The story
Galson Laboratories was founded by Allen Galson in 1970 in Syracuse, New York. The company was created in direct response to the emerging industrial hygiene market caused by environmental regulations posed by OSHA.
In 1994, Michael Lorenz and Lee Davis, two Galson employees, purchased the company from its founders. In 1996, the two sold the business off in two pieces. Massachusetts-based environmental engineering firm ENSR International bought Galson's engineering operations. F. Joseph Unangst purchased Galson's laboratory operations and continued operating it under the Galson Laboratories name.
In 2004, Galson expanded its operations to loan and rent air quality test equipment. Clients collect air samples from sites and then send the samples to Galson for analysis.
In 2013, Galson Laboratories merged White Laboratories, Hawaii, and INALAB, Inc., to form Galson Laboratories Pacific Rim. That same year, the company purchased the Ontario, Canada-based Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory.
Galson Laboratories was acquired by SGS in August 2014.
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