John Morris Scientific
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| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Scientific products distributor |
| Founded | April 1952 |
| Founder | John Leon Wyzenbeek & Morris Garlick |
| Headquarters | Sydney, NSW, Australia, Australia & New Zealand |
Number of locations | 9 |
Area served | Australia New Zealand and South West Pacific regions |
Key people | Andre Wyzenbeek Managing Director Jeff Tyson Financial Controller |
| Products | Technical, Laboratory and Industrial Research Equipment |
| Services | Sales, Service, Training |
Number of employees | 103 |
| Divisions | Field Sales, Instrument Servicing, Internal Customer Support, Product Specialists, Training |
| Website | johnmorrisgroup |
John Morris Scientific is an Australian firm in laboratory and industrial instrumentation and consumables to aid researchers and engineers. Their brands include scientific manufacturers and suppliers such as Cole-Parmer, PCB Piezotronics and MTS. The John Morris Group principally serves the life sciences, vacuum research, environmental, petroleum, industrial and pharmaceutical industries.
History
[edit]With original roots in Holland for two generations, John Morris Scientific was founded in April 1952 by John Leon Wyzenbeek and Morris Garlick to supply Australian research laboratories with quality products not available in the region.[1] The original roots stem back to John's wife Hetty. Her father owned and ran a second generation, chemical and glassware distributor in Holland which was forced into closure during World War II. The shell of this company was sold after the war and the proceeds were used to establish new roots in Australia.
After working for a range of established Australian Scientific Instrument distributors including Townsend Mercer, John Leon Wyzenbeek began a partnership with Morris Garlic leveraging the relationships from Hetty's childhood.
Since inception, three generations of the Wyzenbeek family have worked in John Morris Scientific. At present, John's son Norbert is Chairman of the Board and Norbert's eldest son Andre is the Managing Director.[2]
In the early days, John would ride a bicycle to customers selling glassware until he had enough orders to place a shipment with his European suppliers. In 1987, John Morris transitioned from Glassware and Chemicals into instrumentation – investing in product specialist staff and service infrastructure. John Morris Scientific maintains knowledge of the latest technologies by providing personnel with regular factory training, attending vendors’ facilities regularly and through involvement in key industry events.[3]
This company is the only third generation, privately owned, scientific instrument supplier in the South West Pacific region. John Morris Scientific has remained under the same family ownership for over 60 years.
In 2016, John Morris Scientific changed its name to the John Morris Group to better reflect their growth and diversification into technical industries outside of the Laboratory.
References
[edit]- ^ "From Humble Beginnings... | Cole Parmer Lab Supplier John Morris". Coleparmer.johnmorris.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ Hoshowsky, Robert. "John Morris Scientific Pty Ltd | Business In Focus Magazine". Businessinfocus.com.au. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "Faculty of Science" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.