Malvern Instruments (Malvern, UK) has opened a new multipurpose facility in Houston, Texas.
Malvern Instruments (Malvern, UK) has opened a new multipurpose facility in Houston, Texas. The 22,000 square foot building is double the size of Malvern’s previous premises in Houston and houses state-of-the-art laboratories, product development, manufacturing, and commercial operations. The site will be a center of excellence for the company’s separations products, and will provide applications development and demonstration facilities for all Malvern systems.
Malvern’s sister company, PANalytical (Westborough, MA), also has a demonstration laboratory in the building.
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