and scientific equipment uk ltd. for other acronyms of mse see mse disambiguation mse uk ltd type manufacturer industry laboratory equipment founded april 7 1936 headquarters london uk key people mark henderson products laboratory centrifuges revenue unknown slogan quality laboratory equipment website http www.mseuk.co.uk contents 1 history 2 the 1960s 1970s and 1980s 3 the 1990s 4 present day 5 references history edit mse was founded in 1936 by ernest foulkes 1 initially as a manufacturer and distributor of machine tools and equipment . throughout world war ii mse was appointed by the uk ministry of supply to act as lease lend agents for american machine tools in order to support the war effort . in the 1930s and early 1940s the name stood for machine shop equipment . with the founding of the national health service following the culmination of the second world war mse was retained by them to develop hospital microtomes which until then had not been manufactured in the uk . in the early 1950s the newly formed atomic energy authority approached mse requesting them to manufacture a range of centrifuges for use in their research . at the time there was strong competition from hettich heraeus and eppendorf based in europe and beckman coulter in the usa . following the change of focus from machine tool manufacture to centrifuges the acronym mse was changed to measuring and scientific equipment . 2 the 1960s 1970s and 1980s edit mse moved to larger premises in crawley during the early 1960s and was well established by 1968 . following foulke s retirement in 1972 1 mse was acquired by fisons and became linked with kontron soon after . kontron ag at the time were heavily involved in the production and design of ultra centrifuge systems which mse used to support their ultra centrifuges . production and development continued through the 1980s following the relocation of the entire manufacturing side to uxbridge in 1983 . 3 the 1990s edit in 1990 fisons scientific equipment restructured and sold its manufacturing wing to sanyo where it was assimilated into the gallenkamp brand and marketed as sanyo gallenkamp plc. 3 throughout the 1990s sanyo gallenkamp produced a range of laboratory centrifuges although was also known for the production of incubators co2 orbital and cooled fridges freezers blood banks ovens and water stills . 4 production moved to loughborough in 1998 where the uk office for sanyo gallenkamp currently lies . 5 present day edit in 2003 sanyo gallenkamp sold the manufacturing wing of mse to henderson biomedical ltd a centrifuge servicing company and manufacturing moved to lower sydenham in south london . 3 today the company retains the same logo it used when it was first established in 1936 . references edit a b http www.foulkes foundation.org the life of dr ernest foulkes http www.mseuk.co.uk mse history default.aspx a b c http www.mseuk.co.uk mse history history2.aspx http www.nhspurchasing.com brochome.asp orgcode 1157 & header product http www.sanyo biomedical.co.uk contact.htm retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mse centrifuges & oldid 647135954 categories laboratory equipment manufacturers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 19 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view