35 Years


in the International Market


International Labmate Ltd is in its 38th year of publishing and has channelled much experience into producing three market leading scientific journals for the international market. Labmate UK & Ireland magazine was the first journal to be launched and set the tone and format for a winning formula. However, this journal was targeted purely to scientists working in the UK and Ireland and offered manufacturers the perfect platform to promote their products.


It was in March 1976 that saw the first wave of expansion with the launch of an international edition and in 2011 we marked the 35th anniversary of International Labmate magazine. The journal has come a long way from its roots as an advertisement card format to the leading A3 analytical title in its field circulated to over 30,000 readers throughout Europe and the Middle East.


The journal aim to inform scientists, many of whom are key decision makers and buyers, of the latest laboratory based products available as they hit the market, thus building strong invaluable relationships between user and supplier. Additionally they provide in-depth technical articles that aim to problem solve and address key issues at the forefront of the industry, while news and views keep readers up-to-date with business and financial developments.


Each journal also acts as a key informative purchasing tool for buyers involved in the scientific field and a crucial marketing platform for manufacturers and suppliers to promote their products.


Expansion came thick and fast from there on in. International Environmental Technology launched in 1991; Lab Asia launched in 1994, breaking into an entirely new readership with a clear purpose to produce a no-nonsense product orientated journal to be distributed free of charge to South Asia and Australia. Advertisers were able to enter markets that had been previously inaccessible and readers were exposed to products that they had not read about before; and 2000 saw the introduction of Petro Industry News.


Along the way ILM have also broken into the conference and exhibition market, organising a number of shows including MCerts and WWEM, has an ever-expanding online platform and a growing list of books from ILM Publications.


Labmate’s business performance has been recognised with an array of awards, including the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry Export Awards, The Sherrards, Review & Observer Excellence Award and the Queens Award in 1996 - the UK's most prestigious Awards for business performance.


Marcus Pattison, Director of Publications, had a few words to mark the occasion:


“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for being a vital part of our success over the past 35 years”


International Labmate magazine now celebrates its 35th anniversary. Our Publisher and Founder Michael Pattison will tell you the years have flown past. We’ve been bringing the latest scientific news and reporting on new discoveries, innovations, revelations, industry booms, bursts, recessions and depressions; we have seen buy outs, take-overs, mergers, de-mergers, partnerships, alliances, feuds and fabrication. We to ourselves have seen changes, you now receive our journals and newsletters direct to your inbox, you can search our website www.labmate-online.com for application studies and product launches. As we celebrate our 35th anniversary you will see and meet the Labmate team at many of the leading international trade exhibitions including Pittcon, Arablab in Dubai, Analytica and Achema in Germany, ASMS and the Gulf Coast conference in the USA and not forgetting HET Instruments in Holland.”


Advertisers in the First Issue ...and they’re still advertising now!


Anachem – Expertise in Liquid Handling for Over 40 Years. Anachem was founded in 1970 by JG Atkinson, Eric Marteau D’autry of Gilson and Ken Rainin of RAININ, Inc. Through it’s focus on innovative products to accelerate customer‘s science and the provision of excellent technical support and service, it grew to become the UK & Ireland’s leading laboratory liquid handling specialist. From a modest shop front in Stopsley, Luton, Anachem soon expanded and, in 1984, moved to a large customer service, laboratory and warehousing facility on Charles Street in Luton. This site held the largest stock of liquid handling products in the


UK ensuring next day delivery for 95% of product lines.


In January 2010, its fortieth anniversary year, Anachem proudly became part of Mettler Toledo International Inc, further strengthening its leadership in the liquid handling market and bringing additional choices in pipetting for UK customers that were previously inaccessible.


Now relocated to brand new premises on Laporte Way in Luton, the current state of the art, purpose built UKAS Accredited Pipette Service Centre, provides the best service and calibration support. All pipettes are maintained to the highest standards ensuring the quality of our customers’ research is never compromised. Although Anachem’s product portfolio has expanded over the years, its core product ranges and support ethics still focus on the company’s original aims. Throughout its history, Anachem and its suppliers have been renowned for innovative products that address scientists’ needs and contribute to research advances. The most recent addition to this is the RAININ E4™ XLS™ that sets a new standard for electronic pipetting.


Today Anachem supplies scientific laboratories across many industries with an extensive range of pipettes and tips from leading manufacturers and own brands, plus quality consumables including microtubes, racks, plates, PCR plastics and molecular biology reagents that provide essential tools for many scientists.


Anachem have supported International Labmate for many years and have enjoyed the friendly, professional service that they have provided.


Cecil Instruments – the name you can trust, still going strong Cecil Instruments are leading designers and manufacturers of one of the world’s most trusted ranges of modular HPLC systems, Ion Chromatography systems and UV/Visible Spectrophotometers. They are one of the few remaining, independently owned, British scientific instrument- manufacturing companies. Their reputation for instrument reliability, quality and user confidence is without doubt.


Since the formation in 1968, by Mr Cecil Tarbet, Cecil Instruments have led the way in the development of HPLC systems, Ion Chromatography systems and UV/Visible Spectrophotometers. Cecil Instruments were the first to manufacture a commercially available, variable wavelength UV/Visible detector for HPLC.


Cecil are currently promoting their AutoQuest autosamplers. These elegantly effective AutoQuest autosamplers are specially designed for use with the modular Cecil Adept HPLC, Q-Adept HPLC and IonQuest Ion Chromatography Systems. They may also be used with third party LC systems. Available with 50 or 100 sample positions, these astoundingly reliable autosamplers provide for ultra low carryover, ultra high injection precision, priority sampling, replicate injections and sample volumes from 5µL to 2mL.


The ultra low carry-over provides for the ultimate in effective sampling for trace residue analysis, impurity determinations and contaminant levels. Easy and reliable use is via PowerStream software PC control or the stand-alone keys. Each versatile liquid chromatography system is designed to achieve long-term, fast and reliable measurements, with ease. Depending on analytical requirements, different detectors may be accommodated. These detectors include variable wavelength UV/Visible, WaveQuest UV/Visible, electrochemical, refractive index, conductivity and fluorescence.


In this fast changing world, the continuity of the Cecil Instruments company ensures that it remains committed to an on-going programme of new product development and to the introduction of innovative products, designed to meet the exacting requirements of the future.


Michael Pattison, ILM Publisher/Managing Director, remembers


how International Labmate began 35 years ago and looks to the future:


In 1976 the first edition of International Labmate was published and was introduced to the laboratory market at the Pittsburg Conference and Exhibition in Cleveland, Ohio.


The format for this first issue was a card format similar to that of Labmate and Schoolmate launched in 1974 for the UK market. This boasted some 60 product cards bound into a booklet at three per page. Not bad for a launch.


Today cards are a thing of the past. Sad really as in their time they really did produce results - substantial, quicker and better leads. The latter in so much that the advertiser could ask questions of the potential customer such as ‘What is your application?’ or ‘Would you like a quotation or a sales visit?’ This approach was rather like Internet advertising today. The main difference today between classical journal advertising and the Internet is that the former finds the buyer while the latter finds the supplier.


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