GIU Gewerbliches Institut für Umweltanalytik GmbH

GIU Gewerbliches Institut für Umweltanalytik GmbH is an independent German testing laboratory and environmental consultancy headquartered in Teningen-Nimburg, near Freiburg im Breisgau. The company was founded in 1992 by the chemist Hans Albrich and Dr. Michael Müller as an independent testing laboratory. It operates from roughly 500 square metres of administration and laboratory space and, according to its own information, employs a team of around 14 qualified staff with long-standing practical experience. The institute's core business is routine environmental analysis. Its laboratory examines a wide range of environmental samples for constituents such as heavy metals, pesticides and nutrients, covering matrices including water, soil, air, waste and building materials. Beyond analytical work, GIU provides sampling services, which it describes as the essential precondition for reliable analytical results and their subsequent assessment, as well as an extensive advisory service. Its consulting specialisms include wastewater technology, contaminated sites (Altlasten), construction supervision and waste classification. GIU also engages in research and development of instrumental analytical methods in cooperation with well-known manufacturers of analytical instruments. Quality assurance is central to its positioning: the company states that it is accredited as a testing laboratory under DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (DAC-P-0183-03-00), supported by extensive internal and external quality assurance measures and regular, needs-based further training of all employees. It belongs to the Berufsgenossenschaft der Chemischen Industrie (the employers' liability insurance association of the chemical industry), is a recognised training company, and holds memberships in various associations, including as a founding member of QRB (Qualitätssicherungssystem Recycling-Baustoffe Baden-Württemberg e.V.), a quality assurance system for recycled building materials in Baden-Württemberg. As a privately held, owner-managed laboratory, GIU serves both public and private clients, a client base it characterises as valuing its quality. Its public web presence has been undergoing reconstruction, and the company has used its site to communicate operational notices, including COVID-19 access rules for its premises. The firm remains an active, regionally rooted analytical services provider in south-west Germany.

GIU Gewerbliches Institut für Umweltanalytik GmbH was founded in 1992 by the chemist Hans Albrich and Dr. Michael Müller as an independent testing laboratory. The institute was established in Teningen-Nimburg, near Freiburg im Breisgau in south-west Germany, where it has since operated from approximately 500 square metres of administration and laboratory space. From its founding, the company focused on environmental analysis. Over more than a decade of laboratory operation, as described on its website, it has examined a wide variety of environmental samples for constituents such as heavy metals, pesticides and nutrients. Its service portfolio grew beyond pure analysis to include professional sampling, which the company presents as the fundamental precondition for reliable analytical results and their subsequent assessment, as well as an extensive advisory service. By the time of its public self-description, GIU had developed consulting specialisms in wastewater technology, contaminated sites (Altlasten), construction supervision and waste classification. It also became active in research and development of instrumental analytical methods, cooperating with well-known manufacturers of analytical instruments. The company reports a team of around 14 qualified employees with long-standing practical experience, delivering all laboratory and consulting services in-house. Quality assurance has been a defining element of the institute's history. GIU states that it is accredited as a testing laboratory under DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (accreditation number DAC-P-0183-03-00), underpinned by extensive internal and external quality assurance measures and regular, needs-based further training of all staff. It belongs to the Berufsgenossenschaft der Chemischen Industrie, is a recognised training company, and holds memberships in various associations and societies, including as a founding member of QRB (Qualitätssicherungssystem Recycling-Baustoffe Baden-Württemberg e.V.), a quality assurance system for recycled building materials in Baden-Württemberg. In more recent years the company's website has been under reconstruction, and GIU has used its online presence to communicate operational matters, including coronavirus-related access restrictions to its premises in December 2020. The firm continues to operate as a privately held, owner-managed analytical laboratory and consultancy serving public and private clients in Germany.

• 2020

  Communicated COVID-19 access restrictions for its premises on 18 December.

• 1992

  GIU Gewerbliches Institut für Umweltanalytik GmbH founded by Hans Albrich and Dr. Michael Müller as an independent testing laboratory in Teningen-Nimburg near Freiburg.

• Accredited as a testing laboratory under DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (DAC-P-0183-03-00).

• Became a founding member of QRB (Qualitätssicherungssystem Recycling-Baustoffe Baden-Württemberg e.V.).

Independent, accredited testing laboratory and consultancy emphasising quality, competence and reliability for public and private clients.

• Environmental analysis

  Laboratory examination of environmental samples for heavy metals, pesticides, nutrients and other constituents across water, soil, air, waste and building materials.

• Sampling services

  Professional sampling presented as the fundamental precondition for reliable analytical results and their assessment.

• Consulting and monitoring

  Advisory services in wastewater technology, contaminated sites, construction supervision and waste classification.

• Research and development

  Development of instrumental analytical methods in cooperation with well-known analytical instrument manufacturers.

1. 1GIU Gewerbliches Institut für Umweltanalytik GmbH – Homepagegiu-umwelt.de
2. 2Über uns – GIU Gewerbliches Institut für Umweltanalytik GmbHgiu-umwelt.de
3. 3Gewerbliche Institut für Umweltanalytik (Germany) – Wikidatawikidata.org