About LGC
Company overview
LGC is an
international leader in the laboratory services, measurement
standards, reference materials and
proficiency testing marketplaces.
Our business is focused upon customers in: forensic science; pharmaceutical and
biotechnology research, development and quality control; food chain and environmental surveillance and safety; life science, genomics, proteomics and basic research.
From our foundations as a measurement standards organisation,
LGC offers products and services that enable our customers to
achieve results in challenging analytical and bioanalytical assays,
from single analysis through to high-volume automated testing
programmes. LGC employs 1500 highly skilled staff and is a leading
developer of new methods and standards in biotechnology and
analytical measurement.
LGC is the UK’s designated National
Measurement Institute for chemical and biochemical analysis ,
the National Reference Laboratory for a
range of key areas, and is also the host organisation for the UK’s
Government Chemist
function.