Environmental Standards, Inc. periodically shares laboratory industry news with our clients. We recently received a press release from Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Environmental announcing their plans to acquire Calscience. Vice President Duane Luckenbill writes:
“It is my pleasure to announce that Eurofins Environment Testing US has signed an agreement to acquire Calscience Environmental Laboratories, Inc. (Calscience). The transaction is expected to close no later than the 31st of May.
Founded in 1986 in Garden Grove, California, Calscience is an industry leader in the environmental and marine chemistry testing field and has grown to become the largest independent full-service environmental testing laboratory on the West Coast.
Partnering with Calscience’s expertise and solid industry reputation represents significant value for our clients through an expanded testing portfolio and geographic presence. With the addition of Calscience into Eurofins’ growing portfolio of Centers of Excellence in the US, we believe you will benefit from an unparalleled spectrum of quality testing capabilities, capacity, regulatory expertise, data access and service centers from coast to coast. Our goal is to continually enhance your service experience and ensure you receive all of the state-of-the-art services and client support you are accustomed to as well as capitalize on new opportunities to meet your ever-changing complex needs.
With a strong industry reputation for quality and customer focus, Calscience offers a comprehensive range of analytical methods with expertise encompassing all environmental matrices, including, air, groundwater, marine, sediment, soil, solid waste, and wastewater. Calscience serves a diverse range of clients, including Fortune 100 Companies, the environmental engineering community, consultants, private industry and federal, state, and local governments. Calscience holds accreditations, including National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) and Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP), the US Department of Defense Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (DoD-ELAP), as well as state agencies throughout the United States. Generating revenues of over US $20m and employing 180 staff, Calscience operates a 60,000-square foot state-of-the-art laboratory in Garden Grove and with service centers in California and Texas.
At Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Environmental, we forge partnerships with our clients. The Calscience team, with whom we share very similar corporate cultures, embraces this as well. With an enhanced West Coast presence, we will be positioned to better serve you, and as always remain dedicated to helping you serve the health and environmental needs of society through science and technology and making the world a better place.”