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Labman

Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories

Labman is a UK laboratory automation company that designs and builds custom automated systems, off-the-shelf laboratory instruments, GMP process skids and control software for research and manufacturing laboratories. Founded in 1992 and family-run, Labman works with pharmaceutical, chemical, paints and coatings, food and beverage, energy, and medical device laboratories worldwide from its headquarters in Stokesley, North Yorkshire.

Is Labman hiring?

Yes. As of November 10, 2026, Labman has 8 open roles on Metaintro. 5 were posted in the last 30 days.

Open roles

Newest first. Pay shown when the posting lists it.

Hiring pattern

How fast Labman is adding roles, and how they're set up.

New roles each monthRoles first posted in the month

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OctoberNovember
November: 2 new roles.

Customers

All 81 companies Labman names as customers.

Customers hiring now29

Case studies19

  • CatSci
  • NRM
  • TMRW Life Sciences
  • Vivan Therapeutics
  • University of Birmingham
  • Micropore
  • Beckers
  • University of Sussex
  • Aberystwyth University
  • Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)
  • PUB of Singapore
  • Infinity Biologix
  • P.Cezanne
  • bp
  • National Milk Records (NMR)
  • Medimmune
  • Beckers Group UK
  • Leica Biosystems
  • JEBI

Other customers33

  • Berkeley Lab
  • NMR (National Milk Records)
  • RxPack
  • Micropore Technologies
  • INX International
  • University of York
  • University of Oxford
  • Ghent University
  • Cerulean
  • Leica
  • Leica red
  • TMRW
  • Hubergroup
  • Dynea
  • UCL
  • IDS (Immunodiagnostic Systems)
  • Asymchem
  • Shell
  • NIBSC
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry
  • sampled
  • University of Liverpool
  • University of Cambridge
  • Innospec
  • University of Nottingham
  • Vertex
  • Synoptics
  • My Personal Therapeutics
  • Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf
  • elementis
  • University of Illinois
  • Tronox

What their customers say

Quotes from people at Labman's customers.

“The team at Labman are problem solvers by nature. They were always ready to find solutions to our (sometimes) difficult requests. The system has been fully customised to match our needs. We worked closely with the team at Labman to ensure everything is up to specification and as a result, we are confident in the data that is delivered by the robots.”

Chris Lampard · High Throughput Experimentation and Design & Knowledge Management · AkzoNobel

“Labman are very professional for resolving requirement and issues and have innovation ideas in the whole process not only during the building robot but also for reality services.”

Tony Huang · R&D Project Leader II - Automation · AkzoNobel

“Once systems are operational the level of aftercare and support is second to none. I can say without question that Labman’s customer service is the best I have experienced from any vendor, automation or otherwise.”

Lynn Donlon · Principal Scientist - High Throughput Formulation · CPI

“A very successful, at times technically challenging, project implementing a new technology and way of working for CPI. The Labman team really went above and beyond”

Lynn Donlon · Principal Scientist - Automation · CPI

“Labman is full of professional personnels with focus on making great products and keeping them great. The can-do attitude that is backed by actual design and proof of concepts/prior work is the best assurance for us in looking for custom builds, on top of the vast in-house capabilities. Happy to work with Labman again in the future whenever any opportunity arises.”

Bernardus Rendy · Graduate Student Research Assistant · Berkeley Lab
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“As a service/maintenance engineer myself, I know what I should expect and you guys go above and beyond my expectations. This gives me a sense of security, knowing when a problem occurs and I get stuck, I can contact you immediately. With great team work and communication a solution is never far away. Our uptimes remain high and is a bonus to our business.”

Tony Craven · Group Operations Manager · NMR (National Milk Records)

“This equipment is operated 24/7 greatly increasing our capacity, reducing operator error and overcoming major bottlenecks in sample processing. We generate large numbers of samples in our breeding programmes which we characterise for chemical composition, digestibility and gene expression. The cryogrinder enables us to process frozen material for RNA/DNA and enzyme extraction. Our liquid handling station is versatile and we can carry out a range of procedures which is greatly facilitated by the ‘user-friendly’ software.”

Aberystwyth University

“The staff does not only provide what we ask, but they do everything they can in order to make the systems work the best way possible. Labman's team has always been flexible and hard-working here with us”

Enrico Appiani · Quality Control & Laboratory Specialist · RxPack

“Working with Labman to develop this automated HTE platform has allowed us to automate the synthesis of more chemistry. It’s also allowed us to generate high-fidelity data sets that we can use elsewhere in the business”

Recursion

“Labman were really willing to work with us, generate a proof of concept, to de-risk the project ahead of time”

Recursion

“Since having our automation platform specifically designed for HTE, we’ve been able to increase productivity by five times as much so far”

Chloe Austin · Senior Automation Chemist · Recursion

“The technical sales representatives have been extremely helpful, professional, and supportive throughout. They instantly understood our needs from the outset”

Jamie Parsonage · Beckers

“We have recently noticed improvements in a product range historically prone to poor dispersion and intermittent bits issues. TIDAS is giving us a quantitative result to work from, providing more control over grind-check readings and making it easier to identify potential issues earlier in production”

Peter Gateley · Beckers Group

“The equipment has had a major impact on real-time data collection in the QC lab, it is gathering key information on the quality of grind on all products manufactured on-site and makes retrieval of results and trend analysis easy to assess”

Peter Gateley · Beckers Group

“The equipment has removed subjectivity and made the test a lot more repeatable, it has also enabled some in-process checks to be carried out by production operators without the need for QC technician confirmation”

Peter Gateley · Quality Manager · Beckers Group

“Overall, our experience working with Labman has been exceptional”

Lynn Donlon · Principal Scientist · CPI

“Amazing people, the facility when visiting was top notch, and feel Labman to be more of a partner than a vendor. One of the smoothest custom automation projects I have been involved with”

Todd DeCollo · Principal Scientist · Alexion

““It has been a pleasure to work with Labman. The team are extremely knowledgeable and genuinely passionate about providing the best solution to meet the customer needs. ””

Bruce Parkinson · Process Engineer · Leica Biosystems

“Labman prioritised consistent communication and troubleshooting throughout the process. Whether it was an early customer call or a site visit, they were always happy to help and keep the lines of contact open.”

Dewi Lewis · Business Development Manager · Micropore Technologies

““We love working with you guys! The friendliness, the attitude of doing the right thing for the customer, the genuine interest in building something cool, is great.””

Georg Wuitschik · Senior Principal Scientist · Roche

“GSK Commissioned Labman to provide a solution to its automated vial weighing requirements. The project was well designed and completed on budget, which is a testament to Labman’s expertise.”

Heather Barnett · Senior Research Scientist · GSK

“The most important thing is that we can have a relationship with Labman, we’re able to talk to them. The design spec obviously doesn’t start as it finishes, so we needed to regularly make changes and have input with them.”

Kate George · Sales and Technical Director · Synoptics

“Every project is a true collaboration, which was critical as we crafted the details of this complex workflow and how it would work using the ER-Flex.”

CPI

“As a trusted partner, we had confidence in the Labman team to be able to deliver all of these and go on this journey with us.”

CPI

“A mobile robot offered the perfect solution, balancing flexibility with the collaborative nature of the process. Despite some trade-offs in speed compared to custom-built industrial robots, the adaptability of the mobile robot met the project's diverse needs.”

Lynn Donlon · Principal Scientist - Automation · CPI

“One thing I’ve always been focused on in my career is building relationships,” began Chris. “To have those relationships, whether they’re short or long-term, is really important to me. All of my staff here in the robotics team and the lab staff love working with the Labman team - you guys do a tremendous job at building and maintaining those connections”

Chris Piccirillo · Director of Laboratory Automation · Sampled

“"It’s interesting to work with people from a different country. The people at Labman were very, very nice, and the atmosphere was very easy-going and familiar."”

Philip Lamers · Project Leader · Syngenta

“A.S adds, “the software is much easier to use, and it takes less time to start a measurement. More samples can be added at the same time and there is no need for the analyst to be present during the measurement. You will be notified by email when your measurement is complete. This saves a considerable amount of time as you can work on other things while the robot does the work.””

A.S · Formulation Technical Expert · Syngenta

“Maybe an average supplier would say that such a change was not feasible; instead Labman made it work and made it quickly,’ stated Appiani. ‘This change was needed for one of our very important customers, so it was a great benefit for us having this done.”

Enrico Appiani · RxPack

“[The old system] was already good, but [the new system] is now much easier to use. After a few days, almost anybody can use this system.”

RxPack

AI launches and partners

What Labman has launched and who it works with on AI.

  • LaunchAI-powered bioreactor platformLabman is involved in a Canada-UK collaboration to develop a bioreactor platform using automation, AI, and real-time process control.

Skills they ask for

Most frequent across open postings.

Most requested skills

  • Communication
  • Fault-finding

Tech stack

Frameworks
Vue.js
Nuxt.js
Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Google Analytics 4
Libraries
Tailwind CSS

Company facts

Headquarters
Stokesley, UK
Founded
1979
Industry
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories
Sector (NAICS)
Manufacturing
Peer
Quest Diagnostics

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Questions about Labman

Is Labman hiring?
Yes. As of November 10, 2026, Labman has 8 open roles on Metaintro. 5 were posted in the last 30 days. The most are in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (4), Operations Management (2), and Product/Project Management (1).
Where is Labman hiring?
Labman is hiring in Stokesley, Bracknell, Frankfurt, and United States, with the most open roles in Stokesley.
Who are Labman's customers?
Labman names 81 customers, including AstraZeneca, PPG, Roche, BASF, and The Ohio State University.
What skills does Labman look for?
Its open roles most often ask for Communication and Fault-finding.
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