Date published: 01.09.08 - not release date

Grant launches bespoke product development and manufacturing business

- Grant Technologies designs and manufactures bespoke scientific and industrial equipment for multiple markets including life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, electro-optics and ink jet etc.

- New business focuses on products which use the Group’s expertise in heating and cooling (thermodynamics), mixing, data acquisition and systems communication

- Service includes equipment design, performance and standards testing, manufacture, commissioning, support and service

CAMBRIDGE, England, 5 July 2006 - Grant Instruments (www.grant.co.uk), a worldwide supplier of scientific, life sciences and data acquisition products, has launched a bespoke development and manufacturing business to provide scientific and industrial products that meet customers’ application-specific requirements.

Grant Technologies will focus on markets which leverage Grant’s 50-year heritage and expertise in thermodynamics, data acquisition, analysis and communications, based upon a proven track record of well-engineered, high quality and reliable own-brand products.

Paul Pergande, head of Grant Technologies, said: “We have established this business in response to the increasing demand from companies for fast-turnaround custom-built solutions. In today’s markets companies want an outsourcing partner who offers more than a typical consultancy service. They want an experienced partner who can take a product from the concept design stage right through to manufacture with full pre and post sales support.

“Many clients overlook the need for experience in areas such as procurement and industry proven product development and manufacturing. However, when Grant says, designed for manufacture, we mean just that.”

Grant Technologies specialises in the design and manufacture of equipment for accurately controlling temperature in industrial processes (minus 100°C to +450°C), sample handling and preparation, material testing and quality control in the production environment, medical analysis and diagnostic processes, chemical and pharmaceutical evaluation. Target markets include, among others, life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, automotive, industrial, oil and petrochemicals, scientific, military and environmental testing.

“We come to market with an excellent track record having already successfully developed 100's of ‘specials’ for customers over recent years,” added Paul Pergande. “Our clients are from a diverse range of industry sectors and include companies such as Leica, Thales, Kew Gardens, Xennia, ALcontrol Laboratories, Whatman Biometra, Stanhope Seta, Schleicher and Schuell and many others.”

Grant has invested over £1 million in new processes over recent years at its 30,000 square foot production facility at Shepreth on the outskirts of Cambridge, England. All core services are available under one roof - product design and development, performance and standards testing, production engineering, procurement, manufacture, commissioning and after-sales support.

For more info or to download a brochure, please visit the Grant Technologies website at www.grant-technologies.com. Alternatively, telephone +44 (0) 1763 260811 or e-mail technologysales@grant.co.uk.

High resolution photographs to accompany this news story are available at: http://www.grant-technologies.com/News/

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About Grant Technologies (www.grant-technologies.com)

Grant Technologies designs and manufactures bespoke scientific and industrial solutions to meet its customers’ application-specific requirements. Using its heating and cooling, mixing and shaking, data logging and data acquisition, and extensive manufacturing expertise, the company has delivered successful solutions to 100's of companies across a diverse range of industry sectors. Grant Technologies is a division of Grant Instruments (Cambridge) Limited (www.grant.co.uk), a world renowned supplier of own-brand scientific, life sciences and data acquisition products.
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