美國(guó)Q-Lab   www.q-lab.cn  www.q-lab.com 
Q-Lab公司，成立于1956年，是一家全球性的材料耐久性測(cè)試產(chǎn)品供應(yīng)商。我們生產(chǎn)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)測(cè)試底板，以及耐候儀、耐曬儀和鹽霧箱。另外，在Q-Lab佛羅里達(dá)和Q-Lab亞利桑那的測(cè)試服務(wù)中心提供實(shí)驗(yàn)室加速測(cè)試和戶(hù)外暴露測(cè)試服務(wù)，測(cè)試材料的耐候性、耐光性及耐腐蝕性。
我們的測(cè)試設(shè)備和服務(wù)，適用于涂料、塑料、汽車(chē)、個(gè)人護(hù)理用品、屋面材料、油墨、紡織品、藥品、包裝材料和密封劑等行業(yè)。
我們公司總部和制造廠位于美國(guó)俄亥俄州克里夫蘭市的Westlake地區(qū)。Q-Lab在英國(guó)曼徹斯特和中國(guó)上海設(shè)有分部。
Q-Lab 老化測(cè)試研究服務(wù)中心，是 Q-Lab公司的一個(gè)分支機(jī)構(gòu)，分別位落于佛羅里達(dá)州南部和亞利桑納州沙漠地區(qū)。Q-Lab 是一家合同式測(cè)試服務(wù)中心，提供實(shí)驗(yàn)室加速測(cè)試和戶(hù)外暴露測(cè)試服務(wù)，測(cè)試材料的耐候性、耐光性及耐腐蝕性。

公司發(fā)展歷程
公司創(chuàng)始人 喬治·格羅斯曼 (George Grossman)
一位年輕的喬治·格羅斯曼美國(guó)飛行員退役后，開(kāi)始在俄亥俄州克里夫蘭地區(qū)向油漆實(shí)驗(yàn)室銷(xiāo)售原料和設(shè)備作為其新的職業(yè)生涯。無(wú)論走到哪里，喬治總是習(xí)慣性地詢(xún)問(wèn)他的客戶(hù)，“您有哪些需求無(wú)法從目前的供應(yīng)商那里得到嗎？”許多客戶(hù)告訴喬治，他們需要一種性能一致的測(cè)試底板。他們想確信，如果某種涂料在實(shí)驗(yàn)中失敗，其原因在于涂料本身而不是由于底板被污染所致。 于是，喬治于1956年創(chuàng)建Q-Panel 公司以填補(bǔ)這項(xiàng)行業(yè)需求。當(dāng)喬治·格羅斯曼設(shè)計(jì)其第一塊測(cè)試板時(shí)，他想找到一種方法，即能夠在其產(chǎn)品上加上一個(gè)標(biāo)識(shí)，而這個(gè)標(biāo)識(shí)不會(huì)因?qū)嶒?yàn)過(guò)程中技術(shù)人員向面板噴涂油漆而被遮蓋。他決定采用一個(gè)形狀為字母 Q 的孔。同時(shí)，也代表了喬治對(duì)其底板所提供的高品質(zhì)、快速服務(wù)的期望。 2006年,Q-Panel實(shí)驗(yàn)室產(chǎn)品公司更名為Q-Lab公司，以體現(xiàn)其更廣范圍的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)領(lǐng)域。

Q-Lab Corporation is a global provider of material durability testing products since 1956. We design and manufacture standard test substrates as well as weathering, light stability, and corrosion testers. In addition, contract test service which includes laboratory simulations and outdoor exposures for weathering, lightfastness and corrosion testing are available at Q-Lab Florida and Q-Lab Arizona. 
Our products and services are used to test coatings, plastics, automotive, personal care, roofing, inks, textiles, pharmaceutical, packaging and sealants.
Our corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities are located in Westlake, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Q-Lab sales and distribution facilities are located in Manchester, England and Shanghai, China.
Q-Lab Weathering Research Service, a division of Q-Lab Corporation, has locations in southern Florida and the Arizona desert. Q-Lab is a contract test service which includes laboratory simulations and outdoor exposures for weathering, lightfastness and corrosion testing.
 
 

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Corporate History
George Grossman, Founder
A young pilot in the US Air Corps returned to civilian life after serving his country. His name was George Grossman, and he began a new career selling supplies and equipment to paint labs in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Wherever he went, George made it a practice to ask his customers, “What do you need that you can’t get from your current suppliers?” Many customers told George that they needed a consistent, reproducible test surface. They wanted to make sure that if a coating failed during testing, it was because of a bad paint and not because of a contaminated substrate.
George founded Q-Panel in 1956 to fulfill this industry need. When designing the first test panels, George was looking for a way to place a logo on his product that would not be obscured when the lab technicians sprayed the panels with paint. He decided that a “Q” shaped hole would do the trick. Plus, it would represent the quality and quick delivery that George wanted for his panels.
In 2006, Q-Panel Lab Products changed its name to Q-Lab Corporation to reflect the wide range of instruments and services it provides, and the industries it serves.