Why the Circular Economy is Unsustainable for Labs and How Leaders in Life Sciences Are Taking Action
Labs, we have a plastics problem. And it’s time to take action. But what type of action is best? A study at the University of Exeter in the UK estimated that the global life science industry generated 5.5 million tons of plastic waste in 2014, accounting for 2% of the world’s plastic waste. Plastics have undoubtedly […]
How Much Plastic is the Medical Industry Using? And How Your Lab Can Respond.
The use of plastic as a consumable has been increasingly adopted since Americans came out of the Great Depression. The globe followed suit, generating 249 million tons of plastic by 1970. The medical industry has adopted the technology around the same time frame (30s, 40s and 50s) to eliminate biohazardous risks of infections and other […]
Grenova Announces Appointment of Lane Major as President and Chief Executive Officer
Grenova, Inc., a Virginia-based designer, manufacturer, and distributor of instruments and associated consumables for the life sciences industry, today announced the appointment of Lane Major as President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a member of Grenova’s Board of Directors. Most recently, Major served as Vice President and General Manager of Stryker Spine, building and […]
Grenova Wins 2023 Gold Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award
Grenova, the laboratory industry’s only patented technology for washing and reusing plastic consumables, announced that it has been named a gold winner of the 2023 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award. The awards were celebrated today at the Environment Virginia Symposium, an annual conference hosted by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. The Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards recognize […]
Plastic Production and Water Consumption
Today is World Water Day, a critical time to work together to accelerate change to solve our global water crisis. And because water affects us all, everyone needs to take action. That includes the life sciences community and its role in contributing to water pollution and consumption. At Grenova, we encourage labs around the world to […]
Grenova Introduces Purus Microwell Plate Cleaner at SLAS 2023
Grenova, a manufacturer of innovative pipette tip washing platforms for the life sciences and healthcare industries, has added Purus to its green technology portfolio designed to reduce waste and cut costs for labs around the world. The addition of Purus, an automated microwell plate cleaning system, removes both chemical and biological contaminants – resulting in plates that […]
Driverless Cars and Automated Pipette Tip Washing Have More in Common Than You Think
Laboratory consumables like pipette tips are often forgotten when labs across the globe look for ways to save money and the environment. Although small and seemingly insignificant, discarding pipette tips can have an enormous impact on a laboratory’s carbon footprint. Recent research conducted by Grenova Inc. has shown that the company’s pipette tip cleaners effectively […]
Grenova’s Ergonomically Friendly Products Minimize Physical Stress on Employees
Now more than ever, businesses around the world are placing a premium on keeping not only the environment and planet healthy, but employees as well. Pipette manufacturer Sartorius details that more than 40% of lab professionals suffer from pipetting-caused disorders. In the industries where lab technicians work such as education, healthcare, medicine, and biology, injuries […]
Grenova to Participate in the 270 Research Corridor Biomedical Equipment & Supplies Event at Johns Hopkins University
Grenova is proud to join the Technical Sales Association at the “270 Research Corridor” Biomedical Equipment and Supplies Exhibit at Johns Hopkins University, Montgomery County Campus. Maryland is now home to the third largest concentration of life sciences companies in the United States. The majority of these companies as well as major research institutions are […]
Grenova to Demonstrate Ways to Save Money and Eliminate Waste at AACC Annual Scientific Meeting
Grenova actively supports and engages in the AACC’s mission to help lab professionals adapt to change and do what they do best — provide vital insight and guidance so patients get the care they need. Like AACC, Grenova is dedicated to clinical laboratory science and its application to healthcare. At the upcoming 71st AACC Annual […]