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Industrial Research Limited has strong commercial links through investments in a number of joint ventures and associated companies, fully owned business units that operate in the commercial sphere and through the Measurment Standards Laboratory of New Zealand, which operates under the IRL management structure but is an independent, government-funded national laboratory. These entities all have distinct missions and purposes and as such all have separate websites.
GlycoSyn
GlycoSyn is a business unit of IRL that works closely with biotechnology clients around the globe to ensure high quality and fast-paced development of high-value small molecules. Drawing upon world-class people, skills, facilities and equipment, GlycoSyn is your first-choice partner for the development and production of complex active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for pre-clinical and clinical drug development programmes. View the Glycosyn website.
GlycoFineChem
GlycoFineChem is the online sales division of the world-renowned Carbohydrate Chemistry and GlycoSyn teams at IRL, specialising in custom synthesis and the isolation of natural products. We provide top quality bench-scale to multi-kilogram synthesis and cGMP manufacturing and are exclusive suppliers of compounds such as Allosamidin. We have over 35 PhD chemists including specialist expertise in carbohydrate chemistry, asymmetric synthesis, natural product isolation and process development. Our customers come from all over the world and range from research institutions, such as universities and hospitals, to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. View the GlycoFineChem website.
HTS-110
HTS-110 develops magnetic solutions utilising high temperature superconducting (HTS) wire. HTS-110 has a range of products to suit demanding magnetic applications, with successful installations at leading scientific and industrial sites worldwide. The company was formed in 2004 to capitalise on IRL's world-leading, 20-year research programme into HTS materials. Besides IRL, major shareholders in HTS-110 are Endeavour Capital Ltd and American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC). View the HTS-110 website.
Kiwistar Optics
KiwiStar Optics is a world leader in the development and manufacture of large, precision optics with applications in astronomy, instrumentation, defence and surveillance. KiwiStar Optics provides a unique total system integration package with the ability to design and manufacture the mechanical housing for the optics, and the assembly and precision alignment of the optical system. View the KiwiStar Optics website.
Measurement Standards Laboratory
The Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL) is New Zealand's national metrology institute, operating within IRL under the authority of the Measurement Standards Act 1992. It is responsible for the provision of physical measurement standards in New Zealand. MSL is a vital facility that enables New Zealand to communicate technically and scientifically with the rest of the industrialised world, essential for New Zealand’s competitiveness in the global economy. The laboratory maintains the New Zealand national standards for the basic and derived SI units under the authority of government legislation. These standards are disseminated through user-funded calibration services to calibration laboratories and clients who require the highest available levels of accuracy. MSL also undertakes measurement related research and many MSL staff can provide specialist technical consultancy advice. View the MSL website.
General Cable Superconductors
General Cable Superconductors was formed by Industrial Research Ltd and General Cable New Zealand as a joint venture company to develop and commercially manufacture HTS cabling in New Zealand. IRL’s twenty years of research into high temperature superconductivity has produced an effective and cost-efficient method of manufacturing HTS cable. This, coupled with General Cable New Zealand’s background in large scale production of power cables, allows for the production of an extremely efficient HTS cable available for commercial applications. View the General Cable Superconductors website.