--- type: "WebPage" title: "Laboratory tests and analysis for the automotive industry" description: "Your needs : to design and manufacture reliable and efficient automotive equipment As steel producers, smelters, plastic producers, manufacturers, tier 1 suppliers or subcontractors for the automobile industry you are confronted on a daily basis with the stringent specifications for..." resource: "https://filab.fr/en/sectors-of-activity/laboratory-analysis-automobile/" tags: ["EN", "pll_61263c6429621", "Industry", "Thomas GAUTIER"] timestamp: "2025-12-31T08:56:28Z" published: "2021-08-25T12:49:39Z" language: "en" author: "bwa" --- # Laboratory tests and analysis for the automotive industry ## Your needs : to design and manufacture reliable and efficient automotive equipment As steel producers, smelters, plastic producers, manufacturers, tier 1 suppliers or subcontractors for the automobile industry you are confronted on a daily basis with the stringent specifications for the quality and reliability of the materials used in automobile assemblies. In an industry undergoing significant change and facing major strategic challenges (ecology, passenger safety, competition, etc.) you are looking to : Inspect your raw materials Optimize your manufacturing and machining processes Examine the performance and the lifespan of your materials Develop new, more robust, and more efficient materials Improve the effectiveness of surface treatments ## Our solution : to assist automobile industrialists in analyzing and improving their materials FILAB is an independent laboratory located in Dijon, France, with an analytical fleet spread over 5200m² and has extensive experience in assisting projects for the automobile industry. FILAB offers its analytical expertise and R&D counselling for the following services :  ## ANALYSIS [Custom chemical analysis](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/chemical-analysis-laboratory.md) : [fluids](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/chemical-analysis-laboratory/laboratory-analysis-industrial-oils-grease-lubricants.md), additives, impurities, [heavy metals](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-analysis-heavy-metal.md)… [Metallic alloy inspection](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/metallurgical-analysis-laboratory/metallic-alloy-analysis-laboratory.md) [Surface treatment analysis](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-surface-characterization.md) and [surface treatment baths](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-surface-characterization/laboratory-analysis-expertise-surface-treatment.md) [REACH analysis](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-reach-analysis/reach-laboratory-test.md) [Physico-chemical testing](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/chemical-analysis-laboratory/physico-chemical-testing-laboratory.md) : [polymers](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/polymer-materials-analysis-laboratory.md), [metallic alloys](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/metallurgical-analysis-laboratory/laboratory-of-analysis-expertises-metallurgy-iron-steel-industry-and-foundry/), [composite materials](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-analysis-composite-material/), [glass](https://filab.fr/en/sectors-of-activity/laboratory-analysis-industrial-glass.md), [ceramics](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/polymer-materials-analysis-laboratory/laboratory-material-testing/laboratory-ceramic-testing/)… Surface analysis and [coating thickness measurements](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-surface-characterization/surface-coating-thickness-measurement.md) [Determination of residual solvents and VOC](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/voc-analysis-laboratory.md) using GC-MS ## EXPERTISE [Expert chemical analysis](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/chemical-analysis-laboratory.md) Deformulation services [Failure analysis](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-expertise-services/laboratory-analysis-failures.md) : fissures, [particular contamination](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-expertise-services/laboratory-analysis-particulate-contaminant.md), [adhesive problems](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-surface-characterization/laboratory-adhesion-analysis.md), [corrosion](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-expertise-services/laboratory-analysis-deposit-contamination/laboratory-expertise-and-analysis-of-corrosion.md),[metallographic inspection](https://filab.fr/en/examination-metallographic-section-laboratory/),[weld analysis](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-expertise-services/laboratory-analysis-failures/laboratory-analysis-welds.md)… Assistance in optimizing the manufacturing process [Compatibility studies](https://filab.fr/en/sectors-of-activity/health-pharmaceutical-cosmetics/stability-testing-medications-and-active-ingredients.md) between certain materials and fluids [Laboratory audit](https://filab.fr/en/sectors-of-activity/health-pharmaceutical-cosmetics/stability-testing-medications-and-active-ingredients.md) and [analytical training](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/rd/laboratory-analytical-chemistry-training.md) ## R&D [Creation, validation and transfer of analytical procedures](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/rd/life-cycle-of-an-analytical-method-in-the-laboratory/analytical-development/) [R&D assistance](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/rd/rd-support/) ([Literature reviews](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/rd/laboratory-literature-review.md), project management, [choice of raw materials](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/rd/support-product-development/support-from-a-laboratory-in-the-choice-of-your-raw-materials.md)…) Research into substitutions for substances Developing a new formula or a new substance ## OUR FACILITIES Organic analysis : [GCMS](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/gas-chromatography-analysis-lab-gc/tdu-gc-ms-analysis/), [Py-GCMS](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources.md), [LC-MSMS](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-uplc/laboratory-analysis-hplc-lcms.md), [GPC](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-gpc-sec.md), [NMR](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-nmr.md), [FTIR](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-ftir-spectroscopy.md) [Analysis of thermal properties](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/polymer-materials-analysis-laboratory/laboratory-material-testing/laboratory-analysis-thermal-thermogravimetric/) : [TGA](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/tga-tga-ftir-and-tga-ms-analysis-at-filab-laboratory.md), [DSC](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-dsc-calorimetric.md) Powder analysis : [XRD](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/x-ray-crystallography-laboratory-xrd.md), [SEM-FEG EDX](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-sem-scanning-electron-microscopy.md), [BET](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-bet.md) Mineral analysis :[ICP](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-icp-icp-ms-icp-aes.md), [XRD](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/x-ray-crystallography-laboratory-xrd.md), [IC](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-ion-chromatography.md) Metallurgic analysis : [ICP](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-icp-icp-ms-icp-aes.md), [SEM-FEG EDX](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-sem-scanning-electron-microscopy.md), [SEO](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-gpc-sec.md) Surface analysis : [SEM-FEG EDX](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-sem-scanning-electron-microscopy.md), [PES,](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-xps-esca.md) [ToF-SIMS](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-tof-sims.md)