Christmas Wishes from ALS Environmental
Dec 23, 2014
ALS Environmental would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers, suppliers and staff a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous 2015. Commenting on an exciting year of commercial and technical developments in 2014 Rickard Olofsson (Managing Director at ALS Environmental) states :
We have had a very successful 2014 with some market leading advances, such as our introduction of UKAS and DWTS accredited MALDI-ToF microbial confirmations and our fully accredited Haloacetic Acid analysis. With the onset of the Chemical Investigation Programme (CIP2) in 2015 we expect to see many more advances in our service offering over the next 12 months and onwards.
Throughout 2014 we have been at the leading edge of technical development and aim to keep at the forefront of the market during 2015. Some of the key success stories and developments during 2014 include:
| Date | Business Area | News Story |
| January | Europe | ALS Environmental European Capability Statement |
| February | Legionella | HSG274 Part 2 Open for Consultation |
| March | Quality | Colour Scan added to MCERTS Scope |
| April | Quality | Changes to Sample Matrix Types: Waters |
| May | Waste | Waste Sampling and Testing for Disposal to Landfill |
| June | MALDI-ToF | Instant Accredited Micro Confirmations |
| July | Drinking Water | UKAS Accreditation for Halo Acetic Acids (HAA's) and Dalapon |
| August | River Dee | Chester Laboratory Relocation |
| September | Drop-offs | ALS Environmental Announce Portfolio of Drop-off Locations |
| October | MALDI-ToF | Instant Confirmations of ESKAPE Pathogens |
| November | WAC | 7 Day WAC as Standard from ALS Environmental |
| December | Soils | ALS Environmental to be Represented on the SCLF Committee |
The laboratory will be operating a skeleton staff over the festive period and all of the ALS Drop-off Locations will be closed from 18:00 Tuesday 23rd December and re-open at 09:00 on Monday 5th January 2015.
