The Skalar Group

Battery Ventures, a globally recognized investment firm with a focus on technology, has unveiled a novel laboratory-automation platform as a result of its recent acquisitions of four synergistic companies: Skalar Analytical, PromoChrom Technologies, LCTech and EST Analytical/TSHR

Skalar Analytical, headquartered in Breda, the Netherlands, specializes in manufacturing chemistry analyzers and laboratory-automation solutions tailored for environmental and agricultural applications. Serving as the cornerstone for the innovative platform, Skalar is complemented by PromoChrom, based in Richmond, British Columbia, with a substantial presence in North America. PromoChrom brings expertise in automated solid-phase extraction (SPE) sample-preparation solutions, concentrating on the burgeoning PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) testing market. Meanwhile, LCTech, situated in Obertaufkirchen, Germany, offers a diverse array of SPE consumables, advanced automation, and robotics capabilities. Additionally, LCTech serves as a strategic entry point into the realm of food and feed testing through its dioxin-analysis product line. EST Analytical, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, manufactures a range of automated laboratory solutions for gas chromatography (GC) sample introduction and preparation. EST’s Rotterdam-based subsidiary, TSHR, provides a range of automated elemental combustion analyzers used in environmental and petrochemical applications.

These four companies cater to major multinational commercial testing laboratories and industrial clients spanning environmental, agricultural, and food-and-beverage sectors. By offering automation solutions, they empower clients to streamline previously manual workflows in their operations.

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