AGAT Laboratories Ltd. acquires Access Analytical Laboratories Inc.

Calgary, Alberta, March 30, 2020 – AGAT Laboratories Ltd. (‘AGAT’) Canada’s National commercial laboratory providing services to the Energy, Environmental, Food, Mining, Industrial, Transportation and Life Sciences industries has acquired Access Analytical Laboratories Inc. (‘Access’).

 

Founded in 2000, Access is a highly reputable environmental analytical laboratory headquartered in Calgary, Alberta and operates throughout Western Canada. A boutique testing firm, Access is committed to solving clients’ challenges through novel science and has built a strong reputation in the market with their approach. Integrating the Access team into AGAT will complement and support AGAT’s technical expertise and diversify AGAT services offerings to its clients.

 

Bob Corbet, M.Sc., P.Ag., P.Chem., Access owner and principal chemist states “we are pleased and proud to benefit from joining AGAT to continue to grow in the Canadian market. I am personally excited to combine our competencies and provide our clients with diversified and high quality analytical services”. Mr. Corbet will join AGAT as Director of Technical Services. Access’ owner Trevor Ahlstrom, Ch. T., has been appointed Operations Manager at AGAT. The consolidated experience of all the scientists and other professionals that make up the Access and AGAT teams will enhance the level of service that we offer our clients across the breadth of AGAT services. Our new expanded technical team will enable us to shore up the training and professional development of all AGAT staff throughout our Canadian operations, while simultaneously pursuing substantial investment initiatives in Research and Development of new technologies from coast to coast.

 

Marissa Reckmann, CEO of AGAT comments “We welcome the Access team to AGAT. It’s exciting to bring two strong Canadian entrepreneurial built companies together with a shared vision and culture. Our clients and employees will benefit from the synergies that will result from the relationship.”

 

With the acquisition of Access, AGAT will continue to provide important services to Orphan Well Association laboratory testing program. AGAT’s multidisciplinary expertise and extensive laboratory network throughout Alberta offers the most viable and effective locallybased laboratory to this important program. The work carried out through the Orphan Well program is critically important to safely and responsibly decommission orphan oil and gas wells, pipelines and productions facilities. AGAT and Access’ combined expertise will provide local technical support and advanced analytical expertise in the cleanup of orphan wells. In addition, we will continue to be involved in major capital programs across our network of clients, delivering our comprehensive support on front-end environmental assessments, monitoring and asset retirement obligations.

 

This acquisition comes in the midst of celebrating a major milestone for AGAT: our 40th year in business. It’s the culmination of a remarkable Canadian success story that carries on to this day. Thanks to our stability, resilience and entrepreneurial spirit, we have been able to keep re-inventing ourselves while preserving our identity as a privately owned Canadian company that operates a coastto-coast laboratory network from our Head Office in Calgary, Alberta. We remain steadfast in our commitment to the three key pillars that anchor AGAT’s purpose of “Service Beyond Analysis”: Our people, our clients, and our communities. As many clients are aware, AGAT locations throughout Alberta allow for more readily available drop off convenience for Access clients.

 

We encourage all ACCESS clients and in particular OWA consultants to drop off at any AGAT location and we will facilitate delivery to the appropriate laboratory within the AGAT Network. We included a map and list of AGAT locations throughout Alberta and wish to reiterate that AGAT remains open across Canada as an essential service during the Covid-19 crisis.

AGAT Laboratories Ltd.

 

Marissa Reckmann, P.Chem., CEO

 

About AGAT Laboratories Ltd.

 

AGAT Laboratories is a highly specialized Canadian company providing analytical solutions worldwide. As Canada’s sole privately-owned national laboratory network, AGAT is renowned for providing accurate, timely and defensible solutions to complex analytical requests with a constant focus on ensuring “Service Beyond Analysis” to its national and international clients. With 1,200 employees coast to coast, AGAT is comprised of 12 scientific divisions that service a wide spectrum of industries, including Oilsands, Rock Properties, Reservoir Characterization, Petroleum Testing, Lubricant Testing, Air Quality Monitoring, Environmental Chemistry, Forensic Chemistry, Ultra-Trace and Toxicology, Food Testing, Agricultural Analysis and Mining Geochemistry.

 

For more information, please visit www.agatlabs.com and follow AGAT on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/agat-laboratories and on Twitter @AGATLabs.

 

About Access Analytical Laboratories Inc.

 

Access Analytical Laboratories Inc. is a privately owned Canadian company, which has been providing quality environmental analytical services from its Calgary, Alberta location since beginning operations in the year 2000.