The group's principal activity is to manufacture and distribute unique laboratory consumables, disposables such as filtration and purification products. The group also manufactures customized sample handling vials, electronic wiring assemblies, high temperature silicone, graphite and vespel/graphite sealing components. Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) uses the products of the group in the chemical analysis industries primarily in the field of gas/liquid chromatography. Chromatography is a laboratory technique for separating a mixture of compounds into its individual components. On 31-Dec-2003, the company acquired reflect scientific inc.