Food and Drink testing moves to Sittingbourne

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) November 28, 2008 -- With ongoing growth in its testing services, Eclipse Scientific has decided to expand its facilities by moving to new purpose built laboratories on the Kent Science Park at Sittingbourne.

Customers are being informed of the move which is being carefully planned to avoid any disruption in Eclipse's Kent services. Adrian Goldsmith, the Ashford laboratory manager said "I am pleased to confirm that our relocation to Sittingbourne is progressing according to plan. We will be commencing water testing at our new site on Monday 8 December with food testing starting a week later on Monday 15 December".

Adrian also commented "The laboratory at Sittingbourne, which we have secured on a long term tenure, is both larger and superior to the site that we currently have at Ashford and provides scope for further expansion of the services we can offer. The move to this first class facility clearly demonstrates the level of commitment that Eclipse is making to our customers, and to the levels of investment being made in the business.

It is vital that there is continuity in the services our customers receive, so I am delighted that all the current laboratory staff at the Ashford laboratory will be relocating with the business, ensuring that there is complete consistency in the testing of samples.

During the transition period, customers are being informed that they may recieve receive Test Certificates from either Ashford or Sittingbourne depending on which site the analysis was started at, but from the end of December all results will be reported from the new site.

Eclipse has also advised that any existing arrangements for sample collections will remain unaltered with drivers delivering samples to either Ashford or Sittingbourne as appropriate.

Where customers are making their own arrangements for delivery of samples to either of the laboratories, they are being advised to send water samples to Sittingbourne from Monday 8 December and food samples to Sittingbourne from Monday 15 December. Eclipse will take responsibility for transferring samples between sites as appropriate during these first few weeks, but from Monday 22 December all analysis will be undertaken at Sittingbourne and the Ashford site will be closed permanently from Wednesday 24 December.

More information can be found online at http://www.water-testing.co.uk

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