Esco Celebrates 30 Years of Quality, Service and Tradition

Esco celebrates 30 years of quality, service and tradition in the laboratory equipment and cleanroom industry.

In 1978, Esco was founded to provide clean air solutions for the emerging high-tech industrial and life sciences industries. At that time, Esco pioneered the development of clean air technology in Southeast Asia by designing and constructing the region's first cleanroom. It is widely acknowledged that Esco was ultimately instrumental in the development of clean air technology in Southeast Asia.

During those early years, Esco's expertise with clean air technology was applied towards the construction of laminar flow clean air devices. Biological safety cabinets and fume hoods were designed and manufactured during the early 1980s, expanding the company's scope in the field of containment technology. That same period also saw the first exports of locally developed and proven clean air technology by Esco. In 1985, in-house sheet metal fabrication capabilities were established.

By the late 1980s, Esco was engaged in a wide range of businesses related to clean air technology - from cleanroom facility construction, cleanroom garment manufacturing, cleanroom consumables, to the manufacturing of clean air devices. Many of these businesses were eventually divested in the 1990s as part of strategic shift towards laboratory and cleanroom equipment development, manufacturing and international marketing.

Esco's 30th anniversary marks the company's emergence as a leader in the development of controlled environment, laboratory and cleanroom equipment solutions. Products sold in more than 100 countries include biological safety cabinets, fume hoods, ductless fume hoods, laminar flow clean benches, animal containment workstations, cytotoxic cabinets, hospital pharmacy isolators, PCR cabinets, thermal cyclers, and cleanroom equipment.

With the most extensive biological safety cabinet line in the industry, Esco has passed more tests, in more languages, for more certifications, throughout more countries than any biosafety cabinet manufacturer worldwide. More than ever, Esco remains dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for the clinical, life science, research and industrial laboratory community.

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