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FRITSCH “MADE IN GERMANY” EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION INSTRUMENTS

Fritsch has just received an Excellence award for 2021 from DDW – Die Deutsche Wirtschaft as one of the efficient and reliable German companies in trend and growth markets. They are locally supported by Labotec, who supply their product ranges for sample sizing, milling, dividing sieving laboratory equipment commonly used for sample preparation in industry […]

MEET JESSE FROM LABOTEC’S NEW EAST AFRICA BRANCH

Meet Jesse Opati, the Country Manager for Tabolec, Labotec’s new East Africa branch located in Nairobi, Kenya. He will be servicing the Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda region with technical and sales support for the Labotec product range. The need for a dedicated branch arose from the special needs required beyond the borders of South […]

LABOTEC RECEIVES TWO BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS FOR BEST LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER 2021

Labotec have been awarded two 2021 Excellence Awards for Best Laboratory Equipment Supplier – South Africa on behalf of Global Health & Pharma, in the sixth annual Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Awards, and Best Laboratory Equipment Supply Company Sub-Saharan Africa by MEA (Middle East Africa) Markets magazine in the African Excellence Business Awards.  Labotec are extremely […]

iPAD COMPETITION WINNER | 60 YEAR CELEBRATION

CAPTION …and the winner of the ipad competition celebrating Labotec’s 60 years is…..Nandipha Mnonopi… who received her prize today. “I have never won anything before” she exclaimed delightfully. Nandipha is pictured in the middle, flanked by Portia Dladla, Area Representative (left), and Debbie Shaw (right) Marketing Manager of Labotec. Nandipha Mnonopi was so surprised when […]

Sustainability in Sample Collection By Erik Steinfelder

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If you are planning to expand your research facility to support vaccine development, imaging resources or build a collection of SARS-CoV-2 positive samples, there might not be a better time to look at the wider sustainability picture.

LOCAL BIOTECH STARTUP BUBOO DIVES INTO RESEARCH FOR SA VACCINE

PHOTO CAPTION : Jonathan Lembelani Daka, co-founder at Buboo, a new local laboratory specialising in synthetic biology situated at The Innovation Hub in Pretoria. This lab aims to solve some of the important diseases that Africa faces through development of intellectual property. New local start-ups in the Biotech laboratory space present exciting prospects, especially when […]

COVID VACCINE: WILL AFRICA KEEP IT COLD ENOUGH?

CAPTION : Newzroom Africa @Channel 405 aired “Covid 19 Vaccine distribution logistics for Africa could be a nightmare” . They chat to Athisha Singh, Labotec’s Product Manager, and specialist for cold storage. Watch it here : http://bit.ly/3sXMD67   While we await the first vaccines to either arrive in the country via air, or under licence […]

A FUN ASIA-PACIFIC 2020 COMPETITION – AND WE CAME SECOND

We were challenged by our partners Erlab to a photo competition on LindedIn. All Erlabs’ Asia Pacific distributors were asked to post a picture of any Erlab equipment installed at a customer site. The picture with the most likes would determine the winner. Well, we were lucky enough to have consent from Wits to post […]

UNLOCKING THE SECRETES TO PRESERVING THE AFRICAN PENGUIN FROM EXTINCTION THROUGH AVIAN FLU RESEARCH TRUST

The devastating effect of the first ever recorded epidemic of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza virus in 2018 resulted in a significant die-off of seabirds, including African penguins, thereby further affecting this already threatened species found only along the western and southern coast of Africa; namely Namibia and South Africa. The fragile population of avian wildlife […]