Astell Retrospective - Tom Ashton and Reg Cuttell

Some history on the two men responsible for the Astell Scientific name. The business name 'Astell' was created around 1950 when dairy scientist Tom Ashton and his friend and colleague Reg Cuttell established the Astell Laboratory Service Company Ltd. to offer a range of products and consumables to the growing laboratory sector, the name ‘Astell’ being an amalgamation of parts of both their surnames. It is this business, later merged with Charles Hearson and Co., that was renamed Astell Scientific in 1988, and now specialises in the manufacturing of autoclaves and sterilizers. Find out more about the scientific background of Tom and Reg in this article provided courtesy of the Institute of Science and Technology.

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