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EMC test labs and consultancies based in South East England.

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BAE Systems (Operations) Limited

BAE Systems operates its Faraday Test Centre, a UKAS-accredited EMC facility (laboratory 0047), from its Rochester, Kent site as part of the group's Product Development and Qualification function. The MOD-approved centre runs three large anechoic chambers with interconnecting shielded rooms, testing emissions and susceptibility from 10kHz to 40GHz (pulse-modulated susceptibility up to 2000V/m) to MIL-STD-461, RTCA DO-160, DEF STAN 59-411 and the Eurofighter Typhoon-specific SPE-J-000-E-1000 spec, supporting platforms including Typhoon, F-16, F-22, F-35 and rotary-wing/commercial avionics.

Sulis Consultants Ltd

Sulis Consultants is an independent EMC and product approvals consultancy based in Eversley, Hampshire, established in 2005. It advises on CE and UKCA marking to the EMC, Radio Equipment and Low Voltage requirements, reviews technical files and manages worldwide approvals including FCC, Industry Canada, Japan VCCI and MIC and Australia ACMA. EMC work includes fixing conducted and radiated emissions and radiated immunity failures, gap analysis between military EMC requirements and the EMC Directive, and radio testing at the client's premises or through partner UKAS laboratories.

Wave Scientific Ltd

Wave Scientific Ltd is a calibration laboratory in Henfield, West Sussex, serving EMC test facilities. It calibrates semi-anechoic chambers, fully anechoic rooms and other EMC test sites, and offers screened room and enclosure shielding effectiveness measurements up to 40 GHz. The service list covers anechoic chamber calibration, field uniformity, normalised site attenuation, normalised site insertion loss, site VSWR and far field validation. The company states that it is a UKAS accredited calibration laboratory, accreditation number 10136.

Technology International (Europe) Ltd

Technology International (Europe) Ltd is a regulatory compliance consultancy formed in 1987 and based at Shrivenham Hundred Business Park near Swindon. It is appointed as a UK Approved Body (0673) for the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016, the Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 and the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, and issues UK Type Examination Certificates. The company also offers on-site compliance testing and evaluation at customer premises, covering the UK EMC Regulations 2016 and the EMC Directive 2014/30/EU, as well as technical support contracts, documentation support, compliance audits and EMC training. Clients include manufacturers of industrial machinery, robotics, semiconductor and rail equipment.

Element Materials Technology Warwick Ltd (Abingdon)

Element Abingdon (formerly Culham Lightning Studies Unit, established 1972) is a UKAS accredited laboratory in Oxfordshire testing aerospace and defence equipment for lightning effects and electromagnetic compatibility. Services include MIL-STD-461 and RTCA DO-160 testing, indirect lightning effects and surge testing to IEC 61000-4-5, and advisory services. Standards listed include AECTP-500 and SPE-J-000-E-1000. It is the UK site for direct lightning strike testing of aerostructures to DO-160 Section 23. The laboratory holds ISO 9001, Cyber Essentials Plus and JOSCAR registration, and is part of Element Materials Technology.

Element Materials Technology Warwick Ltd (Guildford)

Element Guildford, branded Element Surrey Hills, is a 25,000 sq ft EMC, radio and wireless laboratory at Henley Business Park near Guildford, accredited by UKAS to ISO/IEC 17025. It tests commercial and medical products to the EMC Directive, CISPR, IEC 61000 and IEC 60601-1-2, with a 5 m semi-anechoic chamber, radiated immunity from 10 kHz to 18 GHz and radiated emissions from 30 Hz to 40 GHz. Wireless testing covers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, RFID and UWB, alongside SAR testing. It is an FCC designated CAB with ISED recognition and offers global market access advisory and CE marking services.

Intertek Testing & Certification Ltd

Intertek runs an EMC and radio test laboratory at Leatherhead, Surrey, with four chambers (3 m, 3 m, 5 m and 10 m), including semi-anechoic chambers, and automated radio test systems to 44 GHz. It tests radiated and conducted emissions and immunity for UKCA, CE, RED, FCC and ICES approvals. The site is UKAS accredited and also offers environmental, life safety and medical device testing.

Eurofins Electrical & Electronic UK Ltd (Southampton)

The Southampton laboratory of Eurofins Electrical & Electronic UK, part of UL Solutions (formerly Hursley EMC Services), is UKAS-accredited (1574) for EMC and radio testing at Trafalgar Close, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh. Military and aerospace EMC testing covers DEF STAN 59-411, MIL-STD-461, AECTP 500 and RTCA DO-160, including bulk current injection. Civil testing covers emissions and immunity to CISPR and EN 61000 standards, railway (EN 50121), medical (EN 60601-1-2) and marine (IEC 60945) EMC, radio spurious emissions to ETSI standards, and FCC and ISED scopes. Facilities include semi-anechoic and fully anechoic chambers and dedicated military test chambers.

QinetiQ Ltd

QinetiQ holds UKAS accreditation (laboratory 1936) for RF and E3 (electromagnetic environmental effects) test and evaluation work from its Cody Technology Park site in Farnborough. As one of the UK's largest defence technology companies, its EMC-related test capability sits within a much broader research and evaluation portfolio for military and government customers.

TUV SUD Limited

TÜV SÜD holds UKAS accreditation (laboratory 0141) for EMC testing at its Fareham site, part of the wider global TÜV SÜD testing, inspection and certification network. The Hampshire lab (plus a sister EMC lab in Bearley, Warwickshire) runs semi-anechoic and fully-anechoic chambers covering everything from small appliances to large defence-industry equipment, with testing available in-lab, on customer premises or wherever the product is installed.

UL International (UK) Ltd

UL International (UK) Ltd holds UKAS accreditation (laboratory 5772) for EMC testing at its Basingstoke site, one of the most extensive commercial EMC and wireless test laboratories in the UK and one of the largest independent SAR testing laboratories in Europe. A 2023 expansion added a chamber covering 30MHz-18GHz plus dedicated capability for smart/connected lighting and appliances (Bluetooth, Zigbee, Thread, KNX, DALI), alongside UL's global EMC standards coverage spanning medical (IEC 60601-1-2), wireless/multimedia (CISPR 32/35), automotive and the IEC 61000 series.

GB METECC (UK) Limited

GB METECC traces back to 2005, when Peter and Sharon Metcalfe founded it as METECC, an EMC consultancy near Burgess Hill; the business was relaunched under the GBE Technology Group in 2024 as GB METECC (UK) Limited, moving into a purpose-built Littlehampton facility. Its 3-metre semi-anechoic chamber covers radiated emissions from 9kHz to 18GHz and radio testing to 25GHz, alongside conducted emissions, immunity, harmonics, flicker, ESD, surge and transient testing, with an Open Area Test Site for larger items.

South East England has 13 EMC test labs and consultancies listed on EMC Directory, in Brighton, Littlehampton, Farnborough, Fareham, Basingstoke, Rochester, Eastleigh, Leatherhead, Abingdon, Guildford, Shrivenham, Henfield and Eversley. Services on file include Full Compliance Testing (8), EMC Consultancy / Troubleshooting (7) and Global Market Access / Multi-Country Approvals (6). Use the filters to narrow by standard, accreditation and test type, then shortlist and send one enquiry to all of them. Buyers often use labs outside their own region, so see also all UK EMC labs.

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