The company COMTES FHT s.r.o. was established in December 2000. From the outset, the company was characterised by dynamic growth and an expanding portfolio of services and growing research capacities. Efforts to systematize and standardize the company’s activities came to fruition in 2005. In that year, it was awarded the ČSN EN ISO 9001:2000 certificate and one year later, the certificate of an accredited testing laboratory. The company has already had to move two times to meet the demands of its growth. Since 2007, the company’s headquarters and laboratories have been located in Dobřany, south of the city of Plzeň and only a 5-minute drive from the Prague-Nuremberg motorway. In 2008, the company was transformed into COMTES FHT a.s., a joint-stock company operating as a research organisation according to European Community rules. Another important milestone in its history was the awarding of a grant in 2011 from the Operational Programme Research and Development for Innovations to establish the West-Bohemian Centre of Materials and Metallurgy, a regional research centre. This project enabled further growth of the organisation. Its laboratory and office premises expanded to comprise the current area of more than 5,500 square metres. Science technology park was built in 2019. It includes administration spaces, training centre in multifuncional hall, More than 100 researchers and engineers are currently employed at this research facility of COMTES FHT a.s.