News
November 2016
Calibration Technology Ltd is acquired by Eppendorf AG
On November 1 2016, Hamburg-based Eppendorf AG acquired Calibration Technology Ltd. The company will continue to be managed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Eppendorf AG by its current Managing Director, Brian Kelly.
The acquisition of Calibration Technology Ltd will enable Eppendorf to expand its service presence into Ireland. “We have had a very good partnership with Calibration Technology for many years now, and are pleased that this acquisition will allow us to extend our service offering, especially for customers in regulated areas,” comments Thomas Bachmann, President & Chief Executive Officer of Eppendorf AG. Calibration Technology is accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) to ISO 17025 since 2007. The company has been an authorized Eppendorf Service Centre for the calibration and repair of pipettes and dispensers since 2008.
October 2008
CTL is Appointed as a Service Partner by Eppendorf UK Ltd
Calibration Technology Ltd. is pleased to announce that we have been appointed as a Service Partner by Eppendorf UK Ltd.
Eppendorf UK, based in Cambridge, is a subsidiary of Eppendorf AG, Hamburg,Germany, a leading global supplier of systems and research tools for the biotechnology industry. With over 2400 employees on four continents, Eppendorf AG achieved a turnover of €346m in 2007 and operating profits (EBIT) of €62.5m.
Established in 2005, Calibration Technology Limited (CTL) is the only dedicated pipette calibration company in Ireland. Having received Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) accreditation to ISO 17025:2005, CTL’s Calibration Scientists offer a service covering fixed and variable volume pipettes, hand dispensers and bottle dispensers. An extensive stock of spare parts for all makes and models of pipette is held to achieve a fast, efficient calibration and repair service.
All Eppendorf service partners have to undertake a comprehensive training programme with Eppendorf AG in Hamburg, covering repair and calibration of the full range of pipettes. Through ongoing close partnerships Eppendorf ensures that local service providers have access to all authorised replacement parts, as well as software upgrades and the latest technical information, to facilitate both pre-sales advice and troubleshooting of service issues.
According to Albrecht Wiener, Eppendorf UK Managing Director, ‘By choosing Eppendorf’s new authorised service partner, Calibration Technology, our customers receive high level calibration and repair services in keeping with Eppendorf’s excellent brand reputation. CTL’s quick turnaround times and in-depth product knowledge enable laboratory technicians and researchers to maintain the performance of their Eppendorf pipettes, with conformity to ISO 17025 where required.’
Brian Kelly, Calibration Technology Managing Director, comments: 'We are delighted to be partnering with Eppendorf for the calibration and service of their range of liquid handling products and see this as a further endorsement of our company and service. We look forward to a mutually beneficial and successful relationship'.
To access Eppendorf site, please use link below.
http://www.eppendorf.co.uk/int/?l=3
November 2007
Award of INAB Accreditation by Minister Michael Ahern
A First for Limerick Firm Calibration Technology Ltd. becomes first dedicated pipette calibration laboratory in Ireland to achieve ISO 17025 accreditation
Mr. Michael Ahern, T.D., Minister for Innovation Policy at the Department of Enterprise,Trade & Employment presented Calibration Technology Limited (CTL) with ISO 17025 accreditation in Limerick today, Tuesday, November 13th, 2007, as part of Science Week 2007. This makes CTL (www.calibrationtech.ie) the first and only dedicated pipette calibration laboratory in Ireland to achieve this international standard, which was awarded by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB).
CTL works with laboratories to help them optimise the accuracy of their test results by ensuring their pipettes are precise. This has far-reaching consequences, for example in terms of the safety of the clients these laboratories serve, the credibility of the laboratories’ results and ultimately their reputation. “Pipettes are hand-held, spring-loaded devices, which are used extensively in laboratories to measure micro-quantities of liquids. We provide these laboratories with a dedicated, accredited pipette calibration service, which ensures that these instruments will measure accurately to internationally-recognised standards,” explained Brian Kelly, Managing Director, CTL.
ISO 17025 is the international standard for testing and calibration laboratories. “Accreditation to this standard shows the outside world that a laboratory’s calibration work is technically controlled and that it is generating calibration reports of known and proven quality,” said Mr. Pat O’Brien, Accreditation Officer, INAB, at the event. “It’s what you hang your hat on when it comes to the verification of results.”
Minister Ahern described the achievement of ISO 17025 by CTL as “tremendous, given that this small company was only established in 2005,” and referred to the firm’s projections to have a staff complement of 20 by 2012 from its current base of 5. “Companies cannot afford to stand still. They must continually update and improve their structures, processes and services, and one way to do this is to attain the high standards needed to earn accreditation to ISO 17025 level,” he added.
Outlining the importance of ISO 17025 to achieving this growth, Kelly explained: “We estimate that the pipette calibration business in Ireland is worth in excess of €2m annually. ISO 17025 accreditation puts us in the running for this business, and allows us to provide laboratories – inIreland initially and then internationally - with a faster and more flexible service. ISO17025 also opens the door for us to partner with global pipette manufacturers as their preferred provider of pipette calibration services, and to expand into other related areas, such as balance, temperature and humidity calibration.”
To read the complete speech by Minister Ahern TD, go to the Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment at: http://www.entemp.ie/press/2007/20071113.htm
October 2007
INAB Accreditation
CTL is pleased to announce that on 2nd October it has been awarded Accreditation to ISO 17025:2005 by INAB (Irish National Accreditation Board), Registered Number 186C. The accreditation is for the calibration of pipettes both off-site in our environmentally controlled laboratory, and on-site at customers’ premises. We are the only Irish pipette calibration company accredited to calibrate pipettes greater than 1,000 microlitres and lower than 10 microlitres. See Scope.
Commenting on the award, Brian Kelly – Operations Manager – said that the mission of CTL is to provide a comprehensive, cost effective and reliable pipette calibration and repair service giving the best obtainable combination of Quality, Price and Service and that this Accreditation allows us to provide the highest level of Quality to our customers.
A formal presentation of the Accreditation Certificate will take place later this year.
DECEMBER 2006
CTL appointed as Distributor for Haefner Weights GmbH.
CTL is pleased to announce that we have been appointed as Distributor for Haefner, which is a leading manufacturer of weights and high precision mass standards. The company was founded in 1933 and in 1962 commenced production of precision weights. Class F1 and F2 were developed in 1979, E2 were added in 1984 and in 1986 Class E1 were produced. In 2000 the German Calibration Service –DKD –accredited their calibration laboratory to ISO 17025 . All weights are according to OIML (International Organisation of Legal Metrology) standard R111-2004 which describes the metrological aspects of reference standard weights with recommendations for 7 classes of weights: E1, E2, F1, F2, M1, M2, and M3 in terms of uncertainty or tolerances.
Calibration Technology Ltd is acquired by Eppendorf AG
On November 1 2016, Hamburg-based Eppendorf AG acquired Calibration Technology Ltd. The company will continue to be managed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Eppendorf AG by its current Managing Director, Brian Kelly.
The acquisition of Calibration Technology Ltd will enable Eppendorf to expand its service presence into Ireland. “We have had a very good partnership with Calibration Technology for many years now, and are pleased that this acquisition will allow us to extend our service offering, especially for customers in regulated areas,” comments Thomas Bachmann, President & Chief Executive Officer of Eppendorf AG. Calibration Technology is accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) to ISO 17025 since 2007. The company has been an authorized Eppendorf Service Centre for the calibration and repair of pipettes and dispensers since 2008.
October 2008
CTL is Appointed as a Service Partner by Eppendorf UK Ltd
Calibration Technology Ltd. is pleased to announce that we have been appointed as a Service Partner by Eppendorf UK Ltd.
Eppendorf UK, based in Cambridge, is a subsidiary of Eppendorf AG, Hamburg,Germany, a leading global supplier of systems and research tools for the biotechnology industry. With over 2400 employees on four continents, Eppendorf AG achieved a turnover of €346m in 2007 and operating profits (EBIT) of €62.5m.
Established in 2005, Calibration Technology Limited (CTL) is the only dedicated pipette calibration company in Ireland. Having received Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) accreditation to ISO 17025:2005, CTL’s Calibration Scientists offer a service covering fixed and variable volume pipettes, hand dispensers and bottle dispensers. An extensive stock of spare parts for all makes and models of pipette is held to achieve a fast, efficient calibration and repair service.
All Eppendorf service partners have to undertake a comprehensive training programme with Eppendorf AG in Hamburg, covering repair and calibration of the full range of pipettes. Through ongoing close partnerships Eppendorf ensures that local service providers have access to all authorised replacement parts, as well as software upgrades and the latest technical information, to facilitate both pre-sales advice and troubleshooting of service issues.
According to Albrecht Wiener, Eppendorf UK Managing Director, ‘By choosing Eppendorf’s new authorised service partner, Calibration Technology, our customers receive high level calibration and repair services in keeping with Eppendorf’s excellent brand reputation. CTL’s quick turnaround times and in-depth product knowledge enable laboratory technicians and researchers to maintain the performance of their Eppendorf pipettes, with conformity to ISO 17025 where required.’
Brian Kelly, Calibration Technology Managing Director, comments: 'We are delighted to be partnering with Eppendorf for the calibration and service of their range of liquid handling products and see this as a further endorsement of our company and service. We look forward to a mutually beneficial and successful relationship'.
To access Eppendorf site, please use link below.
http://www.eppendorf.co.uk/int/?l=3
November 2007
Award of INAB Accreditation by Minister Michael Ahern
A First for Limerick Firm Calibration Technology Ltd. becomes first dedicated pipette calibration laboratory in Ireland to achieve ISO 17025 accreditation
Mr. Michael Ahern, T.D., Minister for Innovation Policy at the Department of Enterprise,Trade & Employment presented Calibration Technology Limited (CTL) with ISO 17025 accreditation in Limerick today, Tuesday, November 13th, 2007, as part of Science Week 2007. This makes CTL (www.calibrationtech.ie) the first and only dedicated pipette calibration laboratory in Ireland to achieve this international standard, which was awarded by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB).
CTL works with laboratories to help them optimise the accuracy of their test results by ensuring their pipettes are precise. This has far-reaching consequences, for example in terms of the safety of the clients these laboratories serve, the credibility of the laboratories’ results and ultimately their reputation. “Pipettes are hand-held, spring-loaded devices, which are used extensively in laboratories to measure micro-quantities of liquids. We provide these laboratories with a dedicated, accredited pipette calibration service, which ensures that these instruments will measure accurately to internationally-recognised standards,” explained Brian Kelly, Managing Director, CTL.
ISO 17025 is the international standard for testing and calibration laboratories. “Accreditation to this standard shows the outside world that a laboratory’s calibration work is technically controlled and that it is generating calibration reports of known and proven quality,” said Mr. Pat O’Brien, Accreditation Officer, INAB, at the event. “It’s what you hang your hat on when it comes to the verification of results.”
Minister Ahern described the achievement of ISO 17025 by CTL as “tremendous, given that this small company was only established in 2005,” and referred to the firm’s projections to have a staff complement of 20 by 2012 from its current base of 5. “Companies cannot afford to stand still. They must continually update and improve their structures, processes and services, and one way to do this is to attain the high standards needed to earn accreditation to ISO 17025 level,” he added.
Outlining the importance of ISO 17025 to achieving this growth, Kelly explained: “We estimate that the pipette calibration business in Ireland is worth in excess of €2m annually. ISO 17025 accreditation puts us in the running for this business, and allows us to provide laboratories – inIreland initially and then internationally - with a faster and more flexible service. ISO17025 also opens the door for us to partner with global pipette manufacturers as their preferred provider of pipette calibration services, and to expand into other related areas, such as balance, temperature and humidity calibration.”
To read the complete speech by Minister Ahern TD, go to the Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment at: http://www.entemp.ie/press/2007/20071113.htm
October 2007
INAB Accreditation
CTL is pleased to announce that on 2nd October it has been awarded Accreditation to ISO 17025:2005 by INAB (Irish National Accreditation Board), Registered Number 186C. The accreditation is for the calibration of pipettes both off-site in our environmentally controlled laboratory, and on-site at customers’ premises. We are the only Irish pipette calibration company accredited to calibrate pipettes greater than 1,000 microlitres and lower than 10 microlitres. See Scope.
Commenting on the award, Brian Kelly – Operations Manager – said that the mission of CTL is to provide a comprehensive, cost effective and reliable pipette calibration and repair service giving the best obtainable combination of Quality, Price and Service and that this Accreditation allows us to provide the highest level of Quality to our customers.
A formal presentation of the Accreditation Certificate will take place later this year.
DECEMBER 2006
CTL appointed as Distributor for Haefner Weights GmbH.
CTL is pleased to announce that we have been appointed as Distributor for Haefner, which is a leading manufacturer of weights and high precision mass standards. The company was founded in 1933 and in 1962 commenced production of precision weights. Class F1 and F2 were developed in 1979, E2 were added in 1984 and in 1986 Class E1 were produced. In 2000 the German Calibration Service –DKD –accredited their calibration laboratory to ISO 17025 . All weights are according to OIML (International Organisation of Legal Metrology) standard R111-2004 which describes the metrological aspects of reference standard weights with recommendations for 7 classes of weights: E1, E2, F1, F2, M1, M2, and M3 in terms of uncertainty or tolerances.