Simpson Strong-Tie European Test Laboratory
Simpson Strong-Tie International,Tamworth, Staffordshire
Simpson Strong-Tie International, operates the European Test Laboratory at 17C Silica Road, Tamworth. Current UKAS 4024 schedule covers specified timber connections and panels, fasteners, metallic-material tests and corrosion at that address only. The owner’s UK office at Cardinal Point is a separate enquiry location. Availability for external testing requires confirmation.
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Key facts
- Exact European Test Laboratory
- 17C Silica Road, Amington Industrial Estate, Tamworth, Staffordshire B77 4DT. The current register and both schedule pages allocate testing to this main address only.
- Current scheduled accreditation
- UKAS 4024, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, issue 019 dated 7 April 2025. The up-to-50kN limit applies to metallic-material tensile testing under BS EN ISO 6892-1:2019 Method A2, and Vickers hardness is HV0.5.
- Distinct published enquiries
- The current register lists the laboratory phone +44 1827 255637. The April 2025 schedule lists W Naish and wnaish@strongtie.com, without independent present-role verification. The owner separately publishes UK office +44 1827 255600, uksales@strongtie.com and a product/technical contact form at Cardinal Point, Winchester Road, Tamworth B78 3HG.
Testing capabilities
Scheduled timber connections and panel tests
Three-dimensional nailing plates have strength/deformation rows under BS EN 26891:1991, EAD 130186-00-0603 of July 2018 and EOTA TR 16 of February 2002, amended October 2012. Cyclic joint testing uses BS EN 12512:2001+A1:2005. Timber rows include conditioning, moisture and density under ISO 554:1976 and ISO 13061-1:2014 and -2:2014, laterally loaded nailed joints under BS EN 1380:2009, withdrawal under BS EN 1382:2016, pull-through under BS EN 1383:2016 and wood-density requirements under BS EN ISO 8970:2020. Portal systems and unsheathed wall panels have racking strength/stiffness under BS EN 594:2011, including Annex A.
Scheduled fastener properties and coating thickness
Mechanical fasteners for gypsum plasterboard systems have bending, pull-through, withdrawal to steel/timber, geometry and drilling-time rows under BS EN 14566:2008+A1:2009. Dowel-type fasteners have tensile capacity and geometry under BS EN 14592:2022, yield moment under BS EN 409:2009 and BS EN 14592:2022, and torsional resistance under BS EN 15737:2009. Both groups list X-ray fluorescence coating-thickness spectrometry under BS EN ISO 3497:2001. Drilling screws with tapping screw threads have torsional strength under BS EN ISO 10666:1999. No numerical force range from metallic tensile testing is transferred here.
Scheduled metallic-material hardness and tensile tests
The metallic-material rows list Vickers hardness at HV0.5 under BS EN ISO 6507-1:2023. Tensile testing uses BS EN ISO 6892-1:2019 Method A2 with forces up to 50 kN. This force limit belongs to that tensile method and does not establish capacities for timber, fastener or corrosion work.
Scheduled neutral salt spray and cyclic corrosion
Neutral salt spray corrosion of coated metals is listed under BS EN ISO 9227:2022+A1:2024. Resistance to cyclic corrosion is listed under BS EN ISO 11997-1:2017 Cycle B. The exact neutral test and Cycle B are retained, without inferred chamber dimensions, exposure duration or other corrosion cycles.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Metallic tensile testing | Forces up to 50 kN | Exact scheduled metallic-material tensile test under BS EN ISO 6892-1:2019 Method A2. This limit does not establish timber, fastener, corrosion or general machine capacity. |
| Vickers hardness condition | HV0.5 | Exact scheduled metallic-material hardness condition under BS EN ISO 6507-1:2023. No wider hardness/load range or apparatus count inferred. |
| Fastener coating-thickness technique | X-ray fluorescence spectrometry | Scheduled under BS EN ISO 3497:2001 for gypsum-plasterboard-system mechanical fasteners and dowel-type fasteners. No numerical thickness range or general chemical-analysis scope inferred. |
Access and contact
Start with the laboratory phone +44 1827 255637 in the current UKAS register. The schedule dated 7 April 2025 separately lists W Naish and wnaish@strongtie.com, without independent present-role verification. For operator-wide product or technical enquiries, the owner publishes +44 1827 255600, uksales@strongtie.com and a contact form at its separate Cardinal Point office. Confirm whether external testing is available, the physical site, required material/method, preparation, reporting, programme and access before arranging work.
Facility contact
- Address
- European Test Laboratory, 17C Silica Road, Amington Industrial Estate
Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 4DT
United Kingdom - Telephone
- +44 1827 255637
- Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
- UKAS 4024, ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Current downloaded issue 019 dated 7 April 2025 covers specified methods at the European Test Laboratory, 17C Silica Road, Tamworth only. The owner’s separate UK office and broader product range do not extend this exact scheduled scope.
- Timber and panel method allocation
- Nailing-plate strength/deformation uses BS EN 26891:1991, EAD 130186-00-0603 of July 2018 and EOTA TR 16 of February 2002, amended October 2012. Other exact timber rows list BS EN 12512:2001+A1:2005, ISO 554:1976, ISO 13061-1:2014 and -2:2014, BS EN 1380:2009, BS EN 1382:2016, BS EN 1383:2016 and BS EN ISO 8970:2020. Portal/unsheathed-wall racking lists BS EN 594:2011 including Annex A. Each applies to its stated product and property.
- Fastener method allocation
- BS EN 14566:2008+A1:2009 for specified gypsum-system fastener properties. BS EN 14592:2022, BS EN 409:2009 and BS EN 15737:2009 for their stated dowel-fastener properties. BS EN ISO 3497:2001 for both groups’ X-ray fluorescence coating-thickness measurements, and BS EN ISO 10666:1999 for torsional strength of drilling screws with tapping screw threads.
- Metallic-material and corrosion restrictions
- BS EN ISO 6507-1:2023 at HV0.5, BS EN ISO 6892-1:2019 Method A2 with tensile forces up to 50 kN, BS EN ISO 9227:2022+A1:2024 for neutral salt spray of coated metals, and BS EN ISO 11997-1:2017 Cycle B for cyclic corrosion. No additional scale, cycle, exposure duration or transferred force range is inferred.
What to confirm with the facility
- Confirm external testing availability and the exact laboratory enquiry before sending an item. The UK office at Cardinal Point is separate from 17C Silica Road, and a general product/technical enquiry route does not establish laboratory access or booking.
- Confirm the product, material and method row required. The 50 kN limit applies only to metallic tensile Method A2, Vickers is HV0.5, and the corrosion rows specify neutral salt spray and Cycle B.
- Request specimen dimensions, fixture details, apparatus and chamber limits, exposure programme and reporting requirements directly. No numerical range beyond the exact metallic tensile force limit was verified, and separate method rows do not establish an equipment count.
- Provide the product/material, dimensions, configuration, quantities, required standards and reporting needs. Agree preparation, conditioning, handling, delivery, site access, costs and preferred dates with the provider.
Before requesting a test
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Frequently asked questions
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Further reading
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Sources and review
Reviewed by Arc on 1 October 2026 in Europe/London using four fresh official owner and UKAS captures. Current register 4024 and schedule issue 019 dated 7 April 2025 identify the European Test Laboratory at 17C Silica Road, Amington Industrial Estate, Tamworth B77 4DT, with testing at that address only. Both complete PDF pages were visually inspected. Exact timber, panel, fastener, metallic-material and corrosion method allocations are retained, including metallic tensile up to 50 kN under Method A2, Vickers HV0.5, neutral salt spray and cyclic corrosion Cycle B. No numerical force limit was transferred to other methods, and no apparatus count or chamber dimensions were inferred. Current laboratory register phone is separate from dated W Naish/email schedule details, without a present-role claim. The owner’s Cardinal Point B78 3HG office, uksales email, phone and form are operator-wide enquiries, without an external-testing promise or relocation inference. PDF creation/modification timestamps are 16 April 2025, separately from the issue and actual review. No homepage/contact publication or modification date was verified. Homepage time elements belong to news cards from March 2025, November 2024 and July 2024. Register-template dates do not date the result. Original titles, canonicals, metadata, bodies, headers, extraction, two complete-page images, font configuration, stderr and provenance are retained. Prior schedule is raw-byte identical, while prior homepage bytes differ and remain preserved. Imported accreditation wording and postcode coordinates are replaced by the verified scope and empty locations.
Arc publishes this directory entry and does not operate the test facility. Suggest a correction to Arc with a supporting source.
UK owner describes structural connectors, fasteners and anchors. This provides manufacturer context without allocating all global products or advertised performance to the exact European Test Laboratory. Homepage news-card dates are not page dates. The owner footer publishes a separate UK office at Cardinal Point.
Owner publishes UK office Cardinal Point, Winchester Road, Tamworth B78 3HG, +44 1827 255600, uksales@strongtie.com and a contact form for products/technical questions. This is separate from the 17C Silica Road laboratory and does not establish external testing availability, booking or unrestricted laboratory access.
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Exact testing result 4024 identifies European Test Laboratory, 17C Silica Road, Amington Industrial Estate, Tamworth, Staffordshire B77 4DT, current laboratory telephone +44 (0)1827 255637 and owner website. Protected email is not decoded. The separate UK office is not used as the test site.
Current downloaded issue 019 dated 7 April 2025, both complete pages visually inspected. Testing is at the European Test Laboratory address only. Exact timber/nailing-plate/panel, fastener, metallic-material and corrosion methods are retained. The up-to-50kN limit applies only to metallic tensile testing, and hardness is HV0.5. W Naish and wnaish@strongtie.com are dated schedule-listed contacts without an independently verified present role. No apparatus count or other method range inferred.