• Element Materials Technology acquired MAR-TEST, a Cincinnati-based mechanical testing laboratory, in a deal announced Feb. 1, 2012.
• The purchase expands Element’s testing services for aerospace and defense, power generation, and medical device customers.
• MAR-TEST operates testing labs in Cincinnati and Stuart, Florida, supported by a sample-manufacturing machine shop in Cincinnati.
• Founded in 1970, MAR-TEST is Nadcap and A2LA accredited; it was bought in 1988 by CEO Steve Etter and investors.

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