Nelson Laboratories LLC

Nelson Labs®, a Sotera Health company, is an industry-leading, global provider of laboratory testing and expert advisory services. We perform over 700 rigorous microbiological and analytical laboratory tests across the medical device, pharmaceutical, and tissue industries. We know that every test matters and requires solutions to complex problems to improve patient outcomes and minimize client risk.

We are a business unit of Sotera Health, along with Nordion® and Sterigenics®. Together, we are the world’s leading, fully integrated protector of global health and touch the lives of more than 180 million people around the world each year. Sotera Health is a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and GTCR.

On August 7, 2018, Nelson Labs’ parent company Sotera Health acquired New Jersey-based Gibraltar Laboratories. On January 2, 2020 the company’s name was changed from Gibraltar Laboratories to Nelson Laboratories Fairfield.  Nelson Laboratories Fairfield is a leading outsourced provider of microbiology and analytical chemistry testing for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and is known for USP compendial microbiology, sterility assurance, and analytical chemistry testing. The company, formerly owned and operated by the Prince family, runs two laboratories in the New Jersey tri-state area.

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On November 7, 2017, Sterigenics International LLC changed its parent company name to Sotera Health LLC. Its three companies – Nelson Labs, Nordion and Sterigenics – maintain their current names and leverage the strength of the business units to deliver on its mission of Safeguarding Global Health.

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On October 31, 2017, Nelson Labs acquired Toxikon Europe N.V., the European division of Toxikon Corporation. The new Nelson Labs Europe’s capabilities are complementary and additive to Nelson Labs’ existing testing portfolio and, in combination, makes Nelson Labs one of the premiere global E&L laboratory testing platforms for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

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