Category Archives: Latest News

Labotec Latest News

NEW GLASS AND PLASTIC CONSUMABLE RANGE FOR LABOTEC

Labotec are proud to announce a new partnership for a wide consumable range of glassware and plasticware with FischerScientific. The Fisherbrand™ portfolio is home to 11,000+ products guaranteed to fit your every need in the lab, with value-packed products that make your lab life easier. Labotec will be supplying the glassware and plasticware range to […]

NEW AGENCY IN SA : ACCELERATE OPTIMAL ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT FOR CRITICAL PATIENTS WITH BLOOD SEPSIS

Labotec has been awarded the exclusive agency for Accelerate Diagnostics in southern Africa.  The Accelerate Pheno System represents a first with the fastest coupled pathogen identification & antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) technology currently available. Independent studies show the Accelerate Pheno System provides identification and susceptibility results with MICs approximately 40 hours faster than the methods […]

LABOTEC RECEIVES AWARD AT AAXO FOR EXHIBITION EXCELLENCE

PHOTO CAPTION : Labotec Exhibitor Distinction award at Association of African Exhibition Organizers (AAXO) ROAR Awards with (L-R) Debbie Shaw and John Harding of Labotec, Dain Richardson of Messe Muenchen SA and Laetitia van Straten of AAXO. Labotec were recognised with an Exhibitor Distinction award at the 4th annual Association of African Exhibition Organizers (AAXO) ROAR* […]

INTRODUCING THE NEW ECO RANGE FROM LABOTEC

ESSENTIALS FOR A SUCCESSFUL LAB Quality equipment at an affordable price, reliability, ease of use and durability in local conditions are some important factors when sourcing equipment for the African laboratory. While these factors are fundamental, there are often obstacles with time delays experienced when sourcing equipment and spares for maintenance from overseas suppliers with […]

LABOTEC STAFF ANNUAL BREAKAWAY & TEAMBUILDING

This year the Labotec team was invited to explore their inner creativity at their annual teambuilding and award event held at the Clay Café, Big Red Barn in Midrand. Being a scientific company, many members of staff are equipped with analytical brains, and the general feeling was slight uneasiness about painting on ceramics and expressing […]

LABOTEC ISO 9001:2015 ACCREDITED

Labotec, in alignment with continued commitment to quality in products as well as our systems, and in order to be of better service to all our clients, has just acquired the ISO 9001: 2015 accreditation. The ISO 9001 : 2015 is a Quality Management System aligned with International Quality recognition, and aims to deliver an […]

LABOTEC SUMMER EDITION BULLETIN IS HERE

With the warm summer breeze and lingering scent of blossoms in the air, it seemed apt to release the Summer edition of the Labotec Bulletin. This 12-page news magazine covers a spectrum of stories about what laboratories are up to in South Africa, interesting news on local science exploits, new laboratory products just released that […]

LARGEST ZEBRAFISH BIOASSAY FACILITY IN AFRICA GAINS GROUND

BY DEBBIE SHAW The tiny Danio rerio, commonly known as Zebrafish, is securing momentous interest in scientific research as a useful model organism for multiple studies from gene function to vertebra developement. In mid-2017, the largest Zebrafish facility in Africa, and second largest in the southern hemisphere was officially installed at North-West University (NWU). The […]

DUAL FLASH & PREPARATIVE HPLC CAPABILITY FOR EASY SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION WITH BUCHI REVELERIS PREP SYSTEM

The Buchi Reveleris® PREP chromatography system is advanced and powerful enough to enable the chemist to see previously missed components and impurities. This system will also provide maximum purity and recovery of target compounds in the minimal amount of time. In addition, the system can help to reduce solvent and waste cost and improve target […]