LabVantage
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| Predecessor | Laboratory MicroSystems |
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| Founded | 1981 in Troy, New York |
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| Headquarters | Somerset, New Jersey |
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| Parent | The Chatterjee Group |
| Website | www |
LabVantage Solutions, Inc. is a laboratory information management system (LIMS) provider based in Somerset, New Jersey. Founded in 1981,[1] LabVantage is the third largest LIMS provider in the world.[2]
Laboratory MicroSystems was founded by Mark Chudzicki and Michael Boskin in 1981.[3] Chudzicki started the company when he was attending graduate school at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[4] The company began making money several years after it was founded but needed a $100,000 loan from New York state's Corporation for Innovation Development.[4][5] Laboratory MicroSystems received financing from 100 Capital District shareholders in 1985.[6] The company in 1986 was based in Hendrik Hudson Hotel, a downtown Troy hotel that was refurbished into an office building, employed 15 people, and had annual sales of $1 million.[4]
It was named to the Inc. 500 in 1987 after a 532% increase in sales in its first five years in business.[7] The company in 1988 primarily served Fortune 500 companies including General Electric, Dow Corning, Pennzoil, DuPont, Monsanto, and Exxon.[6] It set up software that cost between $10,000 and $70,000 in 1990.[8] Chudzicki and Boskin in 1990 sold the company, which had 12 employees at the time, to Instron.[3] The offer was for about $2.5 million, half to be paid in Instron stock and half to be paid in cash.[8] The acquisition was finalized at $2.42 million to be distributed among Laboratory MicroSystems' 100 shareholders.[9]
In 1997, Instron sold Laboratory MicroSystems to Axiom Systems, a subsidiary of Purnendu Chatterjee's The Chatterjee Group, which renamed the company to LabVantage.[3][10]
In 2005, about half of the company's employees work in India, while 60 employees are in North America and 20 are in Europe.[11]
LabVantage's customers in the United States include Aventis, Pfizer, and Unilever's Best Foods (now called Hellmann's and Best Foods).[2] In India, LabVantage provides services for GAIL, Indian Oil Corporation, and Reliance Industries.[12]
References
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- ^ a b c Herbers, John (1986-06-07). "State Leads in Replacing U.S. Economic Aid". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ David, Peter (1983-09-01). "US high technology: States compete with novel bait". Nature. 305 (5929): 7. doi:10.1038/305007a0.
- ^ a b Brown, Cailin (1988-11-18). "Laboratory Microsystems Plans $600,000 Expansion". Times Union. Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ "Business". Times Union. 1987-12-13. Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ a b Denn, James (1990-03-01). "Software Developer Gets Buyout Offer". Times Union. Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ Denn, James (1990-05-04). "Instron Purchases Troy Computer Firm for $2.42 million". Times Union. Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ "The LIMS Market and LVS". Instrument Business Outlook. Strategic Directions International. 2000-09-30. Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ "LabVantage to double staff in India". Rediff.com. 2005-12-07. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ "LabVantage to hire more". The Telegraph. 2005-11-16. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009.