On World Food Safety Day Esco Group reminds us how important food security is.
Esco Group is a renowned Singapore-based life science company with a diversified portfolio and sales in over 100 countries.
Esco Technologies in South Africa is the local subsidiary of the Esco Group. As a world-leading manufacturer of laboratory and biopharma equipment, as well as IVF medical devices, Esco offers tailored solutions that fit the needs of all laboratories.
Meeting 21st Century challenges
With three divisions, namely Life Sciences, Medical and Healthcare, Esco contributes to meet the challenges of the 21st century by continuously innovating our products to support cutting-edge research, helping bio-pharmaceutical companies make their drugs safer and more cost effective, enabling lower cost manufacturing of vaccines, enabling safe handling of food samples in quality control laboratories and directly through innovative medical devices and diagnostics.
World Food Safety Day, celebrated on 7 June 2020, is a reminder to all of us how important our food security is. We can only achieve our goals of improving the consumption of an adequate diet and nutritional levels, general human health and reduced foodborne risks, while sustaining the environment and the agriculture industry, if all industries work together.
Innovative solutions for food quality control
Esco Life Sciences has established its name since the beginning, having strong position in laboratory equipment technology. With the most extensive product line in the industry, Esco Life Sciences is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for the food quality control laboratories and testing facilities. The company’s proudest accomplishment is the complete range of controlled environment equipment solutions which includes Biological Safety Cabinets, Fume Hoods, General Purpose Ovens and Incubators, CO2 Incubators, and Ultra Low Temperature Freezers.
Its Airstream Class II A2 Biological Safety Cabinets are used as a primary engineering control when working with biohazards in the laboratory. This cabinet provides operator protection as well as product and environment protection, making it an ideal solution for any bacteriology, virology or quality control laboratory. Its cabinets provide ISO Class 5 clean filtered air by means of Ultra Low Penetration Air (ULPA) filters which operate at a typical efficiency of 99.999% from 0.1 μm particle sizes.
Furthermore, Esco Technologies aim to inspire economic growth by delivering locally manufactured, proudly South African Personal Protective Equipment, Disinfectant, and Air Purifying Units. Its new product range will enable you to work safely and efficiently without the additional stresses that we have to face throughout the Coronavirus Pandemic. It also has proven methods of cleaning, disinfecting, and best practices available upon request, for your laboratory.
Envirubak Green, hand and surface disinfectant, is proven to kill 99.99% SARS-COV-2. It is alcohol free, non-flammable, non-corrosive and anti-microbial. A renowned professor certified that Envirubak Green was tested and found to effectively destroy the Coronavirus. The studies were conducted at a reputable university in South Africa. Envirubak Green is also SABS approved. The active ingredient is listed on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) list of approved disinfectants for use against SARS-COV-2. There are 22 Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (QAC) on the EPA list of approved chemicals for use against Covid-19. Envirubak Green is made with a fourth generation QAC.
PPE
Esco’s Personal Protective Clothing is made with 25 g/m2 or 50 g/m2 Polypropylene spunbonded nonwoven fabric. This special fabric has been thermo bonded and no chemicals have been used. This material has a high air permeability with excellent bi-directional and wear properties. The company has a wide range of medical masks, gowns, coveralls, hair nets and shoe covers.
Its Air Purifier Units have been designed for use in clean rooms, laboratories, hospitals or other applications where critical control of room air movement is necessary. They are also suitable for less critical applications such as offices, public areas and animal rooms where a flow pattern may be required to minimise and scrub the air of infectious viruses and bacteria. The clean air flow pattern is achieved by use of G4 Primary and H14 High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters. H14 HEPA filters are used to eliminate particles such ash dusts, pollen, spores, molds, viruses and food poisoning bacteria such as Staphylococcus, Salmonella, Clostridium, Campylobacter and many more.
Esco has the widest range of certifications making it the top-most preferred brand by leading universities, research institutes, hospitals, pharmaceutical, IVF centres, biotech companies and testing and quality control laboratories.
It continues to innovate to provide enabling technologies to make human lives healthier and safer, capturing the essence of true value creation.
