Environment & Facilities

The laboratory team are involved in all aspects of the company, liaising with customer service on specifications / certification, assisting in the selection and testing of raw materials, liaising with production to ensure consistency from sample to production batch, etc.

At the core of its success lies the team in the development and testing laboratory. This custom-built laboratory facility is equipped with the most up to date instruments and facilities to ensure that design, development and delivery of powders match the customer's specification in the most cost efficient manner.

Investment in the laboratory and production process and a stringent process control system ensures that SMC delivers exceptional consistency from approved sample through to production batch delivered to the customer. The entire process is subject to continuous monitoring as part of a process improvement programme.

The team has at its disposal a library of hundreds of standard, core powders and pre-mixes which can be put into production at short notice.

The laboratory facilities allow the team to provide full particle, physical and chemical analysis to meet any sizing and grading requirements requested by its customers.