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Miraculous Water
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- Published on Thursday, 05 April 2012 08:14
- Written by Ferdinand Van Niekerk
Water is baffling – even to scientists. From its refusal to obey the ordinary rules of liquids to its insistence on becoming lighter when it freezes, water is as curious as it is vital.
H2O, two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom, is the chemical composition of this fascinating substance. What makes it so fascinating? Let’s look at a few facts:
Say you put two pails of water outside on a freezing day. One contains hot water (95ºC) and the other an equal amount of warm water (50ºC). Which freezes first?
Coming Up Roses on SANAS Audit
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 February 2012 13:36
- Written by Sharon Banks
The South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) sent a team of highly qualified expert auditors to scrutinise laboratory procedures and determine whether the facility is competent to carry out specific analytical tasks and methodologies.
UIS Analytical Services is elated to report that our laboratory, with regards to quality and integrity of the operation, has been advocated to retain the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation on all methods as defined by our Testing Laboratory T0184 SANAS accreditation schedule.
Our clients are again assured of our commitment to service par excellence.
Rebranding our Corporate Identity
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- Published on Sunday, 14 August 2011 13:10
- Written by Immo Blecher
Why a new corporate identity for UIS?
For many years the analytical services of UIS stood out in the market in terms of quality, price and turn-around time. In the last 2 years or so our staff had to concentrate on handling large projects for major players in the coal mining industry and we have done extremely well in terms of turn-around time and quality.
This has also resulted in the procurement of several new instruments and the development and adoption of new methods, mainly ISO methods, but also the expansion into analytical fields, which previously formed only a minor part of our daily work. This expansion has lead to the following major reasons for the change of our corporate identity:
- portray a new image of our company, especially a positive first impression
- build a preference for our company
- educate our customers on who we are and keep us in the top of our customers' minds
