The Company History

In the beginning

Multi-lab Ltd was founded in 1984. It was established by Mr R. B. Jackman and his wife Mrs A. E. Jackman. Mr Jackman was formerly a Technical Specialist in the field of Scientific Silica with a leading quartz glass manufacturing company. He served in various departments for 25 years, his last position being Technical Sales Manager. After being made redundant, along with many others, he founded the Company Multi-lab Ltd. In June 1988 two further members of the Jackman family joined the company, Mr R. R. Jackman as Sales Director and Mr P. K. Jackman as Production Director, both had successful businesses of their own before joining Multi-lab.

Since our formation, We have embarked on a programme of steady growth and expansion resulting in Multi-lab becoming one of the major suppliers and fabricators of quartz and ceramics in Europe.

With world-class product quality and competitive prices, Multi-lab is well positioned to supply your low to high-volume precision quartz fabrication requirements.

Multi-lab is committed to meeting the demanding quality and dimensional accuracy specifications of today's most demanding applications, and we have a proven track record of satisfying leading-edge customer requirements through out the world.

In addition to manufacturing. With a wide range of quality materials and fabrication processes, we are well positioned to meet all your quartz fabrication needs.

We can manufacture to existing engineering drawings, or assist at the design stage to ensure that your quartz product meets your demanding technical requirements.

The Newcastle Facility

The East Kilbride Facility

The Fudong, China Facility

Company values

Major factors in the success of the company have been: excellent service, competitive pricing and, above all, maintaining personal family values. This approach together with large stocks and excellent glass blowing and machining capabilities has enabled us to build close lasting relationships with all of our customers.

Multi-lab today

Multi-lab provides local stocks, technical sales and support for semiconductor, lighting and quartz consuming industries. Stocks are maintained in the UK to ensure excellent on-time delivery to ever-demanding markets. In addition, continuous improvement and Total Quality programs ensure products meet the highest quakity demands in the industry.

Visit us

You are invited to visit Multi-lab at any time to experience, first hand, the quality, service and commitment we provide to our customers.