Who We Are

The washing machine served as the packaging department, and the warehouse was a typical suburban garage—it was 1980 and Dr. Stewart Lipton, fused his entrepreneurial spirit, his clinical experience as Lab Director at a major Chicago Hospital, and his wife Roberta’s business acumen, to found Scientific Device Laboratory under the simple motto: “if we can’t find a way, we will make one.” This simple, tenacious problem solving mission has remained the guiding principle behind our business since its earliest modest beginnings.

Today, our nearly 1,000 current customers commonly refer to us as ‘those gadget people,’ and we are immensely proud of our reputation for being one of the most flexible, innovative and customer responsive small companies in the industry.

What We Promise

“If we can’t find a way, we’ll make one.”

SDL is committed to leading the industry in quality, innovation, and customer responsiveness.

We know that despite your best efforts to maintain a controlled environment, unexpected issues are bound to arise in the laboratory.  There will be times when you’re in the middle of a rush job and a critical piece of hardware fails, or when you find a standard near expiration, or when you run out of an essential reagent and time is of the essence. Being a small company, we are uniquely suited to respond rapidly, give extra priority to your orders, return quotes quickly and expedite purchasing and delivery.