International Customers - References and Case Studies
Global customer references
Esco's clean-air containment products are being used by research scientists and laboratory workers around the world for critical research and development work. We have sold our biosafety and laminar flow cabinets to 70 countries worldwide through our local and regional distributors.
Our global customer reference list currently contains customer references from over 75 countries, and is continually updated with additional customer references.
Download Global Customer Reference List [PDF] (Last updated: April 2005)
Download US Customer Reference List [PDF] (Last updated: May 2006)
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven)
Founded in 1425 by Pope Martin V, K.U.Leuven bears the double honour of being the oldest extant Catholic
university in the world and the oldest university in the Low Countries.
Recently Analis (www.analis.be), Esco's exclusive distributor in Belgium, visit
K.U.Leuven's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and met Professor Pieter Annaert, who is conducting biopharmaceutical research at the Laboratory for
Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy. Currently, his laboratory uses Labculture® Class II Biological
Safety Cabinet, model LA2-4A1, for primary culture of rat hepatocytes. |
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Integral Molecular (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
Integral Molecular is a dynamic young biotechnology company that is committed to providing novel solutions towards the treatment and cure of human diseases. Their lead product, the Lipoparticle, allows researchers to manipulate a class of drug targets known as integral membrane proteins in ways not previously feasible. Since opening their laboratories in 2002, the Lipoparticle has undergone rigorous experimental validation, and is now commercially available.
Integral Molecular have recently added the Labculture Class 2 biosafety safety cabinet model LA2-4A to their lab in Philadelphia. Previously they were using 2 biosafety cabinets from a competitor brand. We are delighted to welcome them in joining the hundreds across the US that have made the switch for a better product. |
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Customer Profile: KTL (National Public Health Institute), Helsinki, Finland
KTL - National Public Health Institute, in Helsinki, Finland, is a research institute and expert body under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. They fulfil a large array of functions ranging from research to education and training with the aim to promote general public health. (For more information on KTL, please visit the customer's website at www.ktl.fi)
On the 13 April, 2005, Esco, along with Laboline, our exclusive distributor in Finland, had the opportunity to visit the largest laboratory center of KTL - National Public Health Institute, in Helsinki, Finland.
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Labo Line Oy staff with a researcher from KTL (National Public Health Institute) |
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Customer Profile: HistoRx, Inc., CT, USA
Based in New Haven, Connecticut, HistoRx, Inc., a bioscience company offering novel digital technologies for in situ diagnostics developed at Yale School of Medicine.
Their technology, called AQUA™ (Automated Quantitative Analysis) enables researchers to localize and quantify proteins in tissue while maintaining spatial relationships -- a process that was previously impossible with conventional methods of pathology analysis and which vastly increases the quality and amount of information for analysis..
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HistoRx staff in front of Esco Labculture® Class II Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet |
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Customer Profile: Central Florida Regional Hospital, FL, USA
Central Florida Regional Hospital offers a wide range of state-of-the-art medical services designed for prevention or early detection of healthcare problems. The hospital is home to the only open-heart surgical program in Seminole County and offers a comprehensive range of services; full line of non-invasive cardiology testing, skilled nursing unit, wound care and hyperbaric medicine department, sleep lab, and pediatrics.
The hospital recently purchased 2 units of Esco's NSF-listed Labculture® Class II Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet.
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Esco's NSF-listed Labculture® Class II Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet at Central Florida Regional Hospital
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Customer Profile: Sigma-tau Pharmaceuticals, Italy
With nearly 2,400 employees, Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals is one of the largest and leading pharmaceutical groups in Italy, as well as a key player in the international sector. One of its most well-known contributions to the medical field include a process to treat iron deficiency in the blood, a patented process that is well-known in its domestic market in Italy.
Sigma-tau's microbiological laboratory uses a 4ft width Esco Airstream® Class II Biological Safety Cabinet with a secondary carbon filter exhaust (an optional feature).
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Esco Airstream® Class II Biosafety
Cabinet with additional activated carbon
filter at Sigma Tau Pharmaceuticals, Italy |
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Customer Profile: Pfizer Italia SRL
Pfizer International is one of the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical companies, and are best known to the laymen as the inventors and makers of Viagra® and other prescription drugs, as well as famous over-the-counter healthcare products such as Listerine® mouthwash.
During a trip in November 2003 to visit end-users in Italy, Esco staff had the opportunity to meet with Dr Alessandra Antonnicola, head of molecular biology department of Pfizer Italia SRL. The Molecular Biology Deparment, Pfizer Italia SRL has been using 2 units of 6ft width Esco Labculture® Horizontal Laminar Flow cabinets, models LHC-6A1.
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Pfizer Italia SRL - Molecular Biology Deparment Staff in front of an Esco Labculture® Horizontal Laminar Flow Cabinet |
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Customer Profile: Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
During 22 April, 2005, Esco together with AWT Medicals, Esco's exclusive distributor in Russia, made a visit to the Central Tuberculosis Research Institute in Moscow. This is the main tuberculosis research center in the Russian Federation. Their main work functions are to process samples from all regional hospitals in the country. They also run their own clinic to treat patients suffering from tuberculosis...
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CTRI Staff in front of Esco Labculture®
Class II Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet |
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Customer Profile: The Mary Lyon Centre, Medical Research Council, UK
In December 2003, the Mary Lyon Centre of the UK Medical Research Council (MRC)
purchased 24 units of 6ft Esco Airstream® Class II Biological Safety Cabinets (AC2-6). Used
primarily for barrier allergen control at the Mary Lyon Centre, a genomics research branch of the MRC, the Airstream® Biological Safety Cabinets are performing to the customer's full satisfaction...
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One of 24 units of the 6ft Airstream®
Class II Cabinets at the Mary Lyon Centre, UK |
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Customer Profile: Helsinki University Central Hospital (HYKS), Helsinki, Finland
One of the largest university hospitals in Finland, the HYKS conducts research on rare and severe illnesses. They have been using a 4ft Esco Labculture® Class II Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet in their testing laboratory for blood sample examinations. The cabinet was used for examinations of blood samples during the SARS epidemic...
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Esco Labculture® Class II Type A2
Cabinet at the Helsinki University Central
Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Customer Profile: Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Formerly known as Zhong Shan University , the institution is the established in the 1924 by Dr Sun Yat-Sen, the great leader in the early 20 th century. Sun Yat-sen University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning characterized by its revolutionary spirit. The mission of SYSU is to advance knowledge and educate students in arts, science, technology, and other academic areas that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century...
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6ft Esco Labculture® Class II Type A2
Cabinet at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China |
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Customer Profile: Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Located in the heart of Guangzhou , the Guangzhou Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was the frontline of virology research and disease prevention especially during the 2003 outbreak of SARS virus in Guangzhou . Having more than a thousand people infected with SARS virus in Guangzhou , the Guangzhou CDC was one of the many battle grounds for cure and prevention of the infectious virus...
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Esco Biological Safety Cabinets are being
used at Guangzhou Center for Disease
Control and Prevention, China |
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Download other Customer Profiles [PDF]: |
| Katholieke Universiteit van Leuven (K.U.L) (657 Kb) |
| Ministry of Agriculture Plant Pathology Research Institute, Giza, Egypt (218Kb) |
| Kenya Cuttings Limited (Microbiology Division) Nairobi, Kenya (175Kb) |
| Silpakorn University, Thailand (376 Kb) |
| Aquaculture department, Faculty of Biology, Tor Vergata University, Italy (363 Kb) |
| Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia (290 Kb) |
| Magrabi Hospitals and Centers, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (170 Kb) |
| Guangzhou Sixth Secondary School (217 Kb) |
| Natural Remedies, India (212 Kb) |
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