Hilton Instruments Ltd was established in 1989, and since then has built an impressive portfolio of clients. Focussing on supply of laboratory equipment

Laboratory equipment

Laboratory equipment refers to the various tools and equipment used by scientists working in a laboratory. These include tools such as Bunsen burners, and microscopes as well as speciality equipment such as operant conditioning chambers, spectrophotometers and calorimeters...

, consumables and chemicals, it supplies to mainly the Oil and Gas industry worldwide.

Originally based in the city centre of Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, new premises were acquired on the outskirts of the city, at Kirkhill Industrial Estate in Dyce, and the company moved there in July 2005.