Finden

Finden Ltd is a British analytical and consultancy company that has been providing advanced materials characterisation and analysis services since 2012. The company is registered in England and Wales and is headquartered at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot, Oxfordshire, with a registered office at the Oxford Science Park in Oxford. It operates as a private limited company rather than a listed public entity. Finden's core business is characterisation: the application of diffraction, spectroscopy, and microscopy and imaging techniques to understand the structure and behaviour of materials. The company offers both conventional measurement and analysis — such as conventional XRD service — and advanced or unique measurement services that it says can give clients unprecedented insight into their systems. It works with clients on a one-to-one basis, assigning experts from a pool of technicians and researchers to meet the needs of each project, and provides timely measurement services to order or advises on and implements measurement strategies for short- or long-term projects and research programmes. The company serves small and medium-sized enterprises as well as multinationals across several sectors, including oil and gas, chemical production, automotive, and pharmaceuticals. Its stated application areas include catalyst characterisation, battery characterisation, automotive component characterisation, pharmaceutical specification work (referencing FDA Q6A), fuel cells, cultural heritage, and chemical imaging and tomography. It also engages in research partnerships and publicly funded research, and applies deep learning methods. Finden positions itself as a partner that helps businesses across sectors develop and improve their products and processes. Its services are framed around enabling improved and new products, advising clients on overcoming hurdles, identifying key material properties, and solving manufacturing problems. The company emphasises expert interpretation and the development of partnerships alongside its laboratory and synchrotron-based analysis capabilities.

Finden Ltd has been providing analytical and consultancy services since 2012, according to the company's own account. It was established as a private limited company registered in England and Wales, with company number 8254352 and VAT number 155119814. From its early years the business focused on advanced characterisation and analysis, applying what it describes as the most appropriate and leading methods to clients' problems. The company built its operations around a model of close, one-to-one collaboration with clients. Rather than offering only standard measurement, Finden combined conventional measurement and analysis with unique measurement services intended to give clients deeper insight into their material systems. It assigns experts from a pool of technicians and researchers to individual projects and provides measurement services to order, as well as advising on and implementing measurement strategies for short- and long-term projects and research programmes. Over time Finden's client base has spanned small and medium-sized enterprises and multinationals across several sectors, including oil and gas, chemical production, automotive, and pharmaceuticals. Its application areas have grown to include catalyst characterisation, battery characterisation, automotive component characterisation, pharmaceutical specification work referencing FDA Q6A, fuel cells, cultural heritage, and chemical imaging and tomography. The company also engages in research partnerships and publicly funded research and applies deep learning methods. Finden is headquartered at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot, Oxfordshire, a location associated with major UK research facilities, and maintains a registered office at the Oxford Science Park in Oxford. Its use of both laboratory and synchrotron techniques reflects a positioning at the advanced end of materials analysis. The company remains an active private business.

• 2012

  Finden begins providing analytical and consultancy services.

• Company registered in England and Wales as Finden Ltd (company number 8254352).

A specialist analytical and consultancy partner offering conventional and advanced characterisation, working closely with clients across catalysis, energy, pharma and automotive to solve materials and manufacturing problems.

• Conventional XRD service

  Standard X-ray diffraction measurement and analysis.

• Advanced characterisation techniques

  Unique Finden techniques and analysis providing high-level insight, in lab and synchrotron settings.

• Diffraction, spectroscopy, microscopy and imaging

  Core characterisation methods at the heart of the business.

• Chemical imaging and tomography

  Imaging and tomography services for chemical and materials analysis.

• Analytical consultancy and measurement strategy

  Advice to overcome hurdles, identify key material properties, and solve manufacturing problems.

1. 1Finden – Expert analysis & solutionsfinden.co.uk
2. 2About – Findenfinden.co.uk
3. 3Finden (United Kingdom) – Wikidatawikidata.org