Randox Laboratories
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| Founded | 1982 |
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| Founder | Peter FitzGerald |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Revenue | £95 million (2015) |
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| Website | www |
Randox Laboratories is a global market leader within the in vitro diagnostics industry, developing innovative diagnostic solutions for hospitals, clinical, research and molecular labs, food testing, forensic toxicology, veterinary labs and life sciences. Randox develops, manufactures and markets diagnostic reagents and equipment for laboratory medicine, with a distribution network of 145 countries.
Randox was established in 1982 by its Managing Director, Dr Peter FitzGerald in Crumlin, and has since expanded globally.
Randox manufactures more clinical diagnostic products than any other company in the world. It invests more than 16% of profits into R&D, and almost a quarter of its staff are research scientists and engineers.
Following the development of Randox Health - the first public facing division - the company became the title sponsor of the Randox Health Grand National. Legendary jockey Sir Anthony McCoy is the main brand ambassador, along with Olympic sailor Matt McGovern and Featherweight Celtic, Irish, WBO European & Intercontinental Champion Marco McCullough.
Beginning with a team of six employees, the company now has 1400 employees around the world. It is now moving into the Randox Science Park, a 45 acre state-of-the-art R&D and manufacturing site housed on the former Massereene Barracks.
It has also recently invested €25m in developing a world-leading site in Dungloe, Donegal. Randox Teoranta aims to create more than 470 jobs in research, engineering and life sciences by 2020.
Randox's range of reagents is extensive and covers many different techniques such as colorimetric, UV and immunoturbidimetric methods. As a result of heavy investment in R&D, Randox's portfolio has grown to provide a wider variety of reagents.
Randox has become a leading specialist in developing dedicated reagents to work on competitor systems, including Dimension and Hitachi.
Randox has demonstrated its commitment towards the environment through the implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS), Sustainability Policy and Environmental Policy. These policies recognise that Randox can directly and indirectly impact on the environment through its activities, products and services and outlines the company’s commitment toward environmental protection, corporate social responsibility and compliance with environmental legislation.
Randox EMS has been developed to identify all aspects associated with its business operations that can interact with the environment and potentially result in environmental impacts. With several sites in close proximity to Lough Neagh, Randox have carried out numerous projects to enhance the local environment. Lough Neagh is internationally recognised as an important area for wildlife. The Lough is designated as an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) and Special Protection Area (SPA) as it provides an important habitat for breeding, over-wintering and migrating birds. The area’s wetlands are also of international importance designated under the RAMSAR convention. To support and improve biodiversity Randox have set areas aside for wild bird cover and rough grass margins, planted in excess of 95,000 native broadleaf and native fruit orchards as well as various pollen and nectar mixes. All of these changes have resulted in increased flora and fauna biodiversity, confirmed by nesting bird surveys carried out by the RSPB and Farmer Alliance volunteers.
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