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Skalar is a Dutch manufacturer of laboratory and process analyzers, founded in 1965, that specializes in chemistry automation for routine analyses such as water, soil, and nutrient testing. It serves environmental, pharmaceutical, chemical, agricultural, detergent, and food & beverage laboratories, and sells and supports its instruments worldwide. If you are evaluating Skalar, the practical question is usually which analyzer family fits your lab's workflow—continuous flow or discrete analysis—and whether the company's application support and distribution reach match your location.
Company at a glance
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Origin | Netherlands |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Original focus | Analyzers for the laboratory and process industry |
| Current scale | Multinational, with subsidiaries in most European countries, North America, and India, plus over eighty representatives worldwide |
| Core offering | Automated laboratory analyzers for routine chemistry |
| Support model | Sales, service, and application support through subsidiaries and representatives |
The company describes itself as a partner in chemistry automation, with an emphasis on keeping automation platforms running reliably through quality parts and materials.
What Skalar actually makes
Skalar's product line centers on automated analyzers for routine, high-throughput laboratory work. The company highlights two main technology directions:
- Continuous flow analysis (CFA): The SAN++® Series, including the SAN++® Compact, Classic, and Advanced models, provides fully automatic and accurate colorimetric analysis.
- Discrete analysis: The BLUVISION® analyzer, aimed at automated, contamination-free, and flexible testing across water, soil, and environmental applications.
Skalar also positions itself as a source for labs running older continuous flow systems: its site explicitly addresses users looking for a "FIA or Lachat Replacement," suggesting the SAN++® line as a migration path for those platforms.
Who the analyzers are for
The instruments are built for laboratories that run the same analyses repeatedly and need consistent throughput and precision. Typical settings named by the company include:
- Environmental laboratories testing water and soil
- Pharmaceutical laboratories
- Chemical and detergent laboratories
- Agricultural laboratories
- Food and beverage laboratories
The common thread is routine chemistry—nutrient testing, colorimetric determinations, and similar repetitive methods—rather than one-off research assays.
How to narrow down a choice
Skalar provides an analyzer selector tool on its site: you choose your application and parameter, or your technology, and the selector returns matching analyzers. This is the most direct way to check fit before contacting the company. For labs unsure whether continuous flow or discrete analysis suits them, the company also offers a guide to discrete analysis and an eBook on the BLUVISION® platform covering water, soil, and environmental applications.
If you are replacing an existing FIA or Lachat system, start with the SAN++® Series documentation and confirm method compatibility with your current protocols before committing.
What to verify before deciding
The public site does not list prices, so cost has to come from a direct quote. Before that conversation, confirm:
- Whether your required parameters are covered by the analyzer selector results
- Whether your existing methods transfer to the SAN++® or BLUVISION® platform
- Which subsidiary or representative covers your country for service and application support
- Whether training and ongoing application support are included in your region's offering
Skalar's stated differentiator is application support for existing and potential users, so it is worth asking specifically how that support is delivered locally.