SLS Sponsor Hull City Shorts!

Hull City AFC is delighted to announce a new sponsorship agreement with Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), which sees them become the official shorts sponsor for the 2010/11 season.

Read More »

SLS Shoot and They Score Raising a Massive £628 for Macmillan Cancer Support!

Following a two day training meeting, SLS and Scilabware had a fantastic idea; they would have a charity football match to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support

Read More »

SLS Develop LInks with China

International Regional Sales Manager Charlie Fullerton was pleased to meet Mr. Sun Wei, the Commercial Officer at the UK Trade & Investment, based in Beijing, China. The meeting was organised by the International Agri-Technology Centre (IATC), and was held at their offices at the National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. The one-to-one meeting covered developing business opportunities in China, how to conduct business and marketing for the region, potential exhibitions & events to attend, and the services available to SLS from the UKTI and the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC). The meeting was informative and useful, and will allow SLS to continue to grow in this important market.

Richard Rhodes Adds the University of Nottingham Account

Since Alex Hall went on Maternity Leave 8 months ago, Richard Rhodes has been looking after the Nottingham University account and from June 2010 he will take over the University of Nottingham permanently. His seven years at SLS have taught him a lot about the specialist needs of the further education sector, especially his work with the university's neighbours Nottingham Trent University.

Read More »

Newly launched SLS catalogue includes the latest market leading brands and products

Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) launched their brand new catalogue on 10th June 2010 during their Scientific Laboratory Show at the East Midlands Conference Centre. SLS, who are the leading independent distributor of laboratory supplies in the UK, have restructured key sections of the catalogue creating a more user friendly reference document and making it easier for customers to find the products and brands that they need.

Read More »

Wayne Rooney Shirt 'Kicks-off' Week for SLS Competition Winner

He thought it was all over... then he scored first prize in the SLS draw!

Stephen Elliot, a Senior Technician in the department of Physics at Nottingham Trent University won the signed and framed Wayne Rooney England shirt at the 2010 Scientific Laboratory Show.

Read More »

Scientific Laboratory Show

Thursday 10 June 2010 saw records broken when over 600 members of the Scientific Community from home and abroad attended the Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham.

The Scientific Laboratory Show was co hosted by Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd, (SLS), and Sigma Aldrich Ltd, (SIAL), and featured 100's of new product presentations and techniques from over 60 leading industry manufacturers. In conjunction, The United Kingdom Science Parks Association, (UKSPA), ran a Conference and Debate programme coupled with a topical series of workshops making the day a serious event of real scientific value.

Read More »

New Territory Sales Manager for the Northern Team

Scientific Lab Supplies (SLS) announce the arrival of a new territory sales manager for the West Midlands. Amar Rauf joined the SLS Sales Team in early June 2010 and will take responsibility for supporting our West Midlands customers with immediate effect. Amar has a strong scientific background, having completed a bachelor's degree in Biology with Biomedicine and a Masters in Infection and Immunity at The University of Leeds. Prior to accepting the position at SLS, Amar worked at Sterilin Ltd as an Account Manager. Before this he took on a number of research posts at companies such as Conva Tech and Novartis.

Read More »

Trade Mission to Rome

On 25 May Charlie Fullerton, our International Regional Sales Manager, attended the International Agri-Technology Centre (IATC) in Rome. The visit was organised in conjunction with UK Trade & Investment and its aim was to meet with representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and The World Food Programme (WFP).

SLS were one of 16 companies to participate on this trade mission, and all who attended found the meetings useful and informative. SLS are now registered with the UN Global Marketplace, and will be eligible to receive invitations to bid from all UN Agencies, expanding further our global sales sectors.

Prize Draw Doubles Traffic to the New Scientific Laboratory Supplies Website

Following the award of their £10,000 prize draw, Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd (SLS) have reported that the initiative doubled traffic to their new website which has now been live for several months. The prize draw was entered by almost 600 SLS customers via the new website and was won by the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research (PICR) at the University of Manchester.

Read More »

ArabLab 2010

Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) once again exhibited at the ArabLab Exhibition in Dubai, underlining the importance placed on this region. By attracting people from countries across the Middle East, Africa, the Indian Sub-Continent, China and Asia it allows us to meet our existing network of distributors, as well as new companies to build on the growing list of principal partners.

We would like to thank all those who came to see us on our stand in the UK Pavillion. The exhibition was well attended and we enjoyed a busy time throughout. One new company to come and talk about developing business with us was Bio Medical Scientific Services (BMSS), with Sales Representative Sheila Adriano discussing a local visit by International Regional Sales Manager Ed Cipko, as well as the launch of the new catalogue in June.

SLS will be at the next ArabLab exhibition from 7th to 10th March 2011, again in Dubai. We look forward to seeing you there.

If you would like to be part of the growing SLS Distributor Programme, please contact the International Sales Division.

Read More »

SLS offers more for secondary education

Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the UK's leading independent laboratory supplier, has recently launched Select Education, a new division offering online services aimed at making the lives of science teachers in secondary education much easier.

The Select Education website brings together all the relevant information and literature needed to perform an experiment in the classroom, including details of the products required, worksheets, curriculum guides and much more. This unique, one-stop resource has full e-commerce capabilities, and allows customers to search for products, topics and even individual experiments, offering exceptional choice and service to teachers.

SLS is proud of its expertise and flexibility, and has used this experience to develop an extensive curriculum-based product line, including innovative kits and apparatus for the 21st century science classroom. As part of its continuing dedication to the educational market, SLS is constantly updating this range with original products designed specifically to needs of its education customers, so if you can't find what you want, SLS Select Education can help you find it.

Read More »

SLS Becomes Distributor for Sigma

Scientific Laboratory Services (SLS), supplier of laboratory equipment and consumables, has signed a regional distributor partnership agreement with Sigma-Aldrich, a leading manufacturer and supplier of laboratory chemicals and reagents, to sell Sigma's products in the east and the south east of England.

"The research laboratory market in the UK is in many sectors with thousands of laboratories, and the partnership with SLS is an effective way for Sigma to extend its distribution network," said Sam Cain, marketing manager of Sigma-Aldrich. "We chose our distributor partner very carefully, based on its knowledge and understanding of the market and its customer base. SLS has both the office support and the field representation to communicate with customers face-to-face and talk about Sigma-Aldrich products, bringing us closer to the customers."

Sigma and SLS will launch a new catalogue, available through the SLS website on request, containing the most commonly used laboratory reagents and chemicals from Sigma-Aldrich. The distributor agreement allows scientists to place orders with SLS online, and products are shipped directly from Sigma under its usual next-day service.

8th September, 2009

New Territory Sales Manager for the Manchester region

Kate Lupton joined SLS as Territory Sales Manager for Manchester from the 14th July. With a background in Forensic Science, Kate has also worked for Ecolab, a supplier of cleaning, food safety and health protection products as a Territory Sales Manager and has Analytical Lab experience with Muller Dairy UK. Kate's previous experience will ensure that she is able to relate to the needs of our end users whilst also having a broader understanding of our market.

14th July, 2009

New Territory Sales Manager for the London region

Nicola Brick joined SLS as Territory Sales Manager for London from the 1st July. Trained as a Microbiological and Biomedical scientist, Nicola has previously worked for both Biohit and VWR in Key Account Management or Sales Specialist roles and has extensive knowledge of the laboratory supplies market and its customers.

1st July, 2009

Immunosolv Dead-Cert(TM) dead cell removal and identification

Flowgen and SLS are pleased to announce that we have exclusive rights to distribute ImmunoSolv's innovative range of dead cell identification and removal products in the UK. This unique technology, based on an antibody and paramagnetic nanoparticles system, offers the advantages of being highly efficient whilst avoiding anything that causes cell damage.

The Dead-Cert(TM) product range includes:

A Dead-Cert(TM) kit consisting of Dead-Cert(TM) Nanoparticles, optimisation solution and high strength neodymium magnet. This kit provides enough Dead-Cert(TM) nanoparticles and optimisation solution for 30 applications at a cost of less than £20.00 per application based on ImmunoSolv's methodology

Imab6, the antibody used in the Dead-Cert(TM) kit. This can be conjugated with an anti mouse fluorescent marker where there is a need to identify dead or dying cells rather than remove them 'Read More' to go to the ImmunSolv microsie where you can see the technology behind Dead-Cert(TM), a video demonstrating how easy Dead-Cert(TM) is to use and detailed application notes which can be downloaded.

1st July 2009

Read More »

SLS Storage expansion

At a time of economic crisis, SLS are pleased to announce that they have just increased storage capacity at their Nottingham head quarters by an additional 10%. This investment is indicative of SLS's ongoing commitment to improving the level of service we provide our customers with.

17th June 2009

New Viaflo range of electronic pipettors from Integra Biosciences

Exclusively available through SLS, the Viaflo range of electronic pipettors offers innovative single and multichannel options:

The Vision line of pipettors is revolutionizing electronic pipetting with the industry's first full-color screen and unique Touch Wheel interface. Engineered for superior comfort and usability, Vision pipettors are remarkably well balanced and feature Viaflo's innovative Tri-Lobe Tip Fitting that provides the lowest attachment and ejection forces in the industry as well as the most secure tip attachment. Available as single channel or 6, 8 or 12 multichannel and with a variety of volume ranges, Vision pipettors deliver unsurpassed speed, fun and productivity to a wide range of laboratory pipetting applications

Looking for a cost effective alternative to expensive automated sample handling? The Voyager range of adjustable spacing pipettors provide efficient multichannel sample transfers using 8 or 12 samples at a time for fractions of the cost of automated sample handlers. Voyager is the first motorized, hand-held, adjustable spacing pipettor in the world combined with the same features and benefits as the Vision range of pipettors.

1st June, 2009

Read More »

New Eppendorf Research Plus Pipette

Eppendorf sets a new standard in pipetting. The ultra light Eppendorf Research plus pipette meets the highest needs in precision and accuracy - combined with ultimate ergonomics and increased flexibility.

It is a good feeling to know you are doing the right thing - to know you are working with one of the most advanced pipettes in the world. A spring loaded tip cone, a secondary adjustment option, an improved volume display - and all that in an ultra light, fully autoclavable pipette: That is the new Eppendorf Research plus pipette.

Ergonomics: Feel the difference in weight, pipetting forces and the spring loaded tip cone

Flexibility: Your next experiment will need new pipetting schemes. Your new laboratory might have different sources of contamination. Your new pipette should offer all the flexibility you need. Calibrate your Research plus to your needs, autoclave the entire pipette or only the lower part. Choose among single channel, multi channel and fix-volume pipettes in different sizes

Robustness: Durability was tested thoroughly and has met our highest quality requirements. Resistance to chemical, thermal and mechanical stress is now unchallenged.

Read More »

Flowgen and SLS

Flowgen has been supplying life scientists with their consumable needs for almost 25 years and have been owned by SLS since 2004. As the life science arm of SLS, the Flowgen product range is freely available to SLS customers. Key brands available from Flowgen include:

Pan Biotech serum and protein free tissue culture media
5Prime technologies and reagents for Molecular biology
GE Healthcare's Life Science consumables including the Illustra(TM), Amersham and Biotrak(TM) product ranges
Flowgen electrophoresis tanks, buffers and consumables
ImmunSolv Dead-Cert(TM) dead cell identification and removal technologies
Serva pre-cast gels
And more...

Read More »

SLS and Flowgen to distribute GE Healthcare's Life Science consumables

Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd (SLS) and Flowgen Biosciences Ltd (Flowgen) are pleased to announce that, with immediate effect, they have been appointed official distributors of GE Healthcare's life science consumables portfolio, alongside the Whatman consumables range. This is a market leading brand and incorporates the following product groups:
Protein sample preparation
Illustra(TM) sample preparation
Electrophoresis and western blotting
Amersham(TM) molecular biology
Gene expression and microarray labelling
Spectrophotometers
Preparative protein purification
Biotrak(TM) assays

For almost a quarter of a century, SLS and Flowgen have been supplying the life science market with high quality research tools from market leading brands, our portfolio will be significantly enhanced with the addition of this world renowned range of products.

6th April, 2009

IKA chooses SLS to Distribute IKA Blue Line products in the UK

Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the leading source of laboratory equipment and consumables is delighted to announce it has been granted full distribution rights to the world renowned IKA Blue Line range of laboratory equipment. IKA is acknowledged as a leading manufacturer of laboratory and processing equipment with products which cover a wide range of laboratory applications including; mixing / stirring, crushing, heating and distilling.

Commenting on the agreement, Harold Mossinger, European Sales Manager of IKA said, "IKA are very pleased to announce this new relationship with SLS, the UKs largest independent laboratory supplies company".

He continued,

"We are very excited at the opportunity to work with SLS and develop the presence of the established and successful IKA Blue Line range of analytical equipment in the UK market".

Martin Sylt, SLSs Marketing Manager confirmed, "SLS are very proud to be able to represent the IKA Blue Line range in the UK and look forward to the opportunity to develop the sales of this outstanding range of laboratory equipment".

Read More »