On September 16 and 17, 2026, the Mülheim Water Analysis Seminar took place in Mülheim an der Ruhr—the industry’s premier professional gathering in Germany. We look back on two jam-packed, extremely informative, and thoroughly exciting days dedicated to water...
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Lab 4.0
Release Preview: First Highlights of SAMPLES 2.0
For quite some time now, a promising, almost mystical term has been circulating among the SAMPLES development team: SAMPLES 2.0. And today, the time has come to offer a first glimpse into what lies behind this name—namely, a new, far-reaching milestone for SAMPLES....
SHAPTH & XWasser Standard: Drinking Water Analysis with SAMPLES
Major changes are currently underway in drinking water analysis, which will result in entirely new requirements and processes starting in January 2027. From that point on, the newly developed, standardized XWasser standard will apply to all partners involved in these...
Whitepaper: Efficiently simplify everyday laboratory work with ChatGPT
Easier, faster, more efficient: The integration of an AI chat into a laboratory information system (LIMS) simplifies interaction, speeds up the retrieval of searched content and noticeably increases overall efficiency. The AI solution and its area of application...
Whitepaper: No laboratory of the future without a modern LIMS? Requirements & potentials on the way to Laboratory 4.0
We are convinced that many laboratories are at an essential crossroads. If we look at other sectors, such as industrial production, for example, developments in Industry 4.0, digital twins and machine learning have already taken us in a new direction years ago. At the...
"The laboratory is the temple of the sciences, and a cathedral of the mind. It is a place where miracles are wrought and dreams come true."
Linus Pauling





