美国Harlan Laboratories
Harlan实验室是美国的家族公司，成立于1931年，总部设在印第安纳波利斯，在12个国家设有运营子公司，从2008年11月10号起统一使用Harlan Laboratories Ltd为公司的Logo，目的就是：以一个全球旗帜，一个理想，一种价值观，以及Harlan全公司科学英才的热情，为客户的成功提供我们世界一流的合同研究经验、质量服务。Harlan是一家全球必不可少的领先的临床前和非临床合同研究机构，是研究模型、动物食物，和服务于制药、生物技术、医疗器械、农药、化学工业以及大学、政府和其他的研究组织。

　　2004年瑞士RCC Ltd，欧洲最大的合约研究机构，被Harlan合并成为其旗下的一全资子公司。

　　2004年8月，汉德森与瑞士RCC公司签署合作协议，现在已过渡为与Harlan Laboratories的合作协议关系，将一如既往的共同努力，共同开发中国医药、农药以及化学品市场，为中国企业走上国际市场提供了最高标准的技术服务。

　　在长达30年的时间里, 全球数目众多的产品曾经在RCC 实验室里进行过完全符合GLP标准的测试。在多年的时间里,RCC的科学家、技术人员、风险评估人员和法规专家积累的广博的知识和经验.以此为基石,RCC得以成为医药、农药以及化学品领域首屈一指的合约研究机构。

　　兼合多家超级实力实验室后的Harlan Laboratories业务能力得到进一步的提升.Harlan的科学家在新药临床前研究领域拥有很深的行业经验，这使得Harlan可以为客户提供整套的专业服务，从项目立项到为临床实验或产品注册要求的文件准备，Harlan的服务贯彻整个流程的操作。


Harlan is a leading provider of essential, pre-clinical and non-clinical contract research, research models, lab animal diets, and services. Our focus is on providing customers with products and services to optimize the discovery and safety of new medicines and compounds.

Harlan Laboratories is a leading provider of essential, pre-clinical and non-clinical contract research, research models, lab animal diets, and services to the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, agrochemical, and chemical industries, as well as universities, government, and other research organizations. The company’s focus is on providing customers with products and services to optimize the discovery and safety of new medicines and compounds. Harlan Laboratories is a privately held company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana with over 3,100 employees in 12 countries.

History
Howard P. Harlan founded the company in 1931 in Indianapolis, Indiana to supply the life sciences industry with laboratory animal models. From 1931 until the time of his death in 1961, Mr. Harlan expanded his business throughout the Midwest. In 1961, Hal P. Harlan, his son, assumed responsibility for the operations. The business was incorporated in 1962 under the name of Harlan Industries, Inc. (HII) and later changed in July, 1981 to Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc. Majority interest in the company was sold to Genstar Capital in 2006 for continued growth and expansion.

Acquisitions and Expansions
1979 – Spartan Research Animals, Haslett, Michigan.

1980 – Acquired GIBCO Animal Research Laboratories in Madison, Wisconsin which included the following operations:

The former Sprague Dawley Company
The former A.R. Schmidt Company
Teklad Standard Diets
Teklad Research Diets
Teklad Trucking

1981 – M.A. Laboratory Animals, Walkersville, Maryland, was purchased from the Whittaker Corporation of Whittier, California.

1983 – TIMCO Breeding Laboratories in Houston, Texas, was acquired from the Texas Medical Center.

1984 – Engle Laboratory Animals, Inc. in Farmersburg, Indiana and Laboratory Supply Company, Inc., of Indianapolis, Indiana were acquired.

1985 – Harlan Bioproducts for Science, Inc. was established in Indianapolis to manufacture custom immunological and biological products and research services.

1985 – The company became an international corporation with the purchase of OLAC Limited of Oxfordshire, England to supply models in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, and Israel.

1986 – Southern Animal Farms in Prattville, Alabama was purchased to support government institutions and universities in the Southeast United States. The Holtzman Company in Madison, Wisconsin, producer of the Holtzman albino rat, was acquired.

1986 – The Central Institute for Breeding of Laboratory Animals (CPB) in The Netherlands was acquired to expand operations in Continental Europe.

1986 – Completed construction of a new maximum barrier laboratory animal facility in Frederick, Maryland to serve East coast customers including the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

1988 – Blue Spruce Farms in Altamount, New York, known for producing the Long-Evans outbred rat, was purchased.

1989 – Premier Laboratory Diets in Bartonville, Illinois was purchased. Premier was the manufacturer of the well-known Wayne Diets.

1989 – In Europe, Porcellus Animal Breeding Limited in Heathfield, England and Riom Laboratories-CERM in Riom, France were acquired.

1990 – A new maximum barrier laboratory animal facility was constructed and opened in Houston, Texas.

1992 – Dominion Laboratories in Dublin, Virginia was acquired.

1993 – International expansion continued with operations established in Germany, Italy and Israel.

1994 – Nossan s.r.l., Milan, Italy was purchased. Significant stock and strain expansion accomplished through acquisitions from the Hannover Institute in Hannover, Germany, and the TNO Institute in Rijswijk, The Netherlands.

1995 – Interfauna companies in the U.K., Germany, and Spain were purchased.

1996 - Expansion in Somerville, New Jersey, with the establishment of a new facility dedicated to production of isolator maintained animals required for oncology research.

1997 – Opened a new laboratory animal production facility in Mexico City, Mexico.

1997 – A new state of the art laboratory animal facility was constructed and populated in Horst, The Netherlands.

1999 – Harlan Bioservice for Science was formed in Walsrode, Germany.

2004 – RCC Ltd., in Itingen, Switzerland was acquired to expand contract research services for the pharmaceutical, chemical, and agrochemical industries in Europe and Asia.

2005 – Genstar Capital acquired Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc. as a company in a growing, vital industry with continued growth opportunity.

2006 – Steve Sullivan, the former head of Covance’s global clinical diagnostics division, is appointed to serve as President and CEO of Harlan.

2007 – Safepharm Laboratories, Shardlow, United Kingdom is acquired to expand contract research services into the chemical industries.

2008 – The company unites as Harlan Laboratories, Inc. with all legal entities initiating a name change to become one company with one vision to help our customers do research better.