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The LabX System News is our way of communicating to our LabX community a variety of topics from within LabX.com. New site features, upcoming events and general information from LabX will be made available for everyone to see on a current basis. Follow the link from "My LabX" Member's Portal. My LabX
| Advertising/Marketing | May. 23, 2008 |
| LabX Appoints Publisher for Lab Manager Magazine |  Print |
Midland, Ontario, Canada – LabX, the highly specialized business-to-business marketplace where scientific equipment and supplies can be bought and sold, has appointed Mario Di Ubaldi Publisher of LabX and Lab Manager. With more than 20 years of publishing experience, Mario was most recently the Group Publisher of Advantage Business Media – Science Group, responsible for adverting sales and product development. In his new position Mario will help LabX capitalize on new and existing market opportunities for LabX and Lab Manager’s full spectrum of media products and services. His responsibilities include heading up ad sales and product development, and spearheading marketing and strategic development activities. "We're excited to bring Mario on board," says LabX’s President and Founder, Bob Kafato. "He will play a vital role in the success of our media transformation, including the hiring of a talented editorial team. He brings a combination of strong publishing knowledge, market insight, and leadership abilities. We look forward to leveraging his talents to the fullest as we expand and evolve our media services business." Mario's appointment builds on his longstanding working relationship with the scientific marketplace and his knowledge of its products, services, technologies, and markets. "I'm thrilled to join as a member of the LabX team, and I'm looking forward to building on the success they've already achieved, while moving aggressively to capitalize on the full range of new and existing market opportunities before us," says Mario. "With the hiring of a strong editorial team, our editorial goal for Lab Manager and LabX is to provide consistent analytical features and special reports to lab professionals on ‘Running Their Lab Like a Business.’" A graduate of Fordham University, Mario lives with his family in Connecticut. | |
| Advertising/Marketing | Apr. 30, 2008 |
| LabX Acquires Lab Manager Magazine® | Print |
Midland, Ontario April 17, 2008 – LabX.com, the first
business-to-business internet auction and marketplace for
scientific products announced today that it has acquired the
print and digital publication Lab Manager Magazine® from Vicon
Publishing, Inc., Amherst , NH .The acquisition of Lab Manager Magazine; Lab Manager e-newsletter and LabManager.com will leverage the global reach of LabX. The LabX marketplace serves tens of thousands of scientific professionals each month who buy laboratory equipment in the analytical and life science markets. With LabX continuing to set the standard for hi-tech auctions through 13 years of operation, the addition of the print publication solidifies its operational model as a full-service marketplace where companies can locate both new and used equipment and supplies. The premier issue will be delivered this July to a current BPA audited circulation of over 30,000 subscribers. LabX will also extend subscriptions to current Lab Managers registered on the LabX website who want to receive the new publication either in hardcopy or digital format. See the press release | |
| Advertising/Marketing | Feb. 25, 2008 |
| Visit LabX at Pittcon 2008 | Print |
Booth # 6838 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - New Orleans, LA March 2nd-7th, 2008 For those attending Pittcon 2008 in New Orleans, we welcome the opportunity to meet you in person and hope that we may continue to service your needs for laboratory and analytical equipment.
To view a list of LabX Sponsor who will be exhibiting: Stop by our booth and get your flashing LabX Mardi Gras Beads and a LabX pen! | |
| Editorial | Feb. 22, 2008 |
| A Global Powerhouse in Scientific Equipment | Print |
By Peter Gwynne, February 13, 2008 In the mid-1990s, when he worked as a sales rep for a scientific equipment company, Bob Kafato had an epiphany. A customer who had planned to buy an HPLC autosampler didn’t go through with the order. Kafato soon learned why. The customer had bought three used autosamplers for the same price as a single new one of the same brand, and was genuinely excited about the savings. “I became interested in used equipment at that point,” he recalls. A few months later, Kafato made another discovery: The emerging Internet had a large gap. So he set up a free website for buying and selling used laboratory products through classified advertising. That site quickly evolved into LabX, a business-to-business marketplace that has become a global powerhouse in facilitating the exchange of new and used scientific instruments and related products. | |
| System Development | Jan. 22, 2008 |
| LabX Server Gets Boost | Print |
Tuesday morning at 6:00AM EST the LabX website was successfully moved to an upgraded server platform. New BlueDragon 7 software from New Atlanta Communications, LLC accompanied a brand new 64-bit Dell server with 16GB of RAM and over 500 GB of disk space on 15,000 RPM drives in RAID 10 configuration which now drive the LabX website at lightning- fast speeds and continued reliability. We hope you enjoy the increased performance and we look forward to developing new and innovative tools as we move forward into 2008.
Regards, | |
| New Features | Dec. 12, 2007 |
| LabX News - 50,000 subscribers and new HTML Format | Print |
This month, 50,000 newsletter subscribers received our very first
Weekly Newsletter LabXNews in HTML formatThe new HTML format for this newsletter is cleaner and is more flexible. This will allow us to make it easier for users to find the equipment they are interested in most, from the new listings posted the previous week. Also, HTML allows us to bold information that needs to stand out more, such as auction closing dates and titles. This is the first step in making the newsletter more interactive without introducing too many changes at once; more great adjustments are already in the works for upcoming issues. The LabX News has also reached 50,000 subscribers this month! This means that each Sunday, the equivalent of the entire city of Harrisburg PA opens up this newsletter. | |
| Event | Sep. 26, 2007 |
| "Love that Glove!" Video Contest | Print |
Who said that Lab professionals don't have a sense of humor? In fact, earlier this week we found some video evidence of this from the KIMTECH SCIENCE* STERLING* "Love that Glove!" video contest. There are some absolutely hilarious video entries to be found at www.kimtech.com/lovethatglove which also demonstrate why Lab professionals chose the KIMTECH SCIENCE* STERLING* Nitrile Gloves more than any other brand. Kimberly-Clark will be accepting video entries until October 20th, so enter your own video to win one of many prizes, including $2,000 cash. To make this contest even more interesting to LabX members, if you submit a winning entry that mentions LabX.com we will also include $300 worth of listing credits that you can use to sell your equipment on LabX.com. Head on over to www.kimtech.com/lovethatglove for a few great laughs in your laboratory today!
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| New Features | Sep. 26, 2007 |
| Map It! | Print |
As many of you know, the Internet and more specifically vertical marketplaces (such as LabX) have become the first place to look when you need to procure a piece of equipment. The online marketplace has replaced all sorts of methods previously used to find instrumentation. One of the most notable has been the local directory service, be it from a local trade association, publication, or the local Yellow Pages directory. However, for many industries the vertical marketplace has not fulfilled all of the needs that local search offers. Despite finding over 150,000 available products on one site including full descriptions and images, the vertical marketplace can fall short. This is where local search tools enable easy product location in relative geographic proximity. In this summer, LabX launched a new way for local and vertical to intersect. Using a new map tool incorporated into the For Sale and Auction listings, you can see the physical location of an instrument on a map before you place your bid or make an inquiry. The new map feature is also fully interactive. It allows you to pan out to see the item in proximity to your location, or zoom down to street level detail. Using this tool along with the displayed zip code and shipping calculator will enable you to quickly determine total cost of acquisition for your new instrument. Log onto LabX today to try out this exciting new map feature. Many of the new ads being placed will have the maps enabled and more will follow as they are entered. This feature is only available to registered users who are signed in. So if you have not registered yet and just received this email from a friend, make sure to register today! | |
| Editorial | Sep. 26, 2007 |
| The Green Lab Revisited | Print |
As scientifically oriented people we need to better understand what Green really is. People will listen to us more than anyone else about Green because we are scientists. The problem I want to point out is that Green isn't just labeling a product and claiming it's Green...and Green is also not just about how the use of something impacts the environment. Everything we do as human beings isn't green at all...any time we disturb our environment we leave a footprint, no matter how tiny it is. The point of being Green is to try and make a contribution to leaving a smaller footprint in everything we do. The definition of Green, in most cases, should always be thought of in six stages: All six stages leave a footprint. Think...virtually every product we use "emits" CO2 whether the product has carbon in it or not because it was transported to you by a truck. Going Green will be a never ending journey for mankind. It needs to be for labkind as well. We need to challenge manufacturers to provide greener products in all six stages of a Products impact on our environment. That is something that you can do in evaluating the products you purchase. Locating second hand products on LabX that can work for your lab is one way to reduce the footprint. At the same time, keep an eye on New Product Introductions on LabX that can give your lab a smaller footprint. We need to acknowledge companies that are leaders in Green and we will do so in the future. If you see any manufacturers or labs that inspire you from their green approach let us know! | |
| New Features | Sep. 26, 2007 |
| Live Chat Customer Service | Print |
This week, LabX rolled out a new customer service feature called "LiveChat". LiveChat allows users to interact with our LabX Customer Service team via an online messaging system to receive quick online answers to any questions you may have. To use LiveChat, all you need to do is go to the "Contact" page and click on the LiveChat button. If our staff are not available when you access this feature, the program will enable you to send your message via email. Please note, that LabX office hours are 9 AM to 5PM EST, Monday to Friday and LiveChat will be enabled during those times. Access Live Chat from LabX Customer Service | |
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