Assay Office
PO Box 151, Newhall StreetBirmingham
B3 1SB (Road Map)
West Midlands
Tel: 0121 236 6951
Fax: 0121 236 3228
Number of Employees: 101 - 250
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theassayoffice.co.uk
- Accounts Manager - Tim Smith
- Assay Master - Michael Allchim
- Chief Executive - Michael Allchin
- Engineering Manager - Ian Hodges
- Marketing Manager - Penny Park
- Financial Controller - Emma Rogers
- IT Manager - Sandra Scott
One of the worlds foremost laboratories with over 235 years experience in precious metal analysis. The Birmingham Assay Office is a UKAS accredited laboratory and has a wealth of expertise and experience in the analysis of metals.
We are the largest assay office in the world. Thirteen million articles of gold, silver or platinum arrive here every year to be tested, to ensure they contain the legal amount of precious metal.
An innovative and outward looking body, our precious metal techniques are not only appropriate to the jewellery trade, but applicable to any potential customer requiring metal analysis.
Additional services include, Nickel testing in line with current legislation, Diamond certification, laser marking, jewellery valuation, tarnish testing, packaging testing, impact drop test, plating thickness determination, plating wear test, colour testing of white gold alloys and product safety testing.
Products and Services
- Analytical Chemists
- Analytical Laboratory
- Analytical Services
- Analytical Testing Laboratories
- Assay Services
- Assaying Specialists
- Automotive - Catalyst Recycling
- BS EN 12472 - Nickel Safety
- BS EN 1811 - Nickel Safety
- Cadmium Testing
- Catalysts - Precious Metal
- Certification - Authority
- Certification - Services
- Chromium (V1) Release
- Electroplating - Precious Metals, Recycling
- EN71/3
- Gold - Recovery
- Gold - Refining
- Hallmarking
- Hardness Testing
- Laboratory Services - Metallurgical
- Laboratory Testing Services, UKAS
- Lead Testing
- Materials Testing
- Metal - Analysis
- Metal - Refiners
- Metal Analysis - Electronic Scrap
- Metal Analysis - Services
- Metallurgical Analysis Services
- Nickel - Release
- Nickel - Safety Regulations
- Nickel Testing
- Packaging Testing
- PCB - Recycling
- Plating Thickness Measurement
- Platinum - Recovery
- Precious Metals
- Precious Metals - Analysis
- Quick Nickel Test
- Rhodium - Recovery
- Rhodium - Refining
- RoHS - Testing
- Silver - Absorbents Testing
- Silver - Dressing Testing
- Silver - Recovery
- Silver - Refining
- Silver - Tarnishing
- White Gold - Colour Measurement
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