Genalysis Laboratory Services of Maddington Western Australia has won the 2006 Department of Industry and Resources Services Export Award. In winning the WA award, Genalysis will go forward to the National Export awards to be presented in Melbourne on 30th November 2006.

From the press release:

Genalysis Laboratory Services Pty Ltd was founded in 1975 by directors Terry and Tena Wheeler to offer a personalised analytical service to the mineral exploration industry.

Genalysis is one of the largest, privately owned, independent laboratory in Australia, and has its headquarters in the suburb of Maddington WA. All analytical work is carried out in one large centralised laboratory facility. The company has grown from 3 people with turnover of $55,000 in 1975 to 300 people and more than $25m in 2006/07.

Genalysis has sample preparation operations in Maddington, Kalgoorlie, Adelaide and Johannesburg which have both high and low level dedicated facilities. The pulps from all sites are expedited to Maddington for analysis.

The Maddington Head Office and Laboratory has an extensive range of facilities; including digestion laboratories, instrumentation including ICP-OES and ICP-MS, XRF and atomic absorption spectrometry.

A recent innovation in 2005/06 is the installation of a fully robotic sample preparation cell in Maddington and to be installed prior in Christmas 2006, a fully automated XRF laboratory.

Genalysis is a NATA accredited laboratory to ISO17025.

Genalysis is taking full advantage of the increasing commodity prices, and intends to continue its spending on substantial capital equipment to meet excessive demand.