A short film on LABOMED® microscopes and the range we build for clinicians, laboratories, classrooms and industry.
Our manufacturing group runs three plants in India, each with its own focus, from optical manufacturing to hardware manufacturing. Machining, optics, assembly and inspection stay in house under Labotech's quality system, certified to ISO 13485:2016, and every instrument then ships to our teams in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Four disciplines decide how a microscope performs: the metal it is built on, the glass it looks through, the hands that align it and the gauges that prove it. We keep all four under one roof.
In 1953 a laboratory equipment house in India set out to build instruments that scientists could rely on. More than seventy years later, that founding discipline runs through every LABOMED® microscope. Our group grinds, coats and inspects its own optics, machines its own mechanics on in-house CNC lines and assembles every instrument under its own quality control, for clinicians, laboratories, classrooms and industry in more than 100 countries.
Once, in 1953…
In India, a laboratory equipment house set out to build instruments that scientists could rely on. It was a simple promise. Keeping it would take a lifetime of patient work.
The beginning
Laboratory Equipment Traders (LABO) is founded to manufacture laboratory instruments.
Every day…
In 1972 the promise turned to glass. A precision optics unit opened, and the work found its rhythm: grind, coat, inspect, and begin again. Day after day, precision stopped being a goal and became a habit.
Precision optics
The first precision optics manufacturing unit opens, set up in association with CSIO, the Government of India's Central Scientific Instruments Organisation.
Photographs show the group’s plants today.
Until one day…
In 1980 the story found a second home, half a world away. In Fremont, California, Labo America, Inc. took on product design, marketing and sales. Two shores, one way of working.
An American home
Labo America, Inc. is incorporated in Fremont, California, to lead product design, marketing and sales.
Because of that…
Precision needs room to grow. Through the 1990s the group built plants of its own: for optics, for mechanics, for the world. In 1996 came a quiet vote of confidence, when the group was selected to build microscopes for a leading European optics company.
Built for the world
Labotron Instruments Limited opens as a fully export oriented optical manufacturing unit.
Optics and mechanics
N.K. Jain Instruments is established as a dedicated optical and mechanical manufacturing unit for Labo America.
Trusted by the industry
The group is selected to manufacture microscopes under contract for a leading European optics company.
Labotech
Labotech Microscopes India is established as a fully export oriented unit dedicated to Labo America.
And because of that…
With every step under one roof, the team could shape the whole instrument: how it looks, how it moves, how it feels in the hand. The world of design noticed, with Red Dot awards in 2013, 2014 and 2015. In dentistry, Magna brought a magnetic clutch balancing arm to the operating microscope. New platforms followed, in fluorescence and in industry.
RED DOT DESIGN AWARDS
Design recognized
The eVA, the eVO slit lamp and the Luxeo win Red Dot design awards in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Magnetic balancing in dentistry
Magna brings a magnetic clutch automatic balancing arm to the dental operating microscope.
Fluorescence and a new platform
A motorized fluorescence filter attachment is developed for Magna, and work begins on Stella.
Industry
The Luxeo 6i industrial microscope is developed.
Until finally…
In 2022 Stella launched for eye care. Today LABOMED instruments work in clinics, laboratories, classrooms and industry in more than 100 countries, in the hands of clinicians and students alike. The founding discipline is still there, in every lens.
Stella
Stella launches for eye care.
More than seventy years on, the promise is the same: instruments you can rely on.
What comes next
Six new instruments are on their way.
Coming 2027.
Labotech, the manufacturer, is certified to ISO 13485:2016, and Labo America, Inc. is certified to ISO 9001:2015. Every LABOMED® model carries the CE mark and is UL certified, and the medical range is FDA registered. Partners can download certificate copies in the partner portal.
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A short film on LABOMED® microscopes and the range we build for clinicians, laboratories, classrooms and industry.
Our manufacturing group runs three plants in India, each with its own focus, from optical manufacturing to hardware manufacturing. Machining, optics, assembly and inspection stay in house under Labotech's quality system, certified to ISO 13485:2016, and every instrument then ships to our teams in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Four disciplines decide how a microscope performs: the metal it is built on, the glass it looks through, the hands that align it and the gauges that prove it. We keep all four under one roof.
In 1953 a laboratory equipment house in India set out to build instruments that scientists could rely on. More than seventy years later, that founding discipline runs through every LABOMED® microscope. Our group grinds, coats and inspects its own optics, machines its own mechanics on in-house CNC lines and assembles every instrument under its own quality control, for clinicians, laboratories, classrooms and industry in more than 100 countries.
Once, in 1953…
In India, a laboratory equipment house set out to build instruments that scientists could rely on. It was a simple promise. Keeping it would take a lifetime of patient work.
The beginning
Laboratory Equipment Traders (LABO) is founded to manufacture laboratory instruments.
Every day…
In 1972 the promise turned to glass. A precision optics unit opened, and the work found its rhythm: grind, coat, inspect, and begin again. Day after day, precision stopped being a goal and became a habit.
Precision optics
The first precision optics manufacturing unit opens, set up in association with CSIO, the Government of India's Central Scientific Instruments Organisation.
Photographs show the group’s plants today.
Until one day…
In 1980 the story found a second home, half a world away. In Fremont, California, Labo America, Inc. took on product design, marketing and sales. Two shores, one way of working.
An American home
Labo America, Inc. is incorporated in Fremont, California, to lead product design, marketing and sales.
Because of that…
Precision needs room to grow. Through the 1990s the group built plants of its own: for optics, for mechanics, for the world. In 1996 came a quiet vote of confidence, when the group was selected to build microscopes for a leading European optics company.
Built for the world
Labotron Instruments Limited opens as a fully export oriented optical manufacturing unit.
Optics and mechanics
N.K. Jain Instruments is established as a dedicated optical and mechanical manufacturing unit for Labo America.
Trusted by the industry
The group is selected to manufacture microscopes under contract for a leading European optics company.
Labotech
Labotech Microscopes India is established as a fully export oriented unit dedicated to Labo America.
And because of that…
With every step under one roof, the team could shape the whole instrument: how it looks, how it moves, how it feels in the hand. The world of design noticed, with Red Dot awards in 2013, 2014 and 2015. In dentistry, Magna brought a magnetic clutch balancing arm to the operating microscope. New platforms followed, in fluorescence and in industry.
RED DOT DESIGN AWARDS
Design recognized
The eVA, the eVO slit lamp and the Luxeo win Red Dot design awards in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Magnetic balancing in dentistry
Magna brings a magnetic clutch automatic balancing arm to the dental operating microscope.
Fluorescence and a new platform
A motorized fluorescence filter attachment is developed for Magna, and work begins on Stella.
Industry
The Luxeo 6i industrial microscope is developed.
Until finally…
In 2022 Stella launched for eye care. Today LABOMED instruments work in clinics, laboratories, classrooms and industry in more than 100 countries, in the hands of clinicians and students alike. The founding discipline is still there, in every lens.
Stella
Stella launches for eye care.
More than seventy years on, the promise is the same: instruments you can rely on.
What comes next
Six new instruments are on their way.
Coming 2027.
Labotech, the manufacturer, is certified to ISO 13485:2016, and Labo America, Inc. is certified to ISO 9001:2015. Every LABOMED® model carries the CE mark and is UL certified, and the medical range is FDA registered. Partners can download certificate copies in the partner portal.
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