Category Archives: News

CELEBRATING HERITAGE DAY AT LABOTEC

The last Friday of September was a colourful affair at Labotec when the staff celebrated Heritage Day. Diving the staff into groups from different departments for a cook-off established a healthy competitive spirit, and by lunchtime, there was a delicious spread of authentic South African dishes from potjie, Mopani worms, chakalaka curries, biryani, and the […]

THE HIGHEST STANDARD FOR CLIMATIC TESTING – THE NEW WEISS ClimeEvent

German engineered by Weisstechnik, they have launched the second generation of ClimeEvent climatic test chambers.  This new series of climatic test chambers are completely revised technically, visually, and functionally due to practical experience with the first series released six years ago.  The market feedback from the tens of thousands ClimeEvent test chambers used in development […]

INTEGRA LAUNCHES WELLJET – A REVOLUTIONARY NEW AND AFFORDABLE REAGENT DISPENSER

INTEGRA Biosciences has developed the WELLJET family of dispensers to reduce running costs, increase productivity and provide longer walk-away times for bulk microplate filling and reagent dispensing. Available with or without an automated plate stacker, the WELLJET uses the innovative EasySnap™ dispensing cassette to provide accurate and precise hands-free filling of plates ranging from six […]

THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF pH MEASUREMENT ERROR IS TEMPERATURE. HERE’S HOW TO COMBAT THAT

Routine and reliable pH measurement is often a critical at an early step in a workflow, and the most common cause of error in this step is temperature. Thermo Fisher Scientific, which is locally supplied by Labotec, offers an extensive line of pH meters, pH electrodes, pH buffers, and accessories to make any complex measurement routine reliable.

STRIVING FOR THE BEST SEEDS – SNP GENOTYPING WITH FLUIDIGM MICROFLUIDICS AND THE ASSIST PLUS

Sakata Vegetables Europe SAS is an expert in seed production for supply to the global market. Staff in the company’s newly created European seed genetics laboratory must ensure reliable genotyping analyses are delivered at a fast pace to help guarantee the production of only the highest quality products. The team therefore chose to automate the […]

STAR RATED KITS FOR EASY ELECTROCHEMISTRY ANALYSIS – EVERYTHING YOU NEED

The Thermo Scientific Orion Star™ benchtop meter kits have customised applications that offer everything you need in one convenient package. You can save up to a quarter for the full kit instead of buying each component separately.  So, whether you need to determine nitrate in drinking water, ammonia in wastewater, the conductivity of a solution, […]

INTEGRA ECO GRIPTIP TIPS & RACKS WITH LESS PLASTIC WASTE

Integra is working towards reducing the environmental footprint of laboratories by finding ways to reduce the amount of waste produced, even when disposable plastic is inevitable. To achieve this goal, they have developed a range of greener, eco-friendly liquid handling packaging options that will reduce the number of pipette racks, reagent reservoirs, and tips that […]

AFRIGEN GEARS UP TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE THE FIRST mRNA COVID VACCINE FOR AFRICA

Watch the Video! We are excited to share our strategic partnership with Afrigen and Thermo Fisher Scientific to produce the first African developed mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine. This fantastic partnership has involved great collaboration across diverse teams and showcases how they are truly making a difference across Africa. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Housed in a maze of airlocked […]

LABOTEC SUPPLIES VWR MICROSCOPE SLIDES LOCALLY

Labotec is the supplier locally for the VWR range of glass microscope slides for cytology, histology, and general microbiology applications to the local industry in sub-Sahara Africa from January 2022. This range fully encompasses all the slide types; from frosted, beveled, smooth, square, silane coated, adhesion, and many other alternatives using high-quality glass to support […]