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Celebrating over 50 Years of Chromatography with VICI
Founder and Director of Research of the VICI group of companies, Stan Stearns began his career in science right after University as a chemist for a crime lab and then as a salesman for Varian. Since he had experience using the instruments he was selling and spent time listening to his customers, he had a strong understanding of what the issues were for the instrumentation of the time. He spent evenings experimenting with the technology and this led him to discover new ways of improving analytical instruments.
He began by improving valves, quite literally driving analytical science to go where it had never been before. What began as Valco Instruments in 1968, became VICI (Valco Instruments Company Incorporated), a legacy dedicated to analytical science over 50 years later. Over the next 50 years, this entrepreneurial spirit would pioneer the development of smaller, more effi cient components and instruments with more than 50,000 different parts and products, still unrivalled in selection and technological reach.
Marking the 51st year, the European branch of the VICI group of companies, VICI AG International, recently broke ground on a new 2,900 m2 building. A number of VICI representatives, along with the architect and the mayor, participated in the symbolic breaking of ground with deep blue shovels in hand. VICI representatives included Stan Stearns (VICI founder, Chairman, and Director of Research), Franco Cozzio (General Manager), Walter Gautschi (Board Member) and Norbert Gemperli (Staff Representative). Local representatives included Thomas Vetter (Representative for the architecture fi rm, Architect Formis) and Patrick Ineichen (Mayor of Schenkon).
VICI AG’s current building accommodates 130 employees, and when the new building is complete production capacity will increase to accommodate our customers growing needs. The new building will include more space for additional machine shops, offi ces, an employee lunch space and ample underground parking.
The building is being built with Minergie standards, the Swiss building standard for new and modernised buildings. Geothermal energy is being utilised for heating during the cold season, and in summer the process will be reversed to economically cool the building. Furthermore, the heat generated by the air compressors will be recovered and used for generating hot water and heating in the winter. During the summer months, the heat will be released into the ground. All ventilation of the building will pass through a heat exchanger (the standard in Switzerland) and will save additional energy. These features reduce the carbon footprint substantially as well as the cost of operation.
VICI representatives, the architect and the mayor participating in the symbolic breaking of ground.
The plans for the new building
From it’s founding in 1968 in Houston, Texas, VICI Valco Instruments expanded into Europe in 1981with the founding of VICI AG International in Switzerland. Our product portfolio includes valves and fi ttings, pneumatic and electric actuators, Trace Gas Analyzers, True NanoTM HPLCs, metal and polymer tubing, valve sequence and temperature controllers, fl ow controllers, pumps and GC detectors.
VICI invests in the research and development of precision components on an ongoing basis with a focus on increasing effi ciency of analytic processes. Industries benefi ting from these efforts include Pharma, Oil & Gas, Environmental protection, Food & Beverage, Petrochemical, Medical, Cosmetic, and Aerospace.
Learn more about how we can partner with you to help improve your company’s analytical applications by visiting us at our website at
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International Labmate would like to congratulate all the companies celebrating anniversaries in 2019 and thank you for your continued support.
Decon Laboratories are celebrating 50 years of formulating and manufacturing surface active cleaning agents used extensively by all major industries in laboratories around the world
Decon 90: The leading surface active cleaning agent and radioactive decontaminant. Biodegradable, bactericidal, phosphate- free, non-fl ammable and free-rinsing. Firmly established as the foremost laboratory cleaning agent, Decon 90 has successfully replaced the use of chromic acid mixtures in critical cleaning applications. Offering improved performance without the unacceptable hazards associated with the storage, handling, use and disposal of corrosive acids, Decon 90 provides consistent and reliable cleaning and decontamination in the modern environment. Used routinely in all types of laboratory and every major industry, to achieve the optimum levels of cleaning and decontamination essential to modern sophisticated laboratory techniques, Decon 90 sets the standard for laboratory cleaning around the world.
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