HAMILTON − The Measure of Excellence
Blog post • Aug 01, 2011 10:00 CEST
From the MICROLITER® Syringe to a Global Company
A long history of successful products began in 1947 with the development of the MICROLITER® syringe by the company’s founder. Demand for the revolutionary syringes grew rapidly and in 1967 a new R&D, production and sales facility was established inBonaduz,Switzerland.
Today HAMILTON Bonaduz acts as headquarters for the European, Asian and African markets, while the headquarters for theAmericas, the Far East andPacific Rim is located inReno,Nevada,USA(established 1972). The founding of subsidiaries inGermany,Great Britain,France,
Italy,ChinaandDenmarkand has further strengthened the company’s worldwide sales and service network.
Quality and Expertise in Automated Liquid Handling
The commitment to precision, accuracy and quality has earned HAMILTON high customersatisfaction.HAMILTON has responded to customers’ needs in biotechnology,
drug discovery, analytics and diagnostics with world-class engineering for innovative, complete automated systems as well as OEM components.
Innovation for Life Sciences
The rapid acceleration of research cycles in the life sciences in the past decade has created a strongly growing market for advanced automated liquid handling technology.
HAMILTON has responded to this development with a new strategic focus on innovative pipetting workstations for fully automated processes. With the MICROLAB ® STAR workstation,HAMILTONhas again achieved technological leadership. Through such innovations as
fully independent pipetting channels or the revolutionary “Monitored Air Displacement” pipetting principle, MICROLAB® STAR achieves the highest process stability and superior pipetting results in drug discovery as well as in genomic and proteomic research.
HAMILTON’s ambition is to become the leading company in automated liquid handling for life sciences - bringing our customers “Innovation for Automation”.
