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25 Years of Delivering Science
How Benchmark Services has grown alongside the industry it serves. In 2001, two men named Clive and Neil set up a small operation to move laboratory equipment. Two and a half decades later that operation has become a nationally recognised name that laboratories,...
Aluminium 3D Printer Delivery: Why the last mile is critical for customer satisfaction
Aluminium 3D printing has become embedded in dozens of manufacturing and industrial processes. It is one of the most commercially successful applications of 3D printer types and can be frequently found in Aerospace, automotive and industrial manufacturing. These are...
Why Technical Equipment Transport Needs More Than Just a Truck
Logistics companies have felt the pain of global issues in recent years. Ongoing conflict and wider geopolitical instability have sent shockwaves through supply chains across Europe, the UK and the rest of the world. But, for manufacturers and distributers of complex,...
Delivering Commercial Kitchen Equipment
Commercial kitchen equipment, such as fridges and freezers, blast chillers, combi ovens, dishwashers and sous vide cookers all share common challenges. They are often sensitive to impact or vibration damage, they are bulky and sometimes larger in dimensions than a...
Delivery and Installation of Biomedical Freezers to Birmingham Health Innovation Campus
With two large warehouses specifically designed for the storage of laboratory equipment and delicate medical machinery, Benchmark Services is the trusted partner for many manufacturers of specialist freezer and ultra low temperature equipment. These manufacturers...
How to choose a logistics partner for DMLS 3D printer deliveries
Direct metal laser sintering printers are precise, high value and mechanically complex. The storage and delivery of DMLS printers requires a logistics partner that understands large yet delicate equipment and complex technology such as laser optics. Benchmark...
We Are Hiring: Driver and Technical Installation Specialist (Class 2)
Are you a Class 2 Driver who is tired of the same old "drop and go" routine? If you’re looking for a role where your technical skills are as important as your driving, and where every day brings a new environment, this is it. As a Driver Installer, you are a vital...
Do you need an order fulfilment service but don’t know where to start?
As your business grows and more deliveries are sent through the door, the impact of logistics on your customer retention and your brand becomes ever more important. A few missed deliveries or damage to products due to limited space or poor handling can contribute to...
Moving Labs: An example of successful laboratory relocation
There are considerable challenges when moving labs. From safely transporting highly sensitive, expensive equipment through to moving the samples and even the office furniture, ensuring there is minimal disruption and maximum safety for business operations is...
Trust on the Move: Managing Risk in IVF Lab Relocation
For any parents wanting a child, fertility treatment will be one of the hardest journeys they can take. They invest a lot of time, energy, money and emotions creating that much-wanted baby. Above all else, they put a lot of trust in a fertility clinic to protect that...
Freezer transportation for the University of Nottingham
Benchmark Services were recently contracted by Nottingham University’s environmental sciences teaching laboratory to relocate two -80 freezers. With a tricky route between the original location and the new site, a site survey and lateral thinking were required to...
Looking to relocate your laboratory? These are the key questions you need to ask!
If you’ve ever moved house, you’ll know how stressful the process is. Now take that stress and multiply it by a hundred – that’s the level of complexity you’re looking at when moving a lab. Not only are you relocating medical equipment, sensitive materials and setting...
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