Interview with Chris Mears
1. How long has the company been
running?
Established in 1998, building on 20
years’ experience with previous com-
pany, Eirelec Ltd.
2. What does Eurolec specialise in?
Eurolec design and manufacture a
range of portable temperature and
pressure monitoring instrumentation
and a range of dry well temperature
calibration units. We are also the UK
& Ireland distributor for Ono Sokki,
renowned Japanese manufacturer of
high spec engine tachometers, rotary
encoders, linear gauges, FFT analysers
and vibrometers.
3. How has Eurolec differentiated
themselves in the industry?
Eurolec has a number of unique selling
points – our competitively priced PC
Temp PT2 thermometer for example
features best in class accuracy pro-
viding better than ± O.2°C for those
sensitive food, lab and pharmachem
applications.
Our portable instrument TH, PR & IR
ranges feature very robust metal cased
options for manometers, infrared and
probe thermometers. The Eurolec CS
and CSEC series temperature calibra-
tors provide significantly better accura-
Chris Mears - MD Eurolec Instrumentation Ltd, with Scientific Measurements
MD Daren Wallis
truments are still in daily use 15 – 20 easily check the accuracy of ther-
years on and it is genuinely rare that mometers (both probe and infrared
we lose a customer. types) through a freely adjustable
range (approximately -20 °C to +
5. Which industries do they target? 85°C). This model (together with
Although we supply to multiple other units in the CS series, offering
customers (including those within the
HACCP, industrial, laboratory and en-
vironmental sectors) our main focus is
within all aspects of the food indus-
try. This includes everything from
manufacturing/processing, chilled/
frozen storage, transport, quality and
lab research etc. right through to the
catering sector.
cy and stability performance compared 6. What are some of the best-selling
to other similarly priced options on products at Eurolec?
the market and a very competitively The CS174 temperature calibration
priced alternative to some of the much source together with the RT162 refe-
costlier solutions. rence thermometer provides a swift
different temperature ranges) has
proven to be a popular and effective
alternative to both the more basic and
less accurate dry blocks and the sig-
nificantly more expensive laboratory
spec options currently on the market.
The PC Temp PT2 portable thermo-
meter is also a very popular hand held
instrument offering very good accura-
cy at a very competitive price range.
return on investment whilst ensu-
4. What are the key benefits to using ring the expense, inconvenience and
Eurolec? downtime associated with offsite or
Reliability and value of our products external calibration is removed. This
and quality of service. Many of our ins- system allows the user to quickly and
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