On June 13th, AGQ Lab purchased 100% of the
shares of DIAGNOTEC SpA diagnostic laboratory,
an organization with more than 15 years of experience in the field of molecular biology testing (fish
diseases, etc.), accredited by the National Institute on
Standardization/National Service of Fishing and Aquiculture and authorized by
the National Service of Fishing and Aquiculture as diagnostic laboratory in
Chile.
AGQ Labs is an international organization
present in more than 25 countries, which has been in Chile for 17 years,
offering laboratory and specialized consultancy services in the areas of Food,
Environment, Safety and Health, Mining and Agronomy. It stands out because of
its high technical and technological content, as well as for its broad number
of accreditations by the National Institute on Standardization and Health
Management Institute, and authorizations from the Health Services
Superintendence, Agriculture and Livestock Service and Environment
Superintendence from Chile, among others.
Over these years, AGQ Labs has developed
several analytic solutions in the field
of food safety for the fishing industry: determination of traces of heavy
metals, antibiotics, nitrofurans, sulfonamides, coccidiostats, tetracyclines,
colorants, mycotoxins, biogenic amines, pesticides, etc. To this chemical
range, we need to add our section on biotechnology, with advanced techniques
such as PCR.
AGQ Labs confirms this purchase with the aim of
adopting a leadership position in
aquaculture, in relation to both food safety and environmental control,
becoming a reliable technical and technological reference, which offers
advanced solutions and a high content of R&D.
Overall, with this acquisition, AGQ Labs has
170 professionals in Chile, as well as laboratories in Santiago Metropolitan
Region and in Puerto Montt in the region of Los Lagos, reinforcing our position
and capacities.
