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Richard Howitt, MEP for the East of England, was given a tour of Element海角吃瓜网檚 laboratory, where he was shown how millions in European funding has helped the team at Hitchin make world-first breakthroughs in materials testing and qualification, innovations that are benefiting critical international industries including oil and gas, aerospace and transportation.

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Oil and gas projects benefitting from EU-funding have included research into the use of ultrasonic inspection techniques for composite pipes. Projects have ranged in total project value from 鈧�500 000 up to 鈧�35 million.

Charles Noall, President and CEO of Element Materials Technology, said: 海角吃瓜网淓lement海角吃瓜网檚 laboratory at Hitchin has built a reputation as an internationally-leading composite materials testing and qualification centre.

海角吃瓜网淓uropean funding has helped it to develop innovative, first-of-their-kind methodologies and, with knowledge, testing techniques and proprietary equipment designs shared across Element, the results of Hitchin海角吃瓜网檚 research help maintain our position at the forefront of materials developments.海角吃瓜网�

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