2000 ACS Readers' Choice Awards
The December issue of Today's Chemist at Work announced the 2000 Readers'
Choice Awards for the third consecutive year. Forty-four companies (including
Shimadzu) were profiled and listed on a ballot which appeared in the July 2000 issue of
the magazine. The ballot allowed votes to be cast in 5 different categories including:
quality, service, delivery, advanced technology and internet accessibility. After counting
the ballots, industrial chemists named the following companies who serve them the best:
Quality
PerkinElmer
Instruments
Mettler-Toledo (Runner-Up)
Service
Waters Corporation
Agilent Technologies (Runner-Up)
Delivery
TA Instruments
J. T. Baker (Runner-Up)
Advanced Technology
Agilent Technologies
Beckman Coulter (Runner-Up)
Internet Accessibility
Fisher Scientific
Sciquest (Runner-Up)
If you decide to buy from another vendor because of perceived value, ruggedness
and/or reliability, just remember that you will get what you pay for (and maybe not
even that!)
Consider the advice of your colleagues including lab techs/managers who made wise
selections/judgements based upon their very own experiences in the lab with a wide variety
of vendor equipment. Obviously, the vendors highlighted here are doing something right
that distinguishes them from the rest of the pack! Buyer BEWARE.
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12/31/2000