UK’s new national laboratories site will support ‘invisible infrastructure’ of measurements that keep world in sync

A new state-of-the-art national laboratories facility has been officially opened in Guildford, UK, following a £20 million investment by global life sciences specialist LGC.

The new facility will host the National Measurement Laboratory, the Office of the Government Chemist and the chemical laboratories of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. These labs, which employ 150 people, will provide government, business and academia with analytical services for a wide range of substances relevant to healthcare, food, environmental protection and water safety, as well as access to verified and high precision standards needed for instrument calibration.