LGC Standards continues as an authorised distributor of IRMM reference materials

8 January 2010

LGC Standards has been re-appointed as authorised distributor of IRMM certified reference materials until 2019, having previously held this position for ten years.

The JRC’s Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) is the largest producer of matrix reference materials in Europe, and one of the largest producers worldwide.

LGC Standards was awarded the authorised distributor status following a comprehensive tender process. LGC Standards was able to meet IRMM’s stringent quality requirements, therefore ensuring that materials stored at our warehouse are as stable and valid as materials stored at IRMM.

For further details of the IRMM range of reference materials, please contact your local office.

About LGC Standards

LGC Standards provides products and services to improve measurement and quality control within the laboratory, and is part of LGC, whose Research and Technology Division acts as the UK National Measurement Institute for Chemical and Biochemical Measurements. LGC Standards supplies over 20,000 reference materials, pharmaceutical impurity reference standards, proficiency testing and training in analytical quality. LGC Standards is headquartered in Teddington, Middlesex, UK. Its global centre for excellence in proficiency testing is located in Bury (Greater Manchester). LGC Standards has offices in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, China, Russia and the UK, a joint venture presence in India, and representatives in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Romania, Turkey and the US.

About LGC

LGC is an international science-based company and market leader in analytical, forensic and diagnostic services and reference standards. A progressive and innovative enterprise, LGC operates in socially responsible fields underpinning the safety, health and security of the public and the regulation of industry, for UK government departments and blue chip clients.

LGC operates internationally through four divisions - LGC Forensics, Life & Food Sciences, LGC Standards and Research & Technology, which includes specialist laboratories delivering contracts for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and supporting LGC's designated role as the UK's National Measurement Institute for chemical and bioanalysis.

Our methodology is extensively accredited to the international standard ISO 17025. With headquarters in Teddington, South West London, the LGC Group employs over 1400 staff in 28 laboratories and centres across Europe and at sites in India, China and the US. Privatised in 1996 and now majority-owned by funds managed by LGV Capital, LGC was founded almost 170 years ago as the Laboratory of the Government Chemist - a statutory function maintained by LGC today.

For further information contact:

Amanda Russell
Marketing Manager
LGC Standards
Queens Road, Teddington
Middlesex, TW11 0LY, UK

Tel:+44 (0)20 8943 7412
Fax:+44 (0)20 8943 7009
Email: Amanda.russell@lgcstandards.com
URL: www.lgcstandards.com