Coronavirus Response

During the coronavirus pandemic, we are fully committed to the safety and well-being of our customers, employees, suppliers and the wider life sciences community we serve. We are working hard to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and to sustain operations during this unprecedented situation. We may be working differently, but we are committed to supporting our customers and overcoming the challenges ...
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AKTA start Service & Repair

AKTA Start in lab for chromatography FPLC
AKTA start is a preparative chromatography system for laboratory scale protein purification. AKTA start is designed as a stand-alone system, with intuitive design, simple flow path, and user-friendly interface. making it easy to purify a wide variety of proteins using built-in quick start methods, pre-defined templates, or by creating your own methods. Regular maintenance of your AKTA Start is e...
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iRepair

Our iRepair AKTA service plan gives you the security of a break-down only service for your AKTA system or systems. What's included? The iRepair AKTA service plan offers the option of 1, 2 or 3 repair visits only per year, with travel and labour included. You can add as many systems as you want into the plan and request repair visits for any of the systems named on your contr...
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iSafe

Our iSafe AKTA service plan gives you the security of fixed call-outs for your AKTA system or systems. What's included? The iSafe AKTA service plan includes an annual preventative maintenance visit per system, with travel, labour and all the standard PM parts included per system. Any additional parts required are chargeable as fitted. You can add as many systems as you want i...
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iEssential

Our iEssential AKTA service plan gives you cost-effective for your AKTA system or systems. What's included? The iEssential AKTA service plan includes an annual preventative maintenance visit per system, with travel and labour included. We also include a preventative maintenance kit containing all the standard PM parts for each system, so you can keep track of your PM costs. Yo...
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iBasic

Our iBasic AKTA service plan gives you basic preventative maintenance for your AKTA system or systems. What's included? The iBasic AKTA service plan includes an annual preventative maintenance visit per system, with travel and labour included. Any parts required are chargeable as fitted. You can add as many systems as you want into the plan and we'll schedule your PM visit for a ...
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iComplete

Our iComplete AKTA service plan gives you complete peace of mind for your AKTA systems. Comprehensive cover for a single system or a whole lab full! What's included? The iComplete AKTA service plan includes an annual preventative maintenance visit per system, with all PM parts, travel and labour included. You can add as many systems as you want into thee plan and we'll schedule your PM visit...
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Good Housekeeping Practice for Protein Purification Systems

Scientist cleaning protein purification system
We often refer to the instruments running protein purification techniques as the workhorses of the lab. Researchers rely on them to be up and running as standard. The great thing is that these instruments are actually quite simple to keep running well, as long as you follow some good housekeeping tips for sample preparation, buffer management, column cleaning and overall system cleanliness.  Prot...
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IQ/OQ – Peace of Mind for New Equipment Installations

Service Engineer
Whether you are involved in manufacturing, transfer to manufacturing or R&D, if you work in a QC environment you’ve probably heard the term IQ/OQ. IQ (installation qualification) and OQ (operational qualification) are two independent and documented procedures used when a new piece of equipment or plant is being installed and commissioned for use. IQ/OQ  is used to check and test that a system ...
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Software Upgrade – Give your AKTA a Boost

Laboratory laptop
Give your older AKTA a boost with a software upgrade to Windows 7 or 10 OS We often talk to labs who are struggling to maintain the effectiveness of their systems because they are constrained by their software. It’s common to find older AKTA systems being controlled from lab PCs running on old Windows operating systems (XP or earlier) - with the associated networking and upgrade problems that brin...
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