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27-April-2006 - LGC Forensics exhibits at GPEC conference
2006
LGC attends its first police conference outside the UK, at GPEC
2006, Germany, 2-4 May, Hall 2, Booth L05
LGC Forensics, the newly branded forensics division of the LGC
Group, will be exhibiting at GPEC, the General Police Equipment
Exhibition & Conference 2006 in Leipzig, Germany, 2-4 May 2006,
and will be offering visitors information on LGC Forensics
comprehensive portfolio of forensic services and capabilities.
GPEC 2006 will be the first police conference in Europe attended
by LGC Forensics. Following the revision last year of how
forensic DNA analysis can be used in criminal investigations in
Germany, the prospect has been created for LGC to provide police
forces in Germany with a range of services across the entire
forensic spectrum of offences and case types.
Dr Angela Gallop, Director, LGC Forensics, who will be speaking at
the conference on 2 May, with a presentation entitled ‘The changing
face of forensic science’, said: “This is a valuable opportunity to
create awareness of LGC’s services amongst the police forces in
Germany. We are looking forward to talking to delegates
regarding their needs from a forensic service provider in what is a
rapidly changing market. As one of only two full service forensic
science providers in England and Wales, we aim to build on our
reputation and on LGC´s current international operations to offer
forensic services throughout Europe and beyond."
The LGC Group now has a number of operations based in Germany, the
most recent addition being AGOWA, a specialist genomics company
based in Berlin. LGC’s laboratory in Luckenwalde produces
pharmaceutical impurity reference standards and its reference
materials division, LGC Promochem, has a supply and distribution
centre in Wesel.
Also speaking at the conference on 2, 3, 4 May, is LGC’s Dr Heike
Solbrig-Lebuhn, Business Development Manager at LGC’s Wesel office,
with a UK case study presentation on the South Wales Police
scientific investigation of the murder of Lynette White. Dr
Solbrig-Lebuhn will be available at LGC’s booth number L05, Hall 2,
throughout the duration of the conference.
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