Groups
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Applus+
Applus+ is an inspection, testing and certification group with more than 29,000 employees in over 58 countries. Its Applus+ Laboratories division provides product testing and certification, including EMC, wireless and electrical safety testing. In the UK the division operates Applus+ 3C Test, an EMC laboratory founded in 1988 at Silverstone that joined Applus+ Laboratories in 2018.
BAE Systems plc
BAE Systems is a defence, aerospace and security company that develops, engineers, manufactures and supports military and security products and systems. It employs more than 110,000 people in more than 40 countries, including locations in the UK, the United States, Australia and Saudi Arabia. Its businesses cover electronic systems, platforms and services, air, maritime, and cyber and intelligence.
BRE Group
BRE Group provides research, advisory, testing, inspection and certification services for the built environment, including third party certification of fire, security and environmental products and services. It began in 1921 as the Building Research Establishment, a UK government funded research organisation, and its UK testing facilities are at the BRE Science Park. BRE is owned by the BRE Trust, a registered charity, and its profits are gift aided to the Trust to fund research for public benefit.
Element
Element Materials Technology (Element) is a laboratory based testing, inspection and certification company serving highly regulated industries including aerospace, defence, energy, transportation, medical devices and connected technologies. Its 8,500 scientists, engineers and technologists work across a global network of more than 270 laboratories, supporting work from early research and development through regulatory approval to production.
GBE Technology Group
GBE Technology Group is a UK electronics group based in Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, built around GB Electronics (UK) Ltd, which was formed in March 1988 to design and manufacture electronic products. The group also includes GB Logical for bespoke software, Wildtrax Electronics for surface mount manufacturing, GBE Power for power electronics and GB METECC for EMC compliance testing.
Kiwa
Kiwa is a testing, inspection, certification and training group founded in the Netherlands in 1948 by the Dutch drinking water companies. It employs more than 12,000 people across more than 200 offices and laboratories in over 35 countries, serving sectors from construction and energy to healthcare and food. Kiwa has been part of the SHV family of companies since 2021, and its UK business provides testing, inspection and certification services to UK industry.
NMi Group
NMi Group is an independent testing, certification and training organisation specialising in metrology, headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands. Its history goes back to the Dutch weights and measures Verification Service, which established dedicated offices in 1873. NMi runs laboratories for EMC, electricity meters, gas meters, weighing and mobility equipment, and in May 2025 it acquired the UK EMC laboratory Electromagnetic Testing Services.
QinetiQ Group plc
QinetiQ is a defence and security company providing test and training facilities, mission support, research and development, and engineering services. It was formed in July 2001 when the Ministry of Defence split its research agency DERA, and it floated on the London Stock Exchange in February 2006. The group employs more than 7,500 people across 50 locations in the UK, Europe, the United States and Australia.
Spectrum Control
Spectrum Control designs and manufactures RF and microwave components, subsystems and electromagnetic interference protection products, and is headquartered in Fairview, Pennsylvania. It has engineering, manufacturing and support sites in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Germany, with a history of more than 70 years. Its Secure Systems and Information Assurance (SSIA) business unit, formed by Secure Systems and Technologies in the UK and Emcon in Canada, provides TEMPEST testing, security hardening and EMSEC cabinets.
TÜV SÜD
TÜV SÜD is a testing, certification, auditing and advisory company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its origins date to 1866, when 22 industrialists formed an association to improve the safety of steam boiler technology. The group has more than 30,000 employees in over 1,000 locations worldwide, including operations in the UK.
UL Solutions
UL Solutions is a safety science company headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, providing testing, inspection and certification services, advisory and software to customers in more than 110 countries. Its origins date to 1894, when William Henry Merrill founded an electrical testing bureau in Chicago, and it is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The group operates more than 140 office and laboratory sites worldwide, including EMC and wireless testing in the UK. In October 2026 it acquired the electrical and electronics testing business of Eurofins Scientific, adding laboratories in Europe, Asia and the United States.