CANTEST Ltd.
CANTEST is a full service laboratory providing
professional analysis and consultation for companies,
governments, and individuals involved in the biotechnology,
pharmaceutical, environmental, industrial
hygiene, and food related fields.
The company employs over 250 laboratory personnel and
support staff operating from facilities in BC and
Manitoba with affiliates in Ontario, the United States and Southeast Asia. The Life Sciences Centre in Burnaby was constructed in 1999
and features over 4,000 square metres of laboratory and
supporting infrastructure and $10M in state-of-the-art
analytical instrumentation.
Environmental Profile
Sub-sectors:
Air pollution control; compliance monitoring; site reclamation/remediation; solid waste; water and
Wastewater; medical gas analysis; food products for pesticide residues; toxicology.
Products/Services:
Laboratories, testing/mobile and fixed; analytical services; physical and
chemical testing; groundwater analysis; soil analysis; sediment for ocean dumping purposes;
microbiological analysis; laboratory information news and knowledge system; data
acquisition/processing; project management; research services; toxicity analysis; air samplers:
personal and portable.
Company Description:
CANTEST Ltd. is a full service analytical laboratory offering a broad spectrum of analytical
services. In addition to providing superior, professional support in the air quality, environmental
and industrial fields, CANTEST is often called upon by those in the areas of nutrition and biology
as well as clinical and veterinary medicine. Since its incorporation in 1969, CANTEST has grown
to become one of Canada's leading analytical laboratories. Originally started with a staff of five
and two hundred square meters, the company now employs about 250 chemists and technicians
and occupies ten times the laboratory space.
It should be noted that CANTEST Ltd. has clearly exhibited innovation
with respect to methodology as the company was the first independent facility in Western Canada
to employ Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), Inductively coupled Argon and
Plasma (ICAP) Spectroscopy, and Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS). In
addition to the broad spectrum of test protocols offered at CANTEST Ltd., the company has
significant amount of expertise pertaining to research and development in the arenas of biopharmaceutical (GLP), environmental, food and industrial chemistry.
CANTEST's reputation for quality service is recognized by a number of federal and provincial
ministries and accredited by such organizations as the Canadian Association of Environmental
Analytical Laboratories (CAEAL) and Standards Council of Canada (SCC) for specific tests. Specific examples of the type of work conducted at CANTEST include: GLP method development and analysis in support of drug development, determination of drinking water quality, assessment of indoor air quality, soil and water analysis in support of environmental contamination assessments, compliance monitoring, examination of food products for pesticide residues and nutritional content, testing sediment for
ocean disposal purposes, medical gas analysis, and drug testing related to veterinary and regulatory requirements.
Alliances/Contacts Sought: Joint ventures, private environmental laboratory.
Company Details
Year Established:
1969
Total Sales ($CDN):
$10,000,000 - $25,000,000
Number of Employees:
170
Company Information
Don Enns
Title:
President
Area of Responsibility:
Management Executive
Telephone:
(604) 734-7276
Fax:
(604) 731-2386
Email:
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Barbara Morrissey
Title:
Director, Operations
Area of Responsibility:
Management Executive
Telephone:
(604) 734-7276
Fax:
(604) 731-2386
Email:
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Steve Timuss
Title:
Director, Business Development
Area of Responsibility:
Domestic Sales & Marketing
Telephone:
(604) 734-7276
Fax:
(604) 731-2386
Email:
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Don Rix
Title:
Chairman
Area of Responsibility:
Management Executive
Telephone:
(604) 734-7276
Fax:
(604) 731-2386
Products
Environmental Products And Services
Contract Laboratory Analysis
As well as providing the services of a chemical testing, research and consulting laboratory, the company can also provide consulting services to international clients on the construction and operation of laboratories. These services can include the conceptual design and final construction, equipment acquisition, the selection and training of laboratory staff in analytical techniques, quality assurance programs, operations and laboratory management, development of computerized data management and reporting systems.
Cantest Industrial Hygiene Services.
CANTEST offers a range of Industrial Hygiene services pertaining to the analysis of air (and other gases) for pollutant concentrations and ambient air quality. The laboratory can work in concert with consulting engineers to test air emissions and recommend methods for reducing the presence of compounds which affect climate change.
Services
Laboratory Services
Comprehensive laboratory and support services for the Biotech/
Pharmaceutical, Environmental, Food, Industrial & Commercial
Industries as well as all levels of Government.
Analysis - Biotechnology
Analytical and Clinical support services for the Biotech and
Pharmaceutical sectors including pharmacological studies and
method development/validation.
Analysis - Environmental
Full envvironmental analytical and support services
(including field testing) for projects including
contaminated site remediation, effluent discharge
monitoring and water quality.
Analysis - Petrochemical
Fixed and mobile laboratory and support services for the
petrochemical industry including a full range of hydrocarbon
and heavy metals analyses.
Analysis - Food
Full analytical support for the food industry including pesticide
residues, proximate analyses, bacteriological and containants in
food products and vitamins/supplements.
Analysis - Industrial Hygiene
Fixed and mobile analytical services in the areas of air quality,
compressed breathing air, hospital gas systems, asbestos/UFFI
determination and more.
Biotechnology