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 check the accuracy of thermometers
years on and it is genuinely rare that (both probe and infrared types) throu-
we lose a customer. gh a freely adjustable range (approxi-
mately -20 °C to + 85°C). This model
5. Which industries do they target? (together with other units in the CS
Although we supply to multiple series, offering different temperature
customers (including those within
the HACCP, industrial, laboratory
and environmental sectors) our main
focus is within all aspects of the food
industry. 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
ranges) has proven to be a popular and
effective alternative to both the more
basic and less accurate dry blocks
and the significantly 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 accuracy
at a very competitive price range.
return on investment whilst ensuring
4. What are the key benefits to using the expense, inconvenience and down-
Eurolec? time associated with offsite or external
Reliability and value of our products calibration is removed. This system
and quality of service. Many of our ins- allows the user to quickly and easily
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