What LCTech is all about

The company's success story now marks a quarter of a century. Dr. Uwe Aulwurm and Mr. Michael Baumann are pleased to receive the IHK certificate of honour for their 25th anniversary. Satisfied customers who are supported in their daily laboratory work are the endeavour and drive for LCTech to continue developing innovative products.

Following the updated methods of the US EPA and the EU Drinking Water Directive, the new European regulation for PFAS in food and drinking water has also been published since January 2023. LCTech has prepared for this by developing excellent products at an early stage and supports you in establishing your PFAS analysis and sample preparation. 
If you would like to receive information about past events, please contact LCTech at news@lctech.de.

In the issue "chrom+food forum 09 | 2022" an interesting article by LCTech mycotoxin expert Dr. Wuppermann has been published on the topic of "Rapid response to changing mycotoxin threat with regard to a change in the prevalence of mycotoxins caused by climate change".

In an industrial plant in Gendorf, Germany PFOA was used for the production of fluoropolymers, resulting in large-scale contamination of the environment and exposure of people to contaminated drinking water in parts of the Altötting district. The drinking water well affected has since been closed.

LCTech is the exclusive distributor of Pickering Laboratories in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Pickering is a pioneer in post-column derivatisation. Since the company was founded in 1984, Pickering Laboratories has continuously developed instruments and chemicals to solve analytical challenges in environmental, pharmaceutical and biochemical testing.

In addition, Pickering Laboratories' synthetic body fluids are used worldwide for product testing and research applications. Pickering offers fluids for testing for:

• Personal and wearable electronics
• Watch-cases and accessories
• Colorfastness to light for fabric
• Colorfastness to perspiration for leather
• Sweat for Ophthalmic optics
• Dental metal alloys
• Colorfastness of products taken orally

Thanks to the innovative technology, extremely little energy is required for ongoing operation. Energy is supplied via a heat pump with external geothermal heat exchangers. In combination with the energy recovery of the exhaust air, an excellent result can be achieved in the energy balance.

The company's own photovoltaic system on the roof generates more energy on average than is actually consumed in the entire building. Energy-saving innovative solutions for cooling the building were also developed for the summer months - based on the same technology.

LCTech is not only aware of its responsibility for environmentally friendly construction of the company building, but also attaches great importance to sustainable product development.

The packaging of the TINY columns in an aluminium case, the TINY Box, completely eliminates the need for additional packaging material. The case delivers 1,820 columns safely and contamination-free to the customer by installing fixed racks. The TINY Box is used as shuttle packaging and thus saves a lot of packaging waste for your laboratory.