LGC is an international life sciences measurement and testing company, headquartered in Teddington, South West London, and employing over 2,000 staff who operate out of 22 countries worldwide.
LGC has four divisions: Standards, Genomics, Science and Innovation, and Laboratory and Managed Services, providing reference materials, proficiency testing, genomics and analytical products and services.
Since Bridgepoint’s investment in 2010, LGC made several acquisitions: K-Bioscience, a leading provider of genotyping equipment and services to the agribusiness and pharmaceutical industries; HFL Sport Science, the world’s largest sports drug surveillance laboratory; Industrial Analytical in South Africa, a reference materials provider focusing on the natural resources and industrial sectors; Quotient Bioanalytical Sciences, a leading provider of bioanalytical services across the fields of small molecules, biomarkers, biopharmaceuticals and microbiological testing to customers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors; and Dr Ehrenstorfer, the world’s leading producer of pesticide and other organic reference materials.
In December 2015 the company was sold to KKR.
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