Reasons to outsource your analyses or expert assessments to a partner laboratory...
What are the reasons for outsourcing your analyses and expert assessments to a service provider laboratory?
First and foremost, it is important to define what is meant by outsourcing. This refers to a strategy whereby a company entrusts certain projects to an analytical service provider that is an expert in its field, such as FILAB. In English, the associated term is outsourcing.
There are several possible reasons why a company might outsource its analyses or expertise to a service provider laboratory such as FILAB:
- Access to specialized multisectoral expertise: chemical analysis, material characterization
- Access to a state-of-the-art analytical facility
- Adaptability and responsiveness
- An ISO 17025 laboratory accredited by COFRAC
Access to specialized multisectoral skills
Outsourcing analyses allows a company to access specialized skills that are not available internally for various reasons.
FILAB provides its clients with a team of over 100 people (including 70 with master’s degrees) working in a 5,200 m² facility.
It has more than 1,800 industrial clients (large groups, microbusinesses, SMEs) from all sectors: chemicals, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and aeronautics. With so many analyses and customer cases under its belt, the FILAB laboratory is able to meet your needs for analyses or expertise in chemical analysis, material characterization, or support for your R&D projects.
L'accès à un parc analytique de pointe
FILAB has a comprehensive range of state-of-the-art analytical equipment covering 5,200m² and comprising:
- UPLC/ MSMS, UPLC-QTOF, UPLC-ORBITRAP,
- GC/MS, GC/MS-MS
- ICP/MS, ICP-MS/MS, ICP/AES,
- GPC (triple detection),
- MEB-EDX,
- AFM,
- DRX,
- …
Adaptability and responsiveness
The combination of human skills and technical resources available within the laboratory enables us to adapt and respond quickly to your chemical analysis and material characterization needs. The response and processing time for requests is between 24 and 48 hours, enabling us to address multi-sector issues by offering high-level technical services and customized support.
A laboratory accredited to ISO 17025 by COFRAC: Quality Management
Several years ago, the FILAB laboratory implemented a Quality Management System that enables us to fully meet our customers’ requirements (ISO IEC 17025 and ISO 9001 standards).
The FILAB laboratory is accredited by COFRAC (French Accreditation Committee) – Laboratories section – in the following departments: Chemistry, Metallurgy, Organic Chemistry, Chemical Expertise, and Materials Expertise for the following fields:
- Physicochemical analysis of cosmetic products and pharmaceutical products in flexible scope
- Physicochemical analysis of medical devices, medical equipment, and chemical and biological products
- Physicochemical analyses of metallic materials