New Lab Equipment Show for London

The exhibition will be held every two years in London - and will hence focus on the British and European market. Turnover on the European market for analytical, biological and laboratory equipment currently amounts to about 15 billion euros, some 50 per cent of which is realised by German and British manufacturers.

In 2005, sales of analytical, biological and laboratory equipment in Europe amounted to 15 billion euros.

In 2004, the UK market accounted for 3.9 billion euros, while turnover in Germany reached 4.7 billion euros.

In the same year, Anglo-German trade in analytical, biological and laboratory equipment totalled about 380 million euros- an increase of 371 per cent since 1995.

Furthermore, almost all the European market-leaders come from Germany and the UK - being responsible for approximately 50% of the total turnover in Europe.

From 2-4 October 2007, the analytical, biological and laboratory equipment sector will be meeting up for the very first time at Lab UK, an international trade show and congress to be hosted in London.

Lab UK is above all aimed at the manufacturers and users of analysis instrumentation in industry, research and development as well as public institutions.

Analytical, biological and laboratory equipment are used by the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, the food and drink sector, commercial companies and public authorities working in medicine and environmental technology.

The patron of Lab UK is Spectaris, the Berlin-based German industrial association for optical, medical technologies and mechatronics.

'Britain acts as a hub for the entire English-speaking world,' explains Sven Behrens, chairman of Spectaris.

'The UK doesn't yet have a suitable platform where manufacturers can come directly into contact with customers and suppliers.