Grant Devices held an open day at its new excessive influence manufacturing facility in Royston final week, which included a tour and presentation on its drive in direction of sustainability and future product roadmap.
The shift to new premises underpins the following stage of progress for the laboratory tools provider, a long-standing part of the Cambridge tech ecosystem with greater than 70 years of innovation to its credit score.
Mark Davison, CEO of Grant Devices on the new website opening of Grant Devices at Evolution Home Unit 2, Durham Approach Royston Gateway and the brand new piece of diagnotic tools . Image: Keith Heppell
The 30,000 sq ft website can be a way more environmentally sustainable constructing and can result in a a lot decrease carbon footprint which is a key focus for the enterprise.
The corporate – ‘extremely counseled’ as Employer of the 12 months within the 2023 Cambridge Unbiased Science & Know-how awards – is a sustainability first organisation, from its product design and improvement via to driving elementary office modifications together with a four-day working week. The brand new website, ‘Evolution Home’, displays modifications which are anticipated to proceed.
Grant Devices can be launching its new cutting-edge cryopreservation system often known as CRFT. The know-how is produced on the new website and gives a extra sustainable and safer strategy to the freezing and thawing of extremely delicate organic samples for scientific analysis.
Functions embody IVF (human and veterinary), stem cell banking, vaccine analysis and drug discovery. The system brings accuracy, precision and reproducibility to organic cryopreservation, and importantly it improves the viability of cells when thawed to be used.
Mark Davison, CEO of Grant Devices on the new website opening of Grant Devices at Evolution Home Unit 2, Durham Approach Royston Gateway and the brand new piece of diagnotic tools . Image: Keith Heppell
A spokesperson stated: “CRFT manufacturing quantity will gear up in direction of an preliminary goal of ten items per week, however we imagine the market might be considerably greater than that. Our funding at Royston means we’ve got the capability to develop manufacturing as wanted.
“We’re additionally increasing the information acquisition aspect of our enterprise, focusing on high-growth markets. For instance, our monitoring options for renewable power installations like wind and photo voltaic farms have nice international potential.
“This suits firmly inside our precision instrumentation focus and aligns with our sustainability ethos.”
Grant Devices CEO Mark Davison stated on the launch: “Over the previous 12 months we’ve got made large modifications at Grant Devices.
“The brand new website is probably the most seen of those however the transfer to four-day working has been arguably as revolutionary. The optimistic influence of those on employees morale and office follow has exceeded our expectations. The modifications don’t cease right here and we’ll proceed our evolution and progress.
“Our new CRFT system is an thrilling product for us to launch. The brand new model was pushed by suggestions from our clients. They needed a system that enables precision, accuracy and suppleness in cryopreservation. We’re extremely completely happy to have the ability to launch this multi-format system to the scientific group and we stay up for listening to in regards to the glorious analysis outcomes this permits sooner or later.”
He added: “The brand new website gives us a lot alternative to develop and assist our clients’ future progress and ambitions. It would allow us to innovate and manufacture at a a lot sooner charge and in a extra sustainable manner, which aligns very a lot to our ethos and that of the scientific group we serve.”
