Group Set To Eclipse Rivals

Tuesday 30 November 1999

Eclipse Scientific Group, one of Europe's leading independent laboratories, has chosen Kent Science Park, near Sittingbourne, as a new home after its 30 employees out grew their previous premises.

The company provides high quality analytical and consultancy services to the, food, water, pharmaceutical, environmental, agrochemical and animal feed industries from seven UKAS accredited laboratories throughout the UK, plus a further three centres in Ireland.

The relocation from Ashford Business Park, near Sevington, will see Eclipse Scientific take more than 12,000 sq ft in Building 550 at the Science Park, whose community of small and medium-sized businesses was recently the focus of a visit by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Adrian Johnson, UK Sales Manager for Eclipse Scientific Group, said: “These new laboratories will be the second largest in the group and enable us to provide an even higher level of service, specifically to our clients in the food and water industry throughout the South East.

“We are very ambitious to grow and confident that we will achieve this at Kent Science Park.”

James Speck, Site Director at Kent Science Park said: “In today’s highly competitive world we are delighted to have helped retain the jobs provided by Eclipse Scientific in the county.

“The arrival of Eclipse Scientific strengthens our cluster of environmentally-focused science-based businesses, which in turn will help us attract other like-minded businesses and with them important new jobs for the Swale economy.

Eclipse’s arrival is a further vote of confidence in Kent Science Park as a location for ambitious high-growth knowledge-based businesses and will see the number of people employed at the park break the 1,200 barrier for the first time since Shell left in 1996.

Eclipse Scientific plans to be fully operational at Kent Science Park by the end of December.