Case Study: Sud-Chemie (a Clariant company) achieves rapid LIMS modernization and streamlined reporting with LabVantage Solutions' LABVANTAGE 6

Sud-Chemie - Customer Case Study

Sud-Chemie, a Clariant group company and long-time LabVantage Solutions customer, faced a major infrastructure modernization in 2012: migrating a 13‑year‑old SQL*LIMS v4.1 to a modern, web‑based LIMS that required less IT support, better reporting, and instrument connectivity. To meet Clariant’s IT standards they also needed to move away from Oracle toward JBoss and Microsoft SQL Server while preserving legacy workflows and data.

LabVantage Solutions implemented LABVANTAGE 6 (with LABVANTAGE Connect for instrument automation), using an assessment tool and QlikTech Expressor ETL plus a SQL*LIMS functional overlay to migrate legacy data and workflows. The vendor completed the migration in under two months, replaced custom reporting tools with built‑in ad‑hoc and formatted reporting, enabled browser‑based zero‑footprint access, and reduced IT maintenance effort—delivering measurable time savings, improved efficiencies from instrument connectivity, and a state‑of‑the‑art LIMS for Sud‑Chemie.

Sud-Chemie

Sally Davies

Analytical Group Leader