materials in pipe form by extrapolation.
• In the beginning of 1990 research studies were initiated to investigate and understand the oxidative effect of disinfected chlorinated water. The very first enquires related to chlorine resistance from Japan eventually lead to the current test method of ASTM F2023 and similar methods for several polyolefin piping materials.

Since then, the company has continued its journey with focus on long term material performance and refinement of standard test methods in accordance with various of international testing standards. Some acquisitions and organizational changes have over the time been a part of today’s Element testing lab of plastic pipes in Studsvik, Sweden.

• 1972 Studsvik
• 1997 Studsvik Polymer AB
• 2000 Bodycote Polymer AB
• 2008 Exova Materials Technology AB
• 2018 Element Materials Technology AB

Today, Element is a global testing provider and a trusted testing partner in the world providing high value, critical standardized testing services to the plastic pipe materials manufacturers, pipe extruders, certification bodies and utility companies worldwide. Element delivers plastic pipes testing and expertise to provide independent, reliable and reproducible test data for life time evaluation and product classification, that helps our customers achieve certification for their end markets. 

We cooperate with our customers and industry colleagues making tomorrow safer than today. Focus activities are closely related to development of better products for the market; enabling faster than ever time to market; helping the industry become more efficient and saving resources.

Applying our 50+ years’ experience and knowledge in longevity assessment and experience of well over 1 000 different types of evaluated plastic pipes materials, we can today say that we have superior knowledge in how a material should behave, savaging our customers valuable resources.

Element is today a global provider for independent testing for the plastic pipes and fittings industry.

We hope to serve for our common sustainable future – Element, YOUR UNBIASED TESTING LAB..

Enquiries

Mr. Hans Carlstedt
Operations Manager
P: +46 10 279 4766
E: hans.carlstedt@element.com

Mr. Mattias Svedberg
Senior Consultant
P: +46 10 216 8972
E: mattias.svedberg@element.com

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