Although the current name Astell Scientific was adopted
in the late 1980’s, the company can trace a rich history in
sterilization and autoclave manufacturing that extends back over 130
years.
Charles Hearson established Charles Hearson & Co. in 1884, a
company specialising in the manufacture of autoclaves and incubators for
medical practitioners. The company continued to evolve through the
early half of the twentieth century offering temperature controlled and
other laboratory apparatus.
Around 1950 two gentlemen named Tom Ashton and Reg Cuttell
established Astell Laboratory Service Co. 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. A decade later
the business merged with Charles Hearson and Co. to form one company
under the name Astell Hearson, and it’s this company, renamed Astell
Scientific in 1988, that is survived today and remains the leader in
sterilization technology. It's this heritage and long-running experience
that enables Astell to continue to produce world leading products.