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1st 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
Media coverage of CTL Official Launch and Achieving INAB Accreditation
Michelle Brennan and Dr Shi Hey Gallagher, CTL; Patrick O'Brien, INAB accreditation officer; Cian Kelly and Brian Kelly, managing director, CTL at the National Technology Park, Plassey
INNOVATION Policy Minister Michael Ahem has dropped in on a Limerick company that is setting new standards in the calibration of labora-tory equipment.
To mark Science Week, the Minister presented Plassey-based Calibration Technology Ltd — which tests pipettes for laboratories — with the internationally - recognized ISO (17025) accreditation.
Since being founded by managing director Brian Kelly only two years ago, CTL has won clients in healthcare, chemicals, research laboratories and pharmaceuticals, meaning players in some of the most regulated industries in the world depend on the help of the Limerick start-up to get their lab measurements right.
"We provide laboratories with a dedicated, accredited pipette calibration service, which ensures that these instruments will measure accurately to internationally- recognized standards," explained Mr. Kelly, for merly of Reagecon Diagnostics, the Shannon-based distributor of lab equipment.
He told the Limerick Leader that achieving ISO accreditation had been one of the main aims of CTL when setting up.
"What happened this week was our chief objective in setting up the com¬pany and as of from this week, we are set up to start commercializing the company," he said.
Apart from calibrating pipettes the hand-held device that measures minute quantities of liquid and familiar to anybody who studied chemistry in secondary school — CTL provides a training service in pipetting techniques.
The first and only company to win ISO accreditation in this area, CTL now has a competitive advantage over rival firms. And the company plans to expand into areas like balance, temperature and humidity calibration and anticipates this growth will see the workforce increase from five to 20 by 2012.
Pat O'Brien, accredita-tion officer of the Irish National Accreditation Board, explained the importance of the ISO award:
'Accreditation to this standard shows the out-side world that a laboratory's calibration work is technically controlled and that it is generating calibration reports of known and proven quality. It's what you hang your hat on when it comes to the verification of results." In praise of CTL.
Minister Ahem remarked: "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 level'.
Looking to the future, Mr. Kelly said the pipette calibration business in Ireland is worth over €2 million annually. But gaining accreditation also means CTL can look beyond these shores. It "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", he said.
Article in Limerick Business
November 2007 : Aritcles in Limerick Leader
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| Brian Kelly, Managing Director, Calibration Technology Ltd, Minister for Innovation Policy and the Department of Enterprise, Michael Ahern TD,Patrick O'Brien, INAB Accreditation Officerjoan Corcoran, Marketing Executive, National Technological Park, Eoghan Prendergast, Regional Development Manager, Limerick City, Shannon Development, Peter Power TD and Kieran O'Donnell TD in the National Technology Park, Limerick at the presentation of the ISO 17025 certification to Calibration Technology Ltd the first company in Ireland to achieve this status |
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).
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 1 7025 to achieving this growth, Kelly explained: "We estimate that the pipette calibration business in Ireland is worth in excess of 62m annually. ISO 17025 accreditation puts us in the running for this business, and allows us to provide laboratories - in Ireland initially and then internationally - with a faster and more flexible service. IS017025 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."
November 2007
Award of INAB Accreditation by Minister Michael Ahern
Press Release:
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 – in Ireland 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.
April 2007
Launch of new Website
CTL has today launched our new website which is interactive with our LIMS system.
We offer an ‘As Found’ and ‘As Left’ service with 3 different service levels as follows;
Platinum On site in your laboratory.
Gold 48 hour turnaround
Silver 5-day turnaround
Bronze 10-day turnaround
You can now order and track your calibrations on line.
You can register your pipettes on-line and you will automatically receive a Quotation.
Additionally our FAQ’s have been updated and contain substantial technical information reflecting the experience and knowledge of our staff.
MARCH 2007
Career Opportunities
We are an ambitious and dynamic company offering the highest standards for calibration services to our customers.
As a result of launching our commercial operations we now wish to recruit additional Calibration Scientists.
If you are interested and have the skills and experience required, please forward your CV and covering letter to service@calibrationtech.ie
FEBRUARY 2007
CTL appointed as Irish Distributors for Autoscribe LIMS.
We recently signed an exclusive Distribution Agreement with Autoscribe Ltd. to promote and sell their LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) and other scientific software solutions to customers in Ireland.
CTL recently installed the Matrix Gemini in our calibration laboratory which is now interactive on our website.
Brian Kelly, Operations Manager with CTL said ‘ We have been dealing with Autoscribe now for sometime and were so impressed with their product and people that we were delighted to accept when they offered us the opportunity to promote and sell their product in Ireland. For more information contact us or visit www.autoscribe.co.uk
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.
NOVEMBER 2006
Science Week Ireland 2006 12th to 19th November.
The aim of Science Week is to increase interest in science, technology, and engineering among students, teachers, and the general public. The theme for 2006 is ‘Science in our future’.
Various events have been organised on a regional basis, see www.scienceweek.ie for a full listing.
CTL is delighted to be part of this and we have organised an ‘ Open Day’ on 15th and 16th November at our premises at Innovationworks, National Technology Park, Limerick. This will include a tour of our calibration laboratory and an explanation of the calibration process including a calibration demonstration. Times are10.30 to 17.30 each day. Please contact us if you are interested.
JUNE 2006
Appointment of Calibration Scientists.
CTL is delighted to announce the appointment of two Calibration Scientists who are Dr. John Hanna and Ms. Michelle Brennan, M.Sc. IT, B.Sc. (Hons). Both will work in our environmentally controlled laboratory and On - Site in our customer's premises.
APRIL 2006
Appointment of new Quality Manager
CTL is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Shirley Gallagher as Quality Manager. She will be responsible for all aspects of Quality and achieving ISO 17025.
She has substantial experience with ISO 17025 having achieved it twice with Consult-Us Ltd Cork and previously with the EPA.
Currently she is vice-Chair of the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland.
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