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”.

1984

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.

1984
2002

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.

2002
2006

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)

2006
2009

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”.

2009
2010

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.

2010
2013

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.

2013
2014

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.

2014
2015

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)
2015
2016

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)
2016
2017

"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.

2017
2018

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).
2018
2019

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).
2019
2022

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).
2022