Peak Scientific is a Scottish manufacturer of gas generators for analytical laboratories.[1] [2] [3] Headquartered in Glasgow, United Kingdom, it specialises in the production of nitrogen, hydrogen, and gas generators, mainly for the fields of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry and gas chromatography.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Peak Scientific was established by its founder and current chairman Robin MacGeachy in 1992 originally operating as an air compressor distributor until 1997 when the company was registered to manufacture gas generators on a 10,000 square foot facility at Inchinnan. It was not until 2004 when Robin MacGeachy fully acquired the business.[4]
Timeline
1992 – Business initially established as a distributor of air compressors
1997 – Peak Scientific established to manufacture gas generators
2005 – First international office opens in North America
2007 – India office opens
2008 – Africa office opens
2010 – Mexico, China and Hong Kong offices open
2011 – Australia office opens
2012 – Offices in Germany, Brazil, Japan and Singapore open
2013 – Offices in Canada, France and Spain open
2015 – New offices open in India and Abu Dhabi
2016 – Third office in India opens
2017 – Business is registered in Ireland and Vietnam
2018 – Office in Korea opens
Peak Scientific manufactures all of its generators at its headquarters in Inchinnan, Scotland but also has offices in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Australia, China, India and Southeast Asia.[4]
Peak Scientific supplies small to large scale nitrogen, hydrogen, and zero air gas systems mainly for the laboratory and scientific markets and more specifically for Gas Chromatography (GC) and Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) markets.[10] [11]
Peak Scientific has received The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade in 2004, 2007, 2011, 2014 and in 2016. In 2016 Peak Scientific Instruments Ltd also received the Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation.[10] [12]