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PASSIONATE ABOUT OIL. MONITOR YOUR FRYING OIL TO MAINTAIN FOOD QUALITY

    The Ebro Food Oil Monitor FOM 330 helps find the right time to change frying oil when frying food. This helpful device detects any high concentrations of potentially harmful substances, e.g. acrylamide, and will contribute to taste and crispness. The Food Oil Monitor FOM 330 shows you exactly, whether you still can use […]

FOOD NIR PARAMETERS IN A FLASH WITH ROBUST PROXIMATE. NEW SOFTWARE INTRODUCTION

ProxiMate™ from the Swiss manufacturers Büchi is a robust and cost-effective NIR spectrometer designed especially for the food and feed industries offering at-line ready for analysis of samples from many stages of production. Now, greater levels of functionality for ProxiMate™ NIR instruments are enabled with the release of the new cloud-hosted and web browser-based Flux™ […]

NEW RANGE OF VWR MICROSCOPES – FIRST-CLASS CONSISTENCY AND PERFORMANCE

Labotec has been appointed as the exclusive agent for the VWR range of microscopes for southern Africa. Here you will find the most basic to cutting-edge optical technology, as well as microscope slides, coverslips, and associated handling products from VWR, plus a full range of slide storage and image recording equipment.  So, whether you are […]

LET’S SAVE PLASTIC WITH INTEGRA’S ECO-FRIENDLY LIQUID HANDLING SOLUTIONS

Even where disposable plastic is inevitable in one’s laboratory, one can reduce the amount of waste produced. Integra have developed a range of greener, eco-friendly liquid handling packaging options that will reduce the amount of pipette racks, reagent reservoirs and tips that land up in the bin pile.  In addition, Integra have used 60% less […]

WE HAVE A WINNER FOR OUR RAFFLE

  Congratulations to Dylan Wolff, the winner of the Labotec raffle held at the first ever virtual exhibition Labotec partook in, the Wits (University of the Witwatersrand) Faculty of Health Sciences Biennial Research Day 2020. Our winner, Dylan an undergrad studying medicine at Wits received a hamper of goods valued at R2000. He commented saying, […]

THERMO SCIENTIFIC TSX SERIES HIGH-PERFORMANCE PHARMACY REFRIGERATOR ADAPTS TO YOU AND YOUR ENVIRONMENT

TSX Universal Series ULT Freezers

Thermo Scientific’s TSX Pharmacy high-performance refrigerators supplied locally by Labotec offer maximum protection for pharmaceutical samples and materials, featuring adjustable basket drawers and glass doors for the easy identification and access of vaccines, pharmaceuticals, chemotherapeutics and other material requiring stable temperature control from 2 to 8°C storage.   The TSX Pharmacy fridges have V-drive technology, […]

NEW FRITSCH MILL: HIGH SPEED GENTLE GRINDING WITH MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY

Variable rotational speed for optimal adjustment of the cutting speed to your sample material The NEW Universal Cutting Mill from FRITSCH is ideal for size-reduction for a wide range of different materials due to variable adjustment of the rotational speed of the rotor, various knife geometries, replaceable blades, practical sieve cassettes and that with an […]

TARGETING DRUG DELIVERY TO THE BRAIN USING INHALED MICROPARTICLE AGGLOMERATES

BY DR ALISON HALLIDAY Ultrapure water is a key reagent in a new study showing that a new inhaled powder formulation may be an effective way to deliver an anti-viral drug to the brain, offering a new approach for treating central nervous system (CNS) infections. With people traveling much more frequently, living in more densely […]