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ACT certified KNAUER AZURA 862 bar HPLC system with diode array detection (Picture: KNAUER)
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Dr. Kate Monks (Photo: KNAUER)
Berlin, July 1, 2024: The environmental impact of KNAUER's top-selling HPLC systems has now been evaluated by My Green Lab. The result even surprised the manufacturer: Their systems scored the lowest of all HPLC systems so far certified with the ACT ecolabel.
The “ACT Environmental Impact Factor Ecolabel” provides scientists and purchasing professionals with third-party verified information on the environmental impact of laboratory products. To date more than 1300 laboratory products are in the database of My Green Lab.
The German manufacturing company KNAUER has subjected its best-selling HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) systems to this assessment and is very happy with the results. The KNAUER environmental impact factors (ACT-EIF) are currently the lowest of all HPLC systems in the database. The energy-efficient design of the devices, sustainable production and years of efforts to ensure short and resilient supply chains pay off in the assessment, as does the long service life of the devices.
There are always three different ACT labels for one product, depending on the region it is delivered to (US/EU/UK), because the shipping impact is also calculated.
For example: The KNAUER AZURA 862 bar HPLC system with diode array detection scored an ACT-EIF of 13.3 for the EU and 21.8 for the US due to the greater transport distance. The AZURA 862 bar HPLC system with refractive index detection scored even lower at an ACT-EIF of 12.5 for the EU and 21.0 for the US respectively. After years of operating the equipment, these regional differences naturally become less and less significant.
"Even for modern high-tech devices old virtues like efficiency, reparability and longevity pay off for the environment. That's why we have achieved such great results!", says Kate Monks with a smile, Head of Quality & Regulatory.
KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH develops and manufactures high-tech laboratory instruments, e.g. HPLC systems, that can be used to perform analyses or to purify value substances such as active pharmaceutical ingredients. The sales network spans over 70 countries. Alexandra Knauer, who manages the company together with Carsten Losch, attaches great importance to corporate responsibility both towards its 200 employees and towards the environment and society. More about KNAUER at www.knauer.net
More info about the ACT label at:
actdatabase.mygreenlab.org
KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH, Hegauer Weg 38, 14163 Berlin, Germany
+49 30 809727-0, +49 30 8015010 (Fax), info@knauer.net, www.knauer.net
Press contact: Oliver Gültzow, gueltzow@knauer.net, +49 30 809727-43
