New Smart Forma Water Jacketed CO2 Incubator

New Smart Forma Water Jacketed CO2 Incubator

Thermo Scientific has just launched their new Forma Series 3 Water Jacketed CO2 Incubator, which has been equipped with an intuitive and interactive touch screen controller called iCANtm to make it easier than ever before to control and monitor your cell cultures.  The iCANtm controller and an upgraded infrared (IR) CO2 sensor for enhanced stability […]

Drying and Curing with Labotec Industrial Oven

Drying and Curing with Labotec Industrial Oven

The more volumous 2000 litre Labotec Industrial Drying Ovens found in mining, pharmaceutical and general industry applications can be used for drying, curing and ageing operations and has more space to fit in more load. Recently, Labotec supplied a client in the Military Industry with a new 2000 litre oven for their assembly plant. The […]

Corrosion Testing Test Chambers With Climate Control

Corrosion Testing Test Chambers With Climate Control

The German manufactured Salt spray test chambers SC/KWT from Weiss Umwelttechnik are supplied locally by Labotec.  They comply with the relevant national and international standards such as DIN, ISO, ASTM, DEF and MIL-STD and can be characterised by their environmentally friendly design, are absolutely corrosion-proof, have low energy requirements and are almost entirely built from […]

Labotec Moisture Academy

Labotec Moisture Academy

Labotec hosted a Moisture Academy with guest speaker, Arthur Martel from Sartorius in Germany, which took place at three locations around the country.  Arthur Martell spoke about the basics of thermogravimetric moisture analysis, methodologies and procedures that should be used to evaluate moisture content in products. The talk was represented by a myriad of delegates […]

Controlling Water Activity in Effervescents at Aviz Labs

Controlling Water Activity in Effervescents at Aviz Labs

Ever since moving to their current premises two years ago, contract manufacturer for nutraceuticals Aviz Laboratories has upgraded their 3000m2 manufacturing and packing facility in line with Pharmaceutical Standards, and succeeded in growing its effervescent manufacturing by meeting customer demands and enabling more flexibility.  Subsequently, with the event of a new product using effervescents packaged […]

A Giant Leap in Vacuum Performance

The new TURBOVAC (T) 350-450 i turbomolecular pump from Oerlikon Leybold

It has never been so easy to improve your processes until now. The new TURBOVAC (T) 350-450 i turbomolecular pump from Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum will allow you to optimise pump down times and consistently hit your target in terms of pressures and gas flows. Designed to offer the best performance/size ratio in the ISO 100 […]

Workbench Separation Technology with New Microlitre Centrifuge

Workbench Separation Technology with New Microlitre Centrifuge

Hettich has a new micro centrifuge called the Mikro 185 (which supersedes the MIKRO 120), and with its choice of four rotors that can hold 12, 18 or 24 samples, it is much more flexible and can satisfy a variety of requirements.   All the separation steps necessary in molecular biological or PCR applications that do […]

Purelab Chorus Scoops Gold at Design Awards

Purelab Chorus from Elga Water Purification

The ELGA LabWater PURELAB® Chorus has won its first award, the renowned Golden A’ Design Award in the Scientific Instruments, Medical Devices and Research Equipment Design Category.  It was chosen as a winner among thousands of submissions by the international awarding commission of the A’ Design Awards & Competitions. The A’ Design Award and Competition […]

Vivo – New Less is More Circulators

Julabo Vivo Heating/Refrigerated Circulator

 Made in Germany, the new Vivo circulators from Julabo are quality made affordable.  Designed for routine heating and cooling applications, the units are extremely easy to set up and use and offer the ideal cost performance solution.  All Vivo temperature control instruments are manufactured in adherence to DIN German standards and comply with European CE […]

It’s About Fusion Cuisine – Labotec Staff Challenge

It's About Fusion Cuisine - Labotec Staff Challenge

Labotec teambuilding took on a different challenge this year with the staff being lured out of the office with the promise of delicious food.  The twist was that they had to create and cook it themselves and produce a delicious fusion of Afro-Euro cuisine in a Masterchef style competition, which took most out of their […]