About Element New Berlin Laboratory
Founded in 1978, Element New Berlin is an ITAR-compliant, ISO/IEC 17025 accredited third-party testing laboratory serving clients across Milwaukee, Chicago, and the wider Midwest. With decades of experience, we provide independent materials testing and engineering support to the industrial manufacturing, aerospace, defense, medical, energy, transportation, and research sectors.
Our capabilities span mechanical testing, analytical chemistry, fatigue and thermomechanical fatigue testing, corrosion evaluation, environmental and accelerated aging testing, and advanced materials characterization. We are also a specialist provider of weld procedure development, qualification, and certification services for the industrial, construction, energy, transportation, aerospace, and defense sectors. Our weld qualification and certification programs help reduce failure rates and extend the operating life of critical components.
In addition to laboratory services, Element New Berlin makes the expertise of our staff available through failure analysis services, expert witness, and consulting support for legal, insurance, and litigation matters. Our team of metallurgists, chemists, and polymer scientists delivers technically rigorous testing, defensible data, and transparent reporting to support product validation, regulatory compliance, and root cause investigations.
Compliance and capabilities at Element New Berlin
Approvals, accreditations and documents
Components and materials we test at this location
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Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
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Welds (procedure qualification and certification)
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Polymers and plastics
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Composites
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Paints and coatings
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Additively manufactured materials
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Advanced materials
Standards tested to at this location
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- ASTM E415 (optical emission spectrometry, carbon and low-alloy steel)
- ASTM E8/E8M (tensile testing of metallic materials)
- ASTM D638 (tensile properties of plastics)
- ASTM E23 (Charpy impact testing)
- ASTM B117 (salt spray corrosion testing)
- ASTM G154 (UV weathering)
- ASTM G155 (xenon arc weathering)

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