For most businesses 2020 was spent battling with Covid-19 restrictions and although the end is finally in sight, international travel still remains a problem. Communication with our international customers is crucially important, so we decided it was time for a more dynamic way to connect. Whilst expansion to our factory floorspace and growing staff numbers can only mean great things, …

Mat Zolnierczyk, Labman team member and creator of NotEnoughTech.com spends much of his spare time exploring new techy ideas, and writing about his never ending list of home projects. He has put together a list of his 9 favourite smart home projects especially for us – from a smart heating mod for £5 to a magic goodnight button which turn’s …

A semi-automated, high-throughput sample processing system designed and manufactured by Labman to assist testing laboratories worldwide. Drawing on Labman’s 40+ years experience building automated systems, the Rapid Sample Reformatter was exclusively designed to sub-sample large volumes of liquid COVID-19 samples. Boasting a processing speed of 3 samples in just 12 seconds and operating continuously 24 hours a day, the system …

Having had a super busy three month internship at Labman, Sam is ready to return to his third year at Sheffield University where he is studying MEng (Hons) Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering. Here’s what he had to say about his time here: “One thing is for sure here, you get thrown straight in. After induction, I was readily greeted with …

Despite the many obstacles brought about by COVID-19 this year, we have thankfully still been able to run a number of internships. There are so many projects and ideas going on here at Labman, not to mention the clubs and sporting activities you can get involved with and Jordan, whose internship ends this week, has been doing just that. His …

With the expansion of our HQ in Seamer, North Yorkshire, we are further expanding our on-site sporting facilities with the Labman Gym. The health and wellbeing of our staff (and our customers!) is something that Labman has always prioritised, particularly in an envorinment where so much creativity is required, so without further ado: the Labman Gym. The 500-square-foot, air-conditioned gym …

The Labmask project was set up at the end of March 2020 with the huge goal of supplying 80,000 masks to frontline NHS workers, to help protect them at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Labmasks are clear visors designed to prevent fluid from reaching the face whilst being simple enough to reproduce quickly from easy to source materials. When …

The last couple of months have been like no other. Many of us will have never before, and will never again experience anything like it. The Coronavirus pandemic has meant unprecedented changes to everyday life which affect each and every one of us, in a global effort to save lives. Here at Labman we are lucky enough to have a …

Earlier this week we were delighted to work with the creative and imaginative children at Links Primary School, in aid of British Science Week. Groups of children were tasked to invent a robot that could change the world, and then build it using recycled materials. In their groups they talked about what their robot was designed for, and how it …