The following are extracts from Australia’s Paydirt, September 2005.

It is one of those home-grown success stories that does not involve great deal-doing, high-flyers, hype or smoke and mirrors.

The story continues to tell a little of the history of Genalysis, about the building of the Kalgoorlie facility, the purchase of Adelaide and later Johannesburg.
Following on from there, it talks about the new robotic system:

We believe that this system will alleviate some of the labour-intensive areas within Genalysis, virtually eliminating sample cross contamination and help our systems become more streamlined, Terry said.
Overall, Genalysis is spending between $3-4 million on expansions and improvements, including a new $750,000 fire assay facility to increase capacity, automated XRF instrumentation to service the iron ore industry and additional ICP instrumentation.

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Genalysis was a Platinum sponsor of the IGES 2005 conference which was convened from September 19-23 2005.  As part of the social program, Genalysis organised a laboratory tour and social function for delegates and special invitees which also helped celebrate our 30th year of operation.
We are pleased to say that the day was a tremendous success, with visitors viewing the newly commissioned fully automated robotics sample preparation system, our upgraded sample preparation facility (including new quarantine area which is awaiting approval from AQIS), the laboratory areas including the Multi-Process laboratory, Gold laboratory plus the instrumentation sections of ICP and AAS.

The evening function held at the Royal Perth Yacht Club following the laboratory tour was given glowing reports from all who attended. The view was magnificent - overlooking the majestic Swan River with the reflection of the city lights as a backdrop was superb.
Many of the guests were surprised to see Genalysis’ Managing Director, Terry Wheeler, performing as part of the evenings entertainment. Vocal Evolution - an a-cappella singing group, performed a medley of songs ranging from ‘I Still Call Australia Home’ to ‘I Get Around’, a classic hit by The Beach Boys.
Genalysis must say thank you to everyone involved in the organisation of the laboratory tour and dinner function, and also to Goundrey Wines who gave Genalysis sponsorship for the event.

Genalysis is proud to announce that in co-operation with Perkin Elmer Australia we will be introducing two new Elan 9000 units to the existing fleet of PE instrumentation. The new Elan 9000 ICP-MS
system simplifies ICP-MS by providing an easy-to-use, easy-to-maintain tool for routine ultratrace level analysis. These instruments have excellent detection limits, high sample throughput, and the stability required to meet the heavy loads required by the mining and exploration industry.

The new instruments feature a dual inlet turbomolecular pump and improved cooling systems. An integrated peristaltic pump with tubing saver dramatically reduces sample uptake time, improving productivity beyond normal working hours. Other features such as the new “torch-mount cassette” and “SwiftMount II” quick change lens mount combined with the CETAC ASX520 auto-sampler with extension sample trays, the new instruments are expected to provide the most efficient analytical tools available.

This will give Genalysis a total of five ICP-MS instruments and four ICP-OES instruments. This increase in
instrumentation is intended to give a signficiant increase in throughput. Genalysis has also signed a 2 year service contract with Perkin Elmer Australia to provide extended maintenance and service support to minimize instrument down time. With these contracts in place, Genalysis can expect to have the high quality of Perkin Elmer service required to keep their instruments operation peak, and thus keeping “the jobs flowing”.

Genalysis is happy to announce that the online LabTrak system is up and running and available for our clients.
LabTrak has been developed to provide clients with a simple and quick way to check the status of their analytical jobs via the Internet. On contacting the Genalysis sales team or by simply clicking on the New User button, clients known to Genalysis will be provided with a LabTrak user name and password, to provide secure access to status information on analytical jobs.
LabTrak will provide users with information on pending jobs (where samples have not yet been received by Genalysis), active jobs and completed jobs (for approximately six months after completion). Hence users will be able to track their jobs from the time the sample submission paperwork is received by Genalysis, through the analytical processes and on into storage.

Genalysis Laboratory Services is pleased to announce that Tyrone Cowland has been appointed to succeed Tom Rowlands as Manager of the Johannesburg sample preparation facility.

Tyrone has been employed by Genalysis Laboratory Services in Perth since 1997, both in Sample Preparation and more recently Information Technology roles. In 2004, Tyrone assisted with the installation of the Johannesburg facility and later deputised for Tom whilst he was on leave. Tyrone has received tertiary education in both Geophysics and Information Technology. He will take up his new position effective 11 April 2005.
Genalysis would like to thank Tom, and his wife Evelyn, for the excellent job they have done in establishing/managing the Johannesburg facility during the term of their contract. They are returning to Perth to continue employment with Genalysis.
Additionally, we would like to advise all clients that the installation of a separate clean low-level sample preparation facility in Johannesburg is well advanced and should be operational by the end of April 2005.