Our history
Background - continuous evolution
Srl Lab.Instruments was born in 1984 in Apulia (Italy), in the beautiful “territory of Trulli and Caves“, between the municipalities of Alberobello and Castellana Grotte, very close to the cliffs of Polignano a Mare overlooking the Adriatic Sea and not far from the “White City” of Ostuni and the famous “Stones of Matera”.
A group of experts in instrumental analytical chemistry with uncommon skills, abilities and knowledge in specific sectors, able to develop and manufacture innovative products with unique characteristics such as Analical Standards, isotopically labeled and unlabeled CRMs/RMs.
Forerunners of the safest pesticide standard production. Thanks to our solutions and mixtures with Metrological traceability NIST, we are among the first ones to be accredited as Reference materials Producer (RMP) for a large number of mixtures used today to produce our famous “LabStandard Explorer Collection Kit”.
Establishment
While the 1984 Olympic Games were taking place in Los Angeles and Carl Lewis was winning four gold medals, in the Apulian land of “Trulli and Caves”, Lab Instruments was being founded. Its members were unaware of this parallel inspiration to “run” beyond expectation setting a new standard just as did the well-know champion.
MIUR Research Institution
Registration in the Research Registry of the MURST-MIUR since 2002 with the number 52833UTS (recognition of the status of “Research Institution”). Realization and management of post-graduate Masters for young graduates in scientific courses. Assignment of 20 scholarships for a value of € 300,000.00 in PON projects funded by MURST-MIUR for € 660,000.00.
Research & Development
Launch of R&D activities for new Certified Reference Materials (CRM). Design and validation of multicomponent mixtures of pesticides for the calibration of mass spectrometers.
Funded research projects:
PON S.I.Mi.S.A. of € 8,276,602.00 (2014-2018)
POR DEMETRA of € 1,219,284.00 (2018-2020)
MISE NEMESI of € 4,036,499.00 (2018-2021)
The new Headquarters
Inauguration of the new factory (fit to purpose) and the new laboratories in a “pollution free” area, with the presence of scientific personalities, political and religious authorities including the Minister for Regional Affairs.
First Italian company with ATECO code 20.59.50 “Production of pure standards and certified reference materials (CRM) for environmental control and food safety”.
Certified quality
Achievement of ISO Guide 34:2009 Accreditations “General requirements for the competence of Reference Material Producers and ISO / IEC 17025:2005” General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories “in addition to UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 and ISO certifications 14001:2005.
LabStandard Explorer Collection Kits
Release of the first LabStandard Explorer Collection Kit on the market. The first one, developed for multi-residue analysis of food and feed, contains 210 pesticides and metabolites in only 6 stable and homogeneous mixtures. The second one, developed for environmental analysis, contains 92 compounds in 4 mixtures with the shelf life of more than 18 months.
QuEChERS QuE-Lab®
Start of QuE-Lab® production, i.e. extraction and purification systems based on the QuEChERS method of the US Department of Agriculture.
QuE-Lab® line is distinguished by numerous types of packaging and a “color code” on labels, caps and boxes which corresponds to the type of matrix from which pesticides and metabolites are to be extracted.
Globalization
Start of international activities. Creation of the first e-commerce platform with an online catalog. Establishment of representative and distribution offices in Serbia, Turkey, Croatia, Spain, Lithuania, Russia, etc.
Participation in International Fair & Exhibitions and WorkShop:
- CHEM-MED 2015 EXPO (Italy)
- MS FOOD DAY 2015 – Foggia (Italy)
Expansion of Labstandard® catalog
Expansion of Labstandard® catalog:
- Qpp-Lab® – CRM& RM of polar pesticides and their metabolites;
- Isotope Labeled Internal Standards (ILIS) for quality control during the analysis of polar pesticides;
- Ion-Lab® – a new complete line of inorganic standards for ICP-OES and ICPMS.
Participation in International Fair & Exhibitions and WorkShop:
- ANALYTICA 2016 – München (Germany)
- EURL NRL 2016 Almeria (Spain)
"Ready to Use" calibration solutions for MS AutoTune
Development and presentation to GC/MS and LC/MS users of a complete catalog of “Ready to Use” calibration solutions for AutoTune designed for different families of spectrometers from the leading brands.
MS Calibration Solutions produced by ISO 17034:2016 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited RMP.
Presentation of new LabStandard® kits for pesticide residue analysis in Cannabis products
Presentation of new LabStandard® kits for pesticide residue analysis in Cannabis products in each US State and Canada, with the kits containing pesticides subject to the mandatory testing according to the respective State regulations on pesticide residues in cannabis-containing products.
Participation in International Fair & Exhibitions and WorkShop:
- ANALYTICA 2018 – München (Germany)
- EURL NRL 2018 – Almeria (Spain)
- MS FOOD DAY – Bologna (Italy);
- International Mass Spectrometry Congress (IMSC) 2018 – Florence (Italy);
- EPRW 2018 – München (Germany);
- Analysis d.o.o. WorkShop 2018 – Belgrad (Serbia).
ISO transition
Completion of the transition to new ISO 17034:2016, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 and UNI EN ISO 14001:2015, respective extension of the scope of accreditation thanks to the extension of processes resulting from major investments in new equipment and new scientific instruments for Lab.QC and Lab. R&D compliant with Industry 4.0.
Participation in International Fair & Exhibitions and WorkShop:
- LARPW 2019 – Foz de Iguazu (Brazil);
- NACRW 2019 – Naples FL – (USA);
- RAFA 2019 – Prague (Czech Republic).
STCB
Presentation of a new system “SMART TRASPIRATION CONTROL BAG” (STCB®) for storage and better preservation of Ion-Lab® products.
Participation in International Fair & Exhibitions and WorkShop:
- Analytica 2022 – München (Germany);
- EPRW 2022 – Bologna (Italy);
- RAFA 2022 – Prague (Czech Republic).
