17.03.2008 Metals in Water: UKAS coverage extended
Our method for metals in water by ICP-MS now includes antimony, barium and molybdenum as ISO17025 accredited determinands.
A full list of our UKAS/MCERTS accredited tests can be found by clicking on the UKAS or MCERTS logos on our Quality page.
For more information please contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk.
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04.03.2008 UKAS accreditation for Aquakem analyser
Fluoride, Chloride, Nitrite, Nitrate, Phosphate, Sulphate, Alkalinity and Ammonium, in water, groundwater and leachates by Aquakem (KONE) discrete colorimetric analyser, are now ISO17025 accredited.
The coverage of our accreditation for water and soil testing methods continues to expand. A full list can be found by clicking on the UKAS or MCERTS logos on our Quality page.
For more information please contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk.
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04.02.2008 UKAS: Extensions to Scope
Chromium and Selenium in soils have been added to our list of metals accredited to ISO17025 / MCERTS, while for waters, Total Cyanide, Free Cyanide and Thiocyanate are now accredited to ISO17025.
Our schedule of accredited tests will continue to grow and can be found by clicking on the UKAS or MCERTS logos on our Quality page.
For more information please contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk.
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09.01.2008 Chemtest success at NBA Business Awards 2007
Chemtest entered the NBA Business Awards for the first time this year.
The aim of the Newmarket Business Association (NBA) is to both highlight and celebrate the wealth and diversity of business expertise in Newmarket and to reward the high standards attained. The Business Awards started in 2003 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the NBA. As the event was a runaway success, it was decided to make it an annual affair.
In this first year of entry Chemtest came away on the night with 2 awards:
- Large Business of the Year 2007
- Highly Commended on the Judges award
This is in recognition of the growth the business has achieved not only in turnover but in every aspect of the analytical process including Quality Assurance, Customer Service and Method Development.
"I am very proud of the team at Chemtest who have all worked extremely well under challenging circumstances to provide a positive customer experience. It is excellent to receive recognition as a business and to set the benchmark for next years performance. Well done to you all” says Peter Noone, Managing Director.
Photo one (left to right): Malcolm Avis, Technical Director; Peter Noone, Managing Director; being presented by Phil Carruthers from Barclays Business Banking.
Photo two (left to right): Mike Shelbourne, Commercial Director; Malcolm Avis, Technical Director; Peter Noone, Managing Director; being presented by Emma Joel, Chairman of Newmarket Business Association.
(click images to enlarge view)
For more information contact: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk.
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28.11.2007 New Market Leading Instrumentation Testing
Chemtest have taken a lead in their market as the only European laboratory to trial the new Clarus® 600 Gas Chromatograph, designed by Perkin Elmer. Chemtest have a long established partnership with Perkin Elmer and were invited to participate in the beta testing of this radically new instrument two years ago.
The instrument benefits from the fastest available heat-up and cool-down chromatograph oven together with enhanced auto-sampler capabilities. The result is accelerated analytical cycle times without the compromise in quality of data associated with other recognised ‘fast’ techniques.
Chemtest initially chose to evaluate the beta version of the new chromatograph with TPH analysis. The beta instrument performed consistently and reliably throughout the trial period. Chemtest has subsequently purchased five production models of the Clarus® 600, extending the range of organics tests to include accelerated analysis of PAHs and VOCs by GC-MS.
The Clarus® 600 represents a significant advance for Chemtest through increased sample throughput meaning increased flexibility to deliver better quality results on time.
Click here to view the testimonial (pdf opens in a new window)
For urther information on this leading technology, please contact: malcolm.avis@chemtest.co.uk
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28.11.2007 Here We Go, Here We Go!!
Chemtest's 6-a-side team have had a much better season and finished only a point away from promotion from their league. The highlight of the season was an 8-0 drubbing of a team who'd beaten them in the previous season. Their new season starts again in January 08 and the team hope to improve and gain promotion into the top league within their set-up.
For further information please contact: scott.fisher@chemtest.co.uk
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28.11.2007 Arcadis 6 Chemtest 1
The 11-a-side football team marked the arrival of their new kit, sporting the new Chemtest logo, in a friendly match against a side from Arcadis GMI. The match was played at Studlands Park in Newmarket followed by drinks and buffet. Hopefully this will become a regular fixture. There is a re-match planned for spring '08 with plans to arrange other matches against any clients that would like the challenge.
If anyone is interested, please contact: scott.fisher@chemtest.co.uk
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28.11.2007 Sponsors of Local Rugby Club
Chemtest have sponsored their local rugby club in Newmarket this year and provided them with new shorts for their 1st XV players. The club have played 13 games so far this season with only 1 defeat and are currently top of the Eastern Counties Division 2 after 9 league matches. Managing Director, Peter Noone presented the club Captain, Martin Hughes with the new shorts on Tuesday 30th October. We wish them continued success for the rest of the season. For anyone interested in supporting the local team they normally play every other week at home at Scaltback Middle School, you can check their fixtures listing on their website www.newmarketrugby.com.
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12.09.07 onsite update
Alongside our new office in Tamworth, Chemtest onsite have increased their capability in noise and vibration monitoring, these services now being utilised on several sites across England, Scotland and Wales.
"Setting up a new office six months ago, introducing new capabilities, winning new clients and building a team has been a very positive experience" says Guy Lawson, Divisional Manger.
In addition to the above, Chemtest onsite are also aiming for UKAS 17020 Accreditation for Asbestos Surveying.
About Chemtest onsite
onsite offers a range of in-situ environmental monitoring and surveying services including asbestos that compliment Chemtest's main laboratory services.
For more information contact: guy.lawson@chemtest.co.uk.
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05.09.07 3rd Annual Scottish Land Remediation Conference
Chemtest will have a stand at the 2nd Annual Scottish Land Remediation Conference which takes place on 26th September 2007. The conference is being held at the Glasgow Science Centre and has been organised by the Environmental Industries Commission to inform on the latest challenges and changes facing industry professionals. We hope to see you there!
For more information contact: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk.
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18.07.2007 MCERTS for PAH by GC/MS
In addition to our existing MCERTS accreditation for PAH in soils by GC/FID, Chemtest now offer the alternative GC/MS method as an MCERTS accredited test.
We will continue to extend accreditation coverage for tests on waters and soils, and for MCERTS, over the coming months.
Our schedule will be updated shortly and can be found by clicking on the UKAS or MCERTS logos on our Quality page.
For more information contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk.
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05.07.2007 Chemtest in Ireland
Chemtest have established an on-site laboratory in East Wicklow which is helping to achieve faster processing times in an important environmental project.
The on-site testing facility is located at a sand and gravel pit operated by Roadstone Dublin Ltd at Blessington, sections of which had been used as illegal unauthorised landfills for mainly domestic, commercial and industrial wastes and construction and demolition waste.
Roadstone are currently remediating the land filled areas. This requires the excavation of the backfilled material and the processing of that material, by screening, to remove the waste. The screened material is sampled and tested against Irish Waste Acceptance Criteria (IWAC) to determine appropriate disposal routes.
Offsite testing was employed for the initial phase of the work. However the standard turnaround time of 10 days became critical to the project duration and led to delays in the processing of the material. Mouchel Parkman proposed the establishment of an on-site laboratory solely for the provision of IWAC to Roadstone at Blessington. The proposals were agreed with the Irish Environment Protection Agency and the laboratory was established at the end of March.
Techniques employed on site involve the analysis of the soils by rapid assay techniques after full demonstration method applicability and by GC-FID. Preparation of single stage leachate in compliance with BS-EN 12457-2 and analysis of the leachate for metals by voltammetry and Ion Chromatography and anions, TOC, phenol by colorimetric test kits.
The methods are validated on-site, all tests are run with additional quality control samples and duplicates are sent back to Chemtest for replicate analysis at our UKAS accredited laboratory.
A turnaround time of four days is consistently being achieved which has led to a significant improvement in the overall efficiency of the project.
For further information on Chemtest and our project in Ireland contact: phil.hellier@chemtest.co.uk.
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05.07.2007 Return to the Belfry 2007
Chemtest Golf Day 2007 proved again to be a great success with our customers travelling the length and breadth of Britain to join us. The Brabazon course was in fantastic condition and the weather was stunning.
The quality of golf was interesting ranging from poor to very average with the winner rolling in with 32 points, mild sunburn and a thirst for refreshment.
Well done to Alec Jones in 1st, Craig Sillars in 2nd and Mark Gill taking 3rd place.
The Longest Drive went to Laurence Bonner, Nearest Pin to Ian Hunter and the Longest Walked to Phil Weston who came in on the same points as Peter Noone, but staff are not allowed to win!
Thank you to Perkin Elmer who sponsored the Polo Shirts.
Roll on 2008!
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12.06.2007 Extension to MCERTS scope for metals
Chemtest's MCERTS accredited tests now include barium, beryllium, molybdenum and vanadium on soils.
We are constantly working towards further expansion of our UKAS accredited test schedule.
An updated schedule and can be found by clicking on the UKAS or MCERTS logos on our Quality page.
For more information contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk.
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24.05.2007 Customer Survey
Chemtest are always striving to improve the quality of their service and gaining client feedback provides us with a valuable measurement of this. Chemtest undertake a regular review from its customers usually through a faxback form.
The 2007 survey has evolved and was conducted electronically via an email directing clients to a link on the Chemtest website. This whole process is paperless and aside from the obvious environmental benefits this brings, it means that it is easier for clients to complete taking on average 90 seconds. The response rate using this method has also significantly increased
The information gathered will be collated to reflect our customer’s perception of our business and to drive an action plan for continuous improvement.
Thank you to all customers who have taken the time to provide us with their views. A summary of the results will be published here in due course.
For further information on Chemtest and the client survey contact alexandra.jepsen@chemtest.co.uk.
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17.05.2007 100% Chemtest
Chemtest is aware that an important factor in providing an exceptional service to clients is analytical turnaround times. The capability to provide fast turnarounds is a key factor in securing new business, but the most important factor is the ability to meet the agreed completion dates with our clients.
Chemtest inline with our business improvement plan, have set targets to achieve a turnaround time of greater than 85% out on time every month. With the introduction of a new reporting system, ‘live’ information regarding due analysis can be accessed. This has enabled bottlenecks and resource issues within the laboratory to be identified and resolved. Along with the new reporting system we have developed many new system processes and this combined effort allows every Team Leader to prioritise the right samples at the right time. This has enabled Chemtest to achieve turnaround times of greater than 95% out on time for the past 6 months, and 100% out on time achieved for 3 of the six months.
Chemtest is positive that this has benefited all of our clients and has enabled them to focus on their own priorities and we look forward to continuing to provide them with the high quality analytical service they expect.
For more information on this news release, please contact Darrell Hall on 01638 606070 or darrell.hall@chemtest.co.uk.
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27.04.2007 MCERTS for TOC
Chemtest's MCERTS accredited test schedule now includes Total Organic Carbon on soils.
News of further extensions to our UKAS/MCERTS accreditation expected soon.
Our schedule will be updated shortly and can be found by clicking on the UKAS or MCERTS logos on our Quality page.
For more information contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk
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05.03.2007 Chemtest onsite expands into the Midlands
Chemtest onsite have opened a new office in Tamworth, North of Birmingham. This marks a new phase of development for onsite and Guy Lawson, who was appointed as Divisional Manager in January.
onsite offers a range of in-situ environmental monitoring and surveying services including Asbestos that compliment Chemtest's main laboratory services. The division is currently working on a number of sizeable projects including a 10 year contract to monitor borehole groundwater at a waste incinerator, a two-year borehole monitoring and sampling project utilising the latest in-situ telemetry and a three year contract in Scotland to monitor noise, dust and vibration for a large contractor.
onsite's main client base comprises the construction, remediation and environmental industries.
Guy notes, "With an increasing demand for monitoring services and rapid growth of the contaminated land sector, the time is right to establish onsite as a stand alone division to Chemtest."
The office offers an excellent location, just off the M42 and with easy links to the M1, M40 and M5. It will also act as a Chemtest service centre to cover the Midlands region.
For more information on this news release, please contact Guy Lawson on 07825 526963 or guy.lawson@chemtest.co.uk.
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02.03.2007 Chemtest employ more placement Strathclyde University students
For the third year running Chemtest will take on 3 more high quality placement students from Strathclyde University.
The students are studying for an MSCi (Honours) degree and there is a requirement to spend a placement year in industry. Chemtest are pleased to play a part in providing the students with a valuable insight to a high quality, high volume contract laboratory. Students gain vital industry experience, increase their scientific knowledge and understanding and develop their analytical and instrumentation skills.
Based on the success of the current and previous students, Chemtest hopes to continue their relationship with the University for the foreseeable future. We look forward to welcoming the new students in July.
For more information on this news release, please contact Darrell Hall on 01638 606070 or darrell.hall@chemtest.co.uk.
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31.01.2007 Chemtest now offer in-house Dissolved Methane method
As from January, Chemtest are pleased to announce that they are now able to test for dissolved methane. Previously this test was outsourced, and now having an in-house capability means that Chemtest can provide clients with faster turnaround times and lower detection limits.
For further information on this test or to find out about other tests that Chemtest can provide please contact Darrell Hall, Laboratory Manager at darrell.hall@chemtest.co.uk or on 01638 606070.
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30.01.2007 Additions to MCERTS Schedule of Accreditation
The scope of Chemtest's MCERTS accredited tests has been extended to include Ammonium and Chloride in soils.
Chemtest will continue to increase the coverage of its accreditation for tests on waters and soils, and for MCERTS.
The latest update to our UKAS schedule can be found by clicking here.
For more information contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk
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25.01.2007 EQuIS reporting now available
EQuIS, the Environmental Quality Information System, is one of the most popular environmental data management tools on the market. The EQuIS Chemistry module offers all the fields, tables and relationships necessary to warehouse and qualify the chemistry for site assessments, risk assessments, site characterisations, and remediation projects.
For more information contact: malcolm.avis@chemtest.co.uk
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10.11.2006 Taking the High Road
Chemtest exhibited at the 2nd Annual Scottish land Remediation Conference on the 27th September at the Glasgow Science Centre. The aim of the conference and exhibition was to try and gain an insight to the Scottish Contaminated Land market and to see if a service such as Chemtest could benefit from having a presence in Scotland.
Chemtest were sharing the stand with our Corporate Supply partner Perkin Elmer who brought along headspace analyser to display. This helps to give our customers at the show an idea of the technology used to analyse their samples.
The exhibition was a great success and several serious enquiries were received from some of the large consultancies and remediation contractors.
For more information contact: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk
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08.11.2006 Chemtest reach another milestone by celebrating 10 years of service
2006 sees Chemtest celebrate 10 years of analytical service provision to the Environmental, Geotechnical and Remediation sectors. Since its launch in November 1996 the business has grown by 50% year on year and is now a major player in the contaminated land analysis industry. After obtaining UKAS Accreditation in 2000 and MCERTS for soils in 2005 for a range of Organic and Inorganic determinants Chemtest has been able to widen their scope of both clients and types of projects undertaken. Recently they have secured several large projects to help maintain the continued growth of the business. Chemtest's continuing success is being achieved through not only its "quality and technical capability" but also its track record in customer delivery, business improvement and adaptability. Fast turnaround times, measured Key Performance Indicators and dedicated sales and customer service professionals form an integral part of the service provided. Chemtest will continue to significantly invest in staff and facilities and shortly will move into a new 23,000 sq ft laboratory. This will ensure Chemtest achieves its target of doubling the current level of sales by 2010.
Pictured: Peter Noone (left), Managing Director of Chemtest and Malcolm Avis (right), founder member and Technical Director
For more information contact: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk
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01.11.2006 Extension To MCERTS Schedule Of Accreditation
Chemtest have further extended its scope of MCERTS accredited tests. Three further tests have been added to our MCERTS accreditation schedule. These are Free cyanide, total cyanide and thiocyanate.
This is part of Chemtest's ongoing program to continue to extend its schedule of accredited tests for waters, soils and MCERTS.
The latest update to our UKAS schedule can be found by clicking here.
For more information contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk
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27.09.2006 Chemtest Staff take place in charity day of Dragon Boat Racing
On Saturday 9th September staff from Chemtest donned life jackets, risked life and limb and took to the River Cam to take part in a charity Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat racing is an ancient Chinese tradition and our crew managed to skipper a 30' boat and race over a 250m course competing against over 30 other teams. This was the first time Chemtest had taken part in the event and despite one ‘man over board' incident a thoroughly enjoyable day was had with the team finishing mid table. Festival pledges amounted to over £10,000.
For more information contact: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk
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04.08.2006 2nd Annual Scottish Land Remediation Conference
Chemtest will have a stand at the 2nd Annual Scottish Land Remediation Conference which takes place on 27th September 2006. The conference is being held at the Glasgow Science Centre and has been organised by the Environmental Industries Commission to inform on the latest challenges and changes facing industry professionals. We hope to see you there!
Click here for a conference brochure.
For more information contact: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk
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01.08.2006 Extension to UKAS Schedule of Accreditation
Chemtest have further extended its scope of UKAS accredited water tests. Three further tests have been added to our water analysis accreditation. These are; cations analysis by ICP-MS (Sodium, Calcium, Potassium and Magnesium), Chemical Oxygen Demand, and Ammonium.
This is part of Chemtest's ongoing programme to continue to extend its schedule of accredited tests for waters, soils and MCERTS.
The latest update to our UKAS schedule can be found via the link on our website.
For more information contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk
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29.07.2006 Chemtest Golf Day 2006
Chemtest's annual golf day took place this year on 19th July with eighteen key clients enjoying an exclusive day of golfing at the world famous Brabazon Course.
The Brabazon Golf Course at the Belfry has been host to the Ryder Cup four times and clients were understandably excited by this rare opportunity to play at such a prestigious venue. People rose to the challenge of the course, with many competitive score cards handed in. Efforts were recognised with awards presented for 1st, 2nd and
3rd placed, nearest the pin, longest drive and also longest walked. Coming in with 16 points, Peter Noone, Managing Director of Chemtest, was disappointed with his personal performance on the day. Clients were, however, understanding and generously provided Peter with the excuse that, "it's difficult to play good golf as well as attending to all your guests!"
After a day of golf, dinner was served in the Ryder Room with clients retiring to their rooms at the Belfry following several enjoyable hours in the bar! The day was an outright success and feedback from clients has been excellent; in the words of one guest "Carlsberg don't do golf days….. but if they did they wouldn't be able to beat this !!" Peter Noone hopes to make next year's golf day even better but admits he has his work cut out.
For more information contact: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk
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05.05.2006 Latest AGS Reporting format
Chemtest are now able to offer the latest AGS Format for analytical data. This format can be directly exported from LIMS, which ensures 100% data transfer accuracy and allows you to upload the data into your required reporting software.
For more information contact: malcolm.avis@chemtest.co.uk
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05.05.2006 Customer Service announcements
Michelle Ebdon and Daniel Woods have joined the Customer Service Team to enhance and improve our customer service capability. Both Michelle and Daniel come from a Customer Service background and are quickly coming to terms with all of the acronyms used in the analysis of contaminated land.
For more information contact: alex.jepson@chemtest.co.uk
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28.04.2006 Chemtest nominated for Award
Chemtest are pleased to announce that it was nominated for the prestigious title of "Consultant of the Year" at the Weston Homes PLC Annual Awards Luncheon. Chemtest received a nomination for the assistance and guidance provided over several projects involving our services.
For more information contact: mike.shelbourne@chemtest.co.uk
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16.03.2006 ICU 2006 Exhibition
Chemtest will be at stand C56 at this year's International Clean Up exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham. This is Chemtest's 4th year exhibiting and we find it an invaluable event for meeting existing and potential customers. We look forward to seeing you at our stand.
For more information contact: mike.shelbourne@chemtest.co.uk
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09.03.2006 'onsite' gains CSCS Operative Cards
All of the onsite team have now completed the CSCS Card scheme to compliment our Health and Safety policies. It also gives our customers even more confidence in choosing Chemtest onsite as a preferred supplier of environmental monitoring services.
For more information contact: david.newlyn@chemtest.co.uk
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09.03.2006 Customer Service and Sales announcements
Alexandra Jepsen has recently joined Chemtest to head up the Customer Services Team and with the introduction of the new Sales Team including Steve Davies, Joe Smolka and Martin Hughes we are aiming high to improve customer satisfaction, communications and developing our systems to enable improved management of your requirements.
For more information contact: mike.shelbourne@chemtest.co.uk
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08.03.2006 PCB's are added to MCERTS Accreditation
Poly Chlorinated Biphenols (PCB's) are now included on our MCERTS Accreditation list. Chemtest are working hard to ensure that our accreditation is constantly updated to meet the business needs of our customers. More additions are on the way.
For more information contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk
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08.03.2006 New equipment increases capacity
Skalar have finalised the installation of the multi component inorganic auto analyser, which will triple capacity for several of our routine analyses. All of these methods are now undergoing validation for MCERTS. Perkin Elmer has also supplied Chemtest with another GC-FID to offer more flexibility and capacity to manage the demand for lower level reporting limits.
For more information contact: phil.hellier@chemtest.co.uk
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19.01.2006 Peter Noone MD presenting the new kit to Steven Duggins
Please see news story below for more information.
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19.01.2006 Chemtest sponsor Cambridge University football club
Chemtest are pleased to announce kit sponsorship for the Cambridge University Chemical Labs Football Club.
We are delighted to support a local club that have achieved consecutive promotions over the past three years and are champions of the Cambridgeshire FA Super Sevens league.
The kit was presented to Steven Duggins (Goalkeeper) whom expressed his thank you on behalf of the team.
Rob Paton (Team Captain) hopes “that this will be another successful year for the team and for all at Chemtest."
For all the latest scores, fixtures and team gossip visit our links page to keep up to date.
Good luck.
P.S Are you sure about that goalkeeper??
For more information contact: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk
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19.12.2005 Chemtest 'onsite' gains momentum
'onsite' have made significant progress since it's inception. They have secured several large Water Monitoring and Asbestos Surveying commissions over the past three months and continue to go from strength to strength. If you have a site-monitoring requirement and don't have the resource to spare we are confident that we can fit your budget and meet your timescale.
For more information contact: david.newlyn@chemtest.co.uk
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19.12.2005 Chemtest Partnership for Training
Chemtest have joined up with First Steps Ltd to deliver a training course to aid proficiency for new graduates and junior engineers covering topics such as Sample collection, preparation and storage for MCERTS testing of contaminated soils. Please visit the links section of our website for more details.
For more information contact: phil.hellier@chemtest.co.uk
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14.12.2005 Civils 2005
Chemtest had another successful exhibition at Olympia as part of the Civils 2005 show. Thank you to our customers who visited the Chemtest stand and met some of the team. We hope you like the "WACPAC" which gives an insight into Waste Acceptance Criteria and contains tables covering CLEA and WAC levels. Please let us know if you would like a WACPAC.
For more information contact: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk
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14.12.2005 Hydrocarbons MCERTS added
Chemtest are pleased to announce a further extension of its MCERTS accreditation. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons joined the significant number of tests already accredited under the Environment Agencies MCERTS scheme. For copies of our UKAS/MCERTS certificate please visit the Quality section of this site. Look out for further accreditation over the coming month.
For more information contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk
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16.09.2005 Further MCERTS Extension
Chemtest are pleased to announce a further extension of its MCERTS accreditation. PAH Total, PAH Speciated 16, As, Cu and Pb as well as the recently extended VOC's have now been added to the list of MCERTS accredited analysis. For copies of our UKAS/MCERTS certificate please visit the Quality section of this site. Look out for further accreditation over the coming month.
For more information contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk
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26.08.2005 Community Partnership
Chemtest are delighted to announce a partnership with the Newmarket Upper School Art Department.
Chemtest will be displaying the students' work throughout the laboratory and office areas in return we shall be helping the school with the replacement and maintenance of essential equipment to offer the school and students better resources to continue with the quality of the art and the teaching provided.
For more information contact: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk
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26.08.2005 Golf Day 2006
The annual golf day proved to be very successful with customers traveling from all over the country to attend. We did experience several hours of rain but this did not dampen the spirits or the scores put in at the end of the day (several handicap adjustment are under review). There are already people requesting their invites for next year so it may be worth registering your interest now?
For more information contact: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk
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25.08.2005 MCERTS Extension
Chemtest are pleased to announce a further extension of its MCERTS accreditation.
VOC's have now been added to the list. For copies of our UKAS/MCERTS certificate please visit the Quality section of this site. Look out for further accreditation over the coming month.
For further information contact: john.crawford@chemtest.co.uk
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25.08.2005 Monolithic Waste
Chemtest now undertake the analysis of Monolithic Wastes in conjunction with the WAC leachate analysis. This method has been developed in response to customer feedback and in line with our programme of continuous method development.
For more information contact: phil.hellier@chemtest.co.uk
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25.06.2005 Waste Acceptance Criteria testing capability extended
With July 16th approaching, our customer requirements for full WAC testing and CEN leachate preparation and analysis is increasing.
Chemtest have doubled the current capability on CEN leachate extraction and preparation to complement the increase in capacity on analysis over recent weeks.
For further information contact: phil.hellier@chemtest.co.uk
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25.06.2005 PBET Physiologically Based Extraction Test
Chemtest are pleased to announce that we are now able to offer Physiologically Based Extraction Testing (PBET).
When assessing risks associated with soils contaminated with toxic metals, one exposure pathway typically evaluated is soil ingestion by children.
This is an in vitro test system for predicting the bioavailability of metals from a solid matrix and incorporates gastrointestinal tract parameters representative of a human. The test simulates stomach and small intestinal conditions such as pH, temperature, chemistry, soil to solution ratio, stomach mixing and stomach emptying rates.
Fast turnaround times are available.
For more information contact: keith.jones@chemtest.co.uk
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26.05.2005 'onsite' - the new site services division from Chemtest
'onsite' is the new site services operation from Chemtest to complement our analytical capability. The initial onsite team of 7 is experienced in asbestos surveying (P402 & P405), air, dust, gas, noise and water monitoring. The service also provides for all types of site sampling. This is in response to many of our clients' repeated requests for attendance on site. We are confident onsite will provide you with the benefits associated with using Chemtest.
'onsite' will offer a nationwide service.
For further information click here. Alternatively, email: peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk
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Chemtest secures further accreditation for MCERTS
Chemtest are pleased to announce the addition of Cobalt and Manganese to our list of MCERTS accredited tests. MCERTS is continuously developing and we will keep you updated on a regular basis. To see our full list of our accreditation status, visit our Quality page and click on the logos.
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Chemtest website goes live. Please give your feedback
So, what do you think? We would be delighted to receive feedback from you on our website. How does it look? Is it easy to navigate? And what would you like to see on there? Please complete the form on the Contact page or e-mail peter.noone@chemtest.co.uk with your comments.
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Chemtest extension of the preparation laboratory is now complete
The newly extended section of the laboratory is now fully operational with substantially increased capacity. This incorporates bespoke extraction facilities together with additional drying and grinding capability.
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