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News Release from: LGC
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 September 2005
Forensic alliance formed after
acquisition
LGC has acquired Forensic Alliance - the UK's largest private sector provider of forensic science services to investigators and the courts.
Two of the UK's major private sector suppliers of forensic services have combined their forensic operations LGC - Europe's leading independent provider of analytical and diagnostic services - has acquired Forensic Alliance - the UK's largest private sector provider of forensic science services to investigators and the courts
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 10 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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FAL provides a complete range of services across all areas of mainstream forensic science, in addition to more specialist offerings including forensic ecology (eg entomology, palynology, soils, anthropology and archaeology), integrated pathology and specialist firearms examination and ballistics.
A major implication of the acquisition will be the creation of more effective competition in the £200m UK outsourced forensic service market.
The market is itself currently undergoing radical reform with the introduction of formal competitive tendering across 43 police forces in England and Wales.
Combining FAL with LGC's Forensic Services division enhances the ability of both to serve customers in this increasingly competitive market.
Announcing the acquisition, Dr Nigel Law, Chief Executive of LGC said: "The merger of FAL with LGC's Forensic Services division creates a powerful player in the forensic science market".
"In addition to benefiting from our world-class forensic solutions, new and existing police force, court and private sector customers will undoubtedly also benefit from improved turnaround times and efficiencies in procurement".
"I am personally delighted by this announcement and look forward to leading LGC's continued success." Dr Angela Gallop, Chief Executive, Forensic Alliance, will lead the combined forensic business and becomes a Director of LGC Group Holdings.
She commented: "This is a significant development for the market because, by fusing our two teams, we are creating a truly dynamic, comprehensive forensic resource - providing excellence across the whole forensic spectrum from the most simple to the most complex of cases, and with greater capacity to meet rising demand for our services".
"In short, the merger allows us to continue shaping the future of forensic science to the benefit of our customers in the Criminal Justice System, and of society at large." The acquisition of Forensic Alliance will increase LGC's staff from 780 employees to over 1,000.
LGC is headquartered in Teddington, Middlesex, with other UK laboratories in Runcorn and Edinburgh, and the Group will now be strengthened by the addition of FAL's laboratories in Culham (Oxfordshire), Risley (Cheshire), Tamworth (Staffordshire) and a specialist firearms facility within the Royal Armouries based in Leeds.
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