History

Ai Scientific was founded on the 8th of May 1975. Since this time we have enjoyed growth, success and have overcome a number of challenges while serving and supplying the international scientific community. We believe that our success is the result of two guiding principles.

Our total and ongoing support provided to our customers, as to have truly satisfied clients requires continual dedication
Ongoing re-investment into R&D to provide innovative solutions to a laboratory's workflow challenges

Ai Scientific history of effective lab solutions:

Our Goal

Our People

Innovation

Code of Ethics

Our History

	1975 Ai Scientific Established A.i. Scientific was established under the original company name of Analytical Instruments. During the early years, the company's primary task was acting as the Queensland State distributor for various Australian scientific importers.
	1979 AIM100 Autosampler Released The AIM100 was a 500 position system for Continuous Flow and ICP applications, which provided our local customers with the robotic solutions they asked for together with the imported analysers we supplied.
	1982 AIM200 Data Processor Released With the increasing popularity of the PC, the AIM200 Automated Data Processor was launched for Continuous Flow Analysis customers to automate the previously manual task of curve fitting and peak height measurement and reporting.
	1984 Analytical Instruments Purchased by Stephen & Joanne Pronk Stephen had joined Analytical Instruments in 1978 and six years later purchased the company. Stephen and Joanne Pronk introduced additional product lines to strengthen sales and increase distribution to cover Australia.
	1986 AIM500 Digestor Released The AIM500 Block Digestion System, was originally developed for the Chinese market and with 50 positions is still the highest capacity block digestor commercially available.
	1987 New Brisbane Office Opened Analytical Instruments built its own premises at Scarborough, on the Pacific Ocean foreshore to accommodate new staff and the demands of a growing business.
	1988 First major OEM Contract New markets were sought for the company's manufactured products and the company entered into its first OEM agreement with a Swiss instrument manufacturer for the AIM101 Autosampler.
	1989 Quality Assurance: ISO9001 The company commenced work on the implementation of Quality Assurance to ISO9001 standards - the first step in an ongoing program of continual improvement.
	1990 Sydney Office Opened Company office was opened in Sydney with representative agents appointed in all other Australian states. A new office was built in Scarborough, Brisbane.
	1991 USA Office Opened An office was established in USA in 1991 to support the company's North American customers.
	1992 AIM1250 mk2 Autosampler Released The company released the AIM1250 Autosampler and changed its name to A.i. Scientific to better reflect the market we serve on an international level.
	1993 Melbourne Office Opened An office was established in Melbourne to better service customers in the southern region of Australia and Ai Scientific received the Australian Design Award for the AIM1250 Autosampler.
	1994 New Zealand Office Opened Office established in Auckland , New Zealand to supply & support products from Ai Scientific and other leading instrument manufacturers.
	1995 Automation for Pathology Labs Commenced investigation into the feasibility of a new sample preparation and management system for pathology laboratories.
	1998 PathFinder mk1 Installed Ai Scientific's reputation as a manufacturer of innovative laboratory automation products was boosted with the installation of the PathFinder Automated Tube Management System at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane.
	1999 Applications Laboratory Opened To support the growing number of Ai Scientific installations, a fully-equipped applications laboratory was established in Sydney.
	2000 PathFinder mk2 Released The new millennium marked the first shipments of PathFinder Automated Tube Management systems to pathology laboratories in Europe and Australia.
	2002 AIM3000 Series Autosampler Released In partnership with a leading analytical instrument manufacturer, Ai Scientific released the innovative AIM3200 and AIM3300 Autosamplers.
	2003 New Head Office Opened International head office, design, manufacturing, service and demonstration laboratory were consolidated under one roof at Clontarf, on the Moreton Bay waterfront in Brisbane.
	2004 AIM1250 mkII Released The original XYZ AIM1250 is completely redesigned to provide more reliable, faster, lower cost performance.
	2005 AIM3600 Released An AIM3600 autosampler provides double the sample capacity for high throughput labs.
	2006 AIM600 Digestor Released The AIM600 Block Digestor systems builds on the 20 year performance pedigree of our AIM500 Block Digestor range to provide new features. global regulatory compliance and superior temperature stability across the block.
	2007 PathFinder Sorter Released The PathFinder Sorter automated various tube sorting processes within pathology labs.