瑞士哈美頓 Hamilton
1947年,瑞士哈美頓博納圖斯股份公司(以下簡稱瑞士hamilton公司)的創始者Clerk Hamilton先生發明了世界上第一支微量進樣針,即現在的Hamilton 701進樣針,該款經典的進樣針在60多年以后仍暢銷于的全世界各大分析實驗室,被使用者奉為“最精確,最耐用的進樣針”,而Hamilton進樣針也稱為了進樣針的代名詞。
瑞士Hamilton公司從創始起專注于精密玻璃進樣針研發生產,目前是全世界最大的精密進樣針的生產廠商。
1989年,pH復合電極發明者Ingold博士所創建瑞士Ingold公司被一家上市公司所收購,由于家族企業和上市公司的文化差異,Ingold公司研發部的人員選擇加入了瑞士Hamilton公司,更愿意接受家族企業富有創造性的工作氛圍。于是,Hamilton幾十年來積累的精密玻璃的加工水平和Ingold經典的pH電極的研發理論相結合,從1989年開始,Hamilton開始生產全世界最高品質的pH玻璃電極,多年的專注研發,使Hamilton成為了全世界第二大在線電極生產商。
瑞士Hamilton公司位于瑞士博納圖斯(Bonaduz),地處于瑞士阿爾卑斯山脈的東南部,公司四周環繞雪山,終年不化,一層不染,具有生產pH電極得天獨厚的優越環境,得益于瑞士/德國優秀的加工工藝傳統,及其現代化的產業配套使得產品具有最頂級的品質。
2008年以前,Hamilton在中國并沒有自己的銷售體系,全部產品均通過代理商和OEM渠道銷售,但這并非表示Hamilton不重視終端客戶,而從另外一個方面說明了Hamilton更專注于產品本身。
2008年,Hamilton在上海建立了代表處,即瑞士哈美頓博納圖斯股份公司上海代表處(Hamilton Bonaduz AG Shanghai Rep. Office),為中國代理商提供更好的市場支持和規范的渠道管理,而對于最終用戶,Hamilton代表處的成立,意味著更專業的技術服務。借助近兩年中國市場在過程傳感器領域的需求量不斷增長,Hamilton公司在中國的業務也迅速成長。
From Clark Hamilton’s Microliter? Syringe to Leading Laboratory Automation Technology, Hamilton’s expertise in liquid handling goes back to the development of the revolutionary Microliter? syringe in 1947 by the company founder Clark Hamilton. The strategy of the company has been to grow through innovations based on its core competence in liquid handling and to favor high quality products over
short-term profits.
The advent of automation in the laboratory was anticipated early. In 1970, Hamilton had already introduced the first semi-automated diluter. The first fully automated workstation for sample preparation followed in 1980. Today’s STAR line instruments represent the latest development in a series of innovative liquid handling workstations.
Thousands of Hamilton liquid handling workstations are serving customers in laboratories all over the world, some of the instruments with a track record of over 15 years.
The HAMILTON Family
Flat hierarchies and openness have kept the innovative spirit and a familiar atmosphere among the approximately 1000 employees in the USA and Europe. Hamilton coexists in Reno, NV, USA and Bonaduz, Switzerland. The decentralized R&D organization benefits both production and marketing, and allows Hamilton to stay close to the local markets and respond quickly to market needs.
We regard the quality of our employees as one of the key elements at Hamilton. Our qualified staff is continually trained to keep up with advancing technologies. In the assembly of the instrument, every technician is responsible for one instrument throughout the entire process. Signing off “their” instrument before final testing is not only part of our quality management procedure, but also a symbol of the pride our staff takes in their work.
Quality Thinking in Research, Development & Manufacturing
Over the lifetime of an instrument, each component needs to withstand mechanical stress. Particularly, each of the STAR’s pipetting channels goes through 500,000 to 1 million cycles in its lifetime. To evaluate the reliability of the design, the pipetting channels were tested for 10 million cycles in our research and development departments.
In order to be in complete control of the quality of our instruments, the most important components are manufactured in-house, particularly complex mechanic parts. These parts are manufactured to the tightest tolerances in our own precision machine shops.
Our philosophy for building instruments of the highest reliability is to test each module with criteria that are stricter than those for the whole instrument. Instrument testing is fully automated to avoid any variances due to human interaction. Once the instrument has passed all tests successfully, it is configured with the specific modules and accessories for the customer’s application and has to pass yet another test.
Because we also manufacturer life support equipment, Hamilton is compliance with ISO 9001, GMP and FDA.
Hamilton Company is a global enterprise with manufacturing facilities in Reno, Nevada and Bonaduz, Switzerland. Branch sales offices are located in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
We are the worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of manual, semi-automated and robotic products for precision fluid measuring. For nearly 50 years, Hamilton has been satisfying customer needs by combining quality materials with skilled workmanship, ensuring the highest level of performance of every precision fluid measuring device we manufacture. Hamilton's lifelong commitment to precision, accuracy, and quality has earned us global ISO 9001 Certification.
Major Products/Services
Hamilton, founded on the technology of analytical syringes, has evolved with advances in scientific techniques to provide a broad offering of precision fluid measuring devices and robotic fluid measurement products.
Instrument manufacturers often choose Hamilton Company as a source for fluid subsystems. From quality components and robotics, to custom designed subsystems, we have everything needed to help get your products to market on time. Our goal is to assist in perfect design integration.