CLS operates a multinational laboratory testing and consulting business serving pharma, medical device, food, and environmental sectors. The tech stack—LIMS, HPLC, ICP-MS, SAP, Power BI, and HubSpot—reflects a traditional quality-driven lab operation now undergoing commercial acceleration: hiring is accelerating across ops and research, with active projects around QMS implementation, sales process management via HubSpot, and lean lab initiatives. Pain points cluster around scaling quality processes and shortening sales cycles, indicating a shift from pure service delivery toward repeatable, commercial models.
Notable leadership hires: Commercial Director
Complete Laboratory Solutions is an Irish-based multinational providing testing, quality assurance, and consulting services to the global life sciences industry. The company operates microbiological, chemical, analytical, clinical, and molecular testing facilities, supporting pharmaceutical, medical device, food and beverage, and environmental clients. Services span Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Strategic Consulting, Lean Transformation, Specialized Training, and Managed Resourcing, delivered at CLS facilities, client sites, or hybrid arrangements. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Galway, the organization has grown to 201–500 employees across Ireland.
CLS provides microbiological testing, chemical and analytical testing (HPLC, ICP-MS), clinical and molecular testing, pharmaceutical analytical testing, medical device testing, food and beverage analysis, and environmental testing. Services are delivered at company facilities, client sites, or hybrid models.
CLS operates LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System), HPLC and ICP-MS analytical instruments, SAP for enterprise resource planning, Power BI for analytics and reporting, and HubSpot for sales process management.
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