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Materials Engineering Research Laboratory Limited

Materials and Product Testing, Inspection & Certification | Element

A global provider of Testing, Inspection and Certification services for materials and products.

CRN
02015020
Founded
1986
Age
40

Overview

Legal name
MATERIALS ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORY LIMITED
Region
London
Registered address
3RD FLOOR DAVIDSON BUILDING
5 SOUTHAMPTON STREET
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
WC2E 7HA
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

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Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
25 Nov
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

30 Sep
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

11 Nov
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Dec
2024

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

29 Apr
1986

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

13 awards
First funded
2005
Funded years
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Age at first award
18 years

Projects

2013 EU-Funded Lead participant

CO-COMPACT

1 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2015

Awarded
£46,320
Total cost £92,639

Awaiting Public Project Summary

2012 Collaborative R&D

Cable Carrying and Accoustically Damped Thermoplastic Sleepers (CAD_TPC)

1 Sep 2012 to 31 Aug 2014

Awarded
£11,589
Total cost £21,067

Cables need to cross rail lines at regular intervals as part of the signalling system & must be electrically isolating. There are major disadvantages with the current methods of cable crossings which cause significant disruption when they fail & are expensive to install. Futhermore, urban rail systems can generate unwanted noise and this is often due to t...

2011 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Continuous Quality Control for Composites For the Next Generation Flexible Pipe (CQCC)

1 Oct 2011 to 31 Mar 2014

Awarded
£172,939
Total cost £316,001

One of the barriers for high volume, rapid composite manufacture is the threat of damage. This is particularly an issue for pipes that are made in long lengths that cannot be easily joined if a damaged zone is found part-way along the length. This project aims to develop suitable equipment and methodology to continuously assess the quality of the composit...

2011 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

New ICT approach to Automate Non-destructive Testing and Inspections with Evaluation of Damage Tolerance in Composite Structures (NDT2DT)

1 Sep 2011 to 31 May 2013

Awarded
£89,886
Total cost £149,811

The NDT2DT project aims to develop software tools to bring together two state of the art technologies for composite material structures. In the recent years, significant advances have been made in rapid, phased array ultrasonic and X-ray tomography for 3D volumetric mapping of internal damage of composites. In parallel, the modelling techniques to assess ...

2010 EU-Funded Lead participant

LaWocs

1 Dec 2010 to 30 Nov 2013

Awarded
£168,803
Total cost £337,606

Awaiting Public Project Summary

2010 Collaborative R&D

Tidal Turbine Blades - Maximising Reliability and Performance and Reducing Cost (BMAX)

1 Sep 2010 to 30 Nov 2013

Awarded
£121,524
Total cost £268,663

TSB BMAX PROJECT INFORMATION The project number Project number 100853 TP number 583-12206 The project title Tidal Turbine Blades – Maximising Reliability & Performance & reducing cost. (BMAX) The project description This application addresses Strand 1 development of second generation existing devices Aviation Enterprises Ltd (AEL) is acknowledged in the i...

2010 BIS-Funded Programmes

I-Composites Programme

1 Apr 2010 to 30 Apr 2011

Awarded
£55,129
Total cost £110,258

Awaiting Public Summary

2009 Collaborative R&D

Low Cost Durable Thermoplastic Hydrogen Storage Tanks (DuraStor)

1 Oct 2009 to 31 Jan 2014

Awarded
£162,766
Total cost £361,702

The objective of this project is to develop a novel, low cost, high pressure (350-700bar) gaseous hydrogen storage vessel for the automotive and industrial markets. This tank aims to offer significantly improved fatigue performance than current solutions with the added benefit of being fully recyclable at the end of life. This step change in performance w...

2008 Collaborative R&D

New Materials and Methods for Energy Efficient Tidal Turbines NEW-MMEETT

1 Jul 2008 to 30 Jun 2011

Awarded
£90,455
Total cost £188,542

Awaiting Public Summary

2007 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Durability of Polymers under Injection Conditons for Enhanced Oil Recovery

1 Dec 2007 to 30 Nov 2010

Awarded
£234,496
Total cost £390,827

Awaiting Public Summary

2006 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Ultra-Fire Resistant UV Cured Composite Products for Rail and Marine Applications

1 Sep 2006 to 31 May 2008

Awarded
£92,467
Total cost £159,113

Curon is a new structural composite material that is UV cured and will last longer than conventional composites under fire and high temperature conditions. The material is currently used in roofing application; it was formulated for military applications and as a result has ultra high fire and temperature performance AND mechanical strength. Three key ind...

2006 Collaborative R&D

Thermoplastic composite materials for use in aggressive hydrocarbon pipeline applications

1 Apr 2006 to 31 Dec 2010

Awarded
£283,107
Total cost £578,960

Awaiting Public Summary

Product types

BIS-Funded Programmes Collaborative R&D EU-Funded