Cole-Parmer – Stuart®
Antimicrobial Science Equipment

Cole-Parmer designs and manufactures a diverse range of custom, bespoke equipment for the scientific healthcare and industrial sectors, and is committed to offering the highest quality products and services.
The company has built core competencies in the following technology areas:
- Precise temperature control
- Precise speed control
- Signal detection
- Digital imaging
Cole-Parmer’s range of benchtop science equipment, Stuart®, comprises of over 100 products including block heaters, blood tube rotators, colony counters, hotplates, stirrers, rockers and shakers, rotary evaporators and water baths.
Stuart® is the market leader in melting point apparatus SMP50, and water stills, Aquatron® and Merit®. Stuart® specialises in vital equipment needed by scientists, including key instruments such as laboratory mixers, magnetic stirrers and laboratory incubators.
Each and every part of the Stuart® range is protected by BioCote® Antimicrobial Technology, and has been for over 10 years.
With the risks of cross contamination being higher than ever, customers can feel rest assured that their Stuart® benchtop lab equipment has maximum protection against microbes such as bacteria and mould, thanks to BioCote®.
BioCote® Antimicrobial Technology is safe, effective and lasts for the expected lifetime of a product. It will also not wear off or leach out. BioCote® has been proven to reduce levels of bacteria on a surface by over 86% in just 15 minutes and by more than 99% in two hours. It has even been proven effective against antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria such as MRSA.
Stuart® products go through a rigorous validation process, and ongoing quality control with test certification of antimicrobial efficacy. This is just one of the many services BioCote® offers their partners.