Science for a safer world
Standards that make your results defensible
Over 110,000 certified reference materials and analytical standards from a single ISO 17034 accredited source, with certificates built to withstand audit and regulatory scrutiny.
Why LGC Standards
Remove the uncertainty from every result
Analytical decisions carry consequences: a batch released, a water supply cleared, a case brought to court. We exist to make certain that the material at the start of your method is never the weak link in the chain.
One accredited source
110,000+ standards, one source
Mikromol, Dr. Ehrenstorfer, TRC and AXIO now sit on one site. Search, compare and order from a single accredited catalogue.
Accreditation
Certificates that survive audit
Accredited to ISO 17034, ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17043. Every Certificate of Analysis carries the traceability and uncertainty data your assessors expect.
Measurement authority
Measurement heritage since 1842
Part of LGC, home of the UK National Measurement Laboratory and the Government Chemist. Your results trace back to national measurement standards.
Global support
Expert support in 170+ countries
Twenty offices and a worldwide distributor network give you technical advice in your own language and time zone, plus stock held close to your laboratory.
Trusted by regulated laboratories
Relied on where the result has to hold up
From pharmaceutical release testing to national water monitoring programmes, analysts choose LGC Standards when a result has to withstand challenge.
- Northbridge Pharmaceuticals
- Nordwater Analytical Services
- Meridian Food Laboratories
- Caledon Environmental Testing
- Aurelia Forensic Science Services
- Petrovex Industrial Laboratories
Products and services
One catalogue, every analytical discipline
Six specialist portfolios sit behind one accredited supply chain. Whatever matrix you work in, there is an LGC reference material, proficiency testing scheme or bespoke solution built for it.
Mikromol
Pharmaceutical reference standards
APIs, impurities, nitrosamines, excipients and pharmacopoeial materials produced under ISO 17034 for release testing, method validation and impurity profiling.
Dr. Ehrenstorfer
Food and environmental materials
PFAS, microplastics, pesticides, mycotoxins and allergen materials for food, water and soil testing, including matrix CRMs for EPA Method 1633 workflows.
LGC AXIO
Proficiency testing schemes
ISO/IEC 17043 accredited schemes across food, water, clinical, forensic, pharmaceutical and industrial sectors. Benchmark performance and evidence competence to your assessors.
TRC and LGC Industrial
Research chemicals and custom solutions
Stable isotope labelled standards, cell-based research tools, petroleum and metal alloy standards, plus bespoke materials manufactured to your own specification.
By the numbers
Measurement authority, quantified
- 110,000+
Reference materials
Available from a single accredited source
- 170+
Countries served
Supported by 20 global offices
- 3
ISO accreditations held
ISO 17034, ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17043
- 180+
Years of measurement science
A heritage dating back to 1842
Customer voices
What laboratory teams tell us
Scientists in pharmaceutical, environmental and food testing describe what changed when they standardised on LGC reference materials and proficiency testing.
Switching to Mikromol standards cut our out-of-specification investigations dramatically. The certificates give our auditors everything they ask for, first time, with no follow-up questions.
QC Manager, Northbridge Pharmaceuticals
Insights
Latest Insights
Technical perspectives from our scientists on emerging regulation, analytical methods and measurement traceability.
EPA Method 1633 Explained: Choosing the Right 13C-Labelled PFAS Standards
Read the articleEPA Method 1633 has quietly become the reference point for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance analysis far beyond its original remit.
Nitrosamine Impurities: Staying Ahead of Evolving Pharmacopoeial Requirements
Read the articleWhat began in 2018 as a contamination incident affecting one class of antihypertensives is now a permanent feature of pharmaceutical quality control.
PFAS on Our Plate: Why Food Testing Needs Stronger Standards
Read the articleFor a decade PFAS in food was a monitoring question. That phase has ended, and maximum levels are now enforceable.
