Chromatography Direct
About us
At Chromatography Direct Ltd, we are dedicated to advancing scientific discovery by providing innovative, high-quality, and affordable consumables for Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Biology, and Life Science Research.
As a supplier of own branded products and an exclusive distributor for leading global brands, we serve scientists and laboratories across the UK and around the world.
Based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, our 5,000 square foot (500 square meters) facility is equipped with state-of-the-art warehousing, laboratories, offices, and conference space. This enables us to deliver exceptional service, rapid delivery, and technical support to our customers.
In short, we help customers in the science sector achieve tight turn-around times in contract laboratories as well as making sure that research staff will have reliable results and all whilst making their budget go further.
Products & services
Sample Handling Products
Our Sample Handling products are selected to help laboratories work efficiently, protect sample integrity, and maintain consistent workflows from receipt through to preparation, storage, and analysis. Reliable consumables reduce contamination risk, minimize handling errors, and support repeatable results in both research and routine QC environments. For Sample Storage, we supply tubes, vials, containers, and sealing options suitable for day to day use and longer-term retention. Secure closures, clear visibility, and material compatibility help safeguard samples during refrigeration, freezing, transport, and repeated access. Solid Storage solutions support powders and bulk materials, improving organization while helping reduce moisture pickup and cross-contamination. Our Liquid Handling range supports accurate transfer, dilution, and dispensing, helping labs maintain consistent volumes and good technique across routine processes. To support downstream Analysis, we provide practical labware and consumables that help keep samples clean, organized, and ready for reliable measurement. For specialist workflows, our Cell Culture consumables help labs maintain sterile technique and consistent conditions, including essential items such as Petri Dishes for culture and microbiology applications. For molecular biology, we offer PCR Tubes designed for secure sealing and dependable thermal performance. We also stock core everyday lab consumables including Test Tubes and Centrifuge Tubes in common sizes and formats, with options suited to sample prep, storage, and standard centrifugation needs. These products help reduce downtime, simplify ordering, and support standardized lab processes. If you are consolidating suppliers or selecting products for a specific workflow, we can help you choose the right formats, materials, and pack sizes to match your application and budget.
Clinical Kits, Standards and Controls
accurate measurement, confident identification, and ongoing quality assurance. Designed for routine use as well as method verification and troubleshooting, the range helps labs maintain consistent performance across instruments, operators, and testing days. Eureka kits are built around clear workflows and validated components to simplify sample preparation and analysis. They are suitable for a wide variety of clinical and toxicology applications where reliable, repeatable results are essential. Alongside the kits, Eureka standards and controls enable laboratories to calibrate methods, confirm system suitability, and monitor analytical performance over time. This supports good laboratory practice and helps demonstrate method consistency, particularly when results must be defensible and traceable. Standards are available to support quantitation and identification, while controls help verify that the full process is performing as expected, from preparation through to final reporting. Using the right standards and controls can reduce uncertainty, highlight issues early, and minimize costly repeats by ensuring methods remain in control and within expected limits. Whether you are setting up a new assay, expanding a testing portfolio, or improving QC around an established method, we can help you select the right Eureka products for your workflow. Our team can advise on compatibility with your analytical platform, recommended storage and handling, and best practice use of standards and controls in day to day operation. The result is a streamlined approach to clinical testing support, with products chosen to help labs work efficiently while maintaining high confidence in the data.
Dissolution Products
Our dissolution filters are designed to support reliable sample preparation for dissolution testing, helping laboratories protect instruments, reduce particulate interference, and generate consistent, reproducible results. Whether you are filtering dissolution media, preparing aliquots for HPLC or UV analysis, or removing undissolved excipients prior to quantitation, our range provides dependable filtration options suited to routine QC and method development workflows. We supply dissolution filters in common formats and pore sizes used in pharmaceutical testing, with membrane options selected to balance flow rate, chemical compatibility, and low extractables. This helps minimize the risk of adsorption or leaching that can impact recovery and accuracy, particularly when working at low concentrations or with challenging formulations. Options are available to suit typical aqueous buffers as well as mixed solvent systems used during method optimization. Designed for ease of use in busy labs, these filters support fast, consistent filtration with minimal handling. They help reduce blockages and protect downstream analytical systems by preventing particulates reaching autosamplers, injector components, and columns. By improving sample cleanliness, dissolution filters can also help reduce repeat analysis, save time, and extend the life of critical consumables. If you are selecting a filter for a specific API, media composition, or analytical method, we can help you choose the right membrane type, pore size, and format. We can also advise on best practice approaches such as pre rinsing, discard volumes, and recovery checks to confirm suitability for your application. Our aim is to make dissolution filtration straightforward, repeatable, and aligned with your quality requirements.
GC Columns & Accessories
Our GC Columns and Accessories range is selected to help laboratories achieve consistent, high quality gas chromatography results, whether you are running routine QC, method development, troubleshooting, or high throughput testing. We supply capillary GC columns across a broad choice of stationary phases and dimensions to suit common applications including residual solvent analysis, environmental screening, petrochemical testing, flavors and fragrances, forensic work, and pharmaceutical quality control. With options covering different polarities, film thicknesses, and internal diameters, you can optimize resolution, run time, and sensitivity for your target analytes. To support reliable day to day operation, we also offer the accessories needed to install, maintain, and protect your GC system. This includes consumables and fittings for column setup and leak free connections, ferrules and nuts, liners and seals, traps and filters to reduce contamination, and tools that make cutting and handling columns safer and more repeatable. These items help reduce downtime, extend column life, and improve reproducibility by minimizing active sites, oxygen and moisture ingress, and carryover. If you are selecting a new column, replacing an existing part number, or trying to improve performance on a difficult separation, we can help you match the correct phase and dimensions and recommend the right supporting consumables. Our goal is to make it easy to source dependable GC columns and accessories from one place, with practical guidance and fast support when you need it.
Solvent Safety
Our Solvent Safety products are designed to reduce the risks associated with storing, handling, dispensing, and transporting laboratory solvents. From everyday bench use to higher-throughput environments, the range helps labs improve safety, protect staff, and maintain compliance with internal procedures and site requirements. The portfolio includes solutions for safe solvent storage, controlled dispensing, transfer, and waste handling, helping to minimize spills, leaks, static hazards, vapor exposure, and unnecessary manual handling. Products are selected to support cleaner, more organized work areas and more consistent workflows, with options suitable for common laboratory solvents and chemicals. Whether you are setting up a new lab, improving an existing solvent management process, or looking to standardize safer practices across teams, our Solvent Safety range offers practical upgrades that are simple to implement. We can also advise on choosing the right products for your application, including compatibility considerations, capacity needs, and best practice setup for your working environment.
Flash Chromatography
Chromatography Direct supplies a focused range of Flash Chromatography products to support fast, reliable purification in synthesis and R&D laboratories. For ChemUK 2026, we are highlighting practical consumables that help chemists improve separation performance, speed up purification, and achieve consistent results when isolating reaction products, intermediates, and impurities. Our range includes flash cartridges designed for efficient, reproducible separations across a wide variety of compound types and solvent systems. Choosing the right cartridge format and media can improve resolution, reduce run times, and increase recovery, helping you maintain throughput without sacrificing quality. To support rapid method selection and monitoring, we also supply TLC plates for quick assessment of reaction progress and solvent system optimisation. TLC remains a simple but powerful tool for screening conditions, tracking fractions, and confirming compound behaviour before and after flash runs. We also provide a selection of flash chromatography accessories to help keep workflows smooth and dependable, supporting set-up, operation, and fraction handling while reducing avoidable downtime. In addition, our silica products support both flash chromatography and wider purification needs, where the right silica choice can be critical for selectivity, loading capacity, and separation quality. Visit our ChemUK 2026 profile to explore our flash cartridges, TLC plates, silica, and accessories, and speak with the Chromatography Direct team about the best options for your purification workflow.
Plates and Mats
Chromatography Direct supplies a practical range of Plates and Mats to support efficient, reliable sample handling in high-throughput laboratory workflows. For ChemUK 2026, we are showcasing plate-based consumables and accessories that help labs improve productivity, minimise contamination risk, and maintain sample integrity across preparation, storage, and analysis. Our range includes 96 well, 384 well, and 48 well plates, giving you the flexibility to match throughput, working volume, and workflow requirements for screening, sample prep, and routine processing. These formats are widely used across analytical chemistry, life science, environmental testing, and QC applications where consistency and repeatability matter. To protect samples during storage, transport, and automation, we also provide mats and sealing options, including foils, designed to help reduce evaporation, prevent leaks, and limit cross-contamination. Selecting the right seal is often critical for maintaining sample concentration and achieving dependable results, especially when plates are stored or handled over longer periods. For workflows that need multi-sample processing with added clean-up or separation, we also offer filter-based plate options (“filts”) and related consumables to streamline preparation steps and reduce manual handling. We support these plate workflows with complementary instruments and tools to help improve handling efficiency and consistency in both manual and automated environments. Visit our ChemUK 2026 profile to explore Chromatography Direct’s plates, mats, foils, filters, and supporting tools, and speak with our team about the best configuration for your application.
Instrument Spares
Chromatography Direct supplies a dependable range of Instrument Spares to help laboratories maintain uptime, protect data quality, and keep analytical instruments performing at their best. For ChemUK 2026, we are showcasing essential consumable spares and maintenance items that support routine servicing, troubleshooting, and reliable long-term operation across chromatography and mass spectrometry workflows. Our range includes detector lamps, helping ensure stable performance, consistent response, and dependable sensitivity in systems where lamp output is critical. We also supply syringes to support accurate sample introduction and reliable operation in autosamplers and related systems, helping reduce variability and prevent avoidable failures caused by worn components. For mass spectrometry and detector-related maintenance, we provide key components such as filaments and electron multipliers, supporting reliable ionisation and detection performance. Replacing these parts at the right time can help maintain instrument sensitivity, reduce noise, and improve confidence in trace-level quantitation, particularly in demanding applications and high-throughput environments. To make planned maintenance simpler and more consistent, we also offer service kits that bring together commonly required replacement parts for routine servicing. These kits can help laboratories standardise maintenance schedules, reduce unexpected downtime, and ensure critical spares are available when needed. Whether you are supporting routine QC, research, environmental testing, or regulated workflows, Chromatography Direct can help you identify the right spares for your instrument and maintenance plan. Visit our ChemUK 2026 profile to explore the range and speak to our team about improving reliability, reducing downtime, and keeping your lab running smoothly.
LC Columns and Accessories
Chromatography Direct supplies a focused range of LC Columns and Accessories to help laboratories achieve reliable, reproducible separations and keep LC systems running efficiently. For ChemUK 2026, we are highlighting practical solutions for method development, routine QC, and high-performance analysis across pharmaceuticals, environmental testing, food and beverage, chemicals, and research. Our HPLC columns support consistent retention, peak shape, and resolution across a wide range of analytes and mobile phase conditions. Whether you are optimising selectivity, improving sensitivity, or transferring established methods, we can help you choose the right column chemistry and format for dependable results. For faster analysis and higher efficiency, our UHPLC columns are designed for modern high-pressure systems and shorter run times without compromising performance. These columns help increase throughput and improve resolution for complex mixtures, supporting demanding workflows where productivity and data quality matter. We also supply essential fittings and tubing to build secure, leak-free flow paths and maintain stable chromatography. Correct connections and low-dead-volume setups can improve peak shape, reduce carryover risk, and minimise downtime. Our collared tubing offers a convenient, consistent way to achieve reliable connections and repeatable installations, especially where frequent maintenance or configuration changes are required. Visit our ChemUK 2026 profile to explore the range and speak with our team about selecting the right columns, tubing, and fittings for your instrument and application.
Filtration Products
Chromatography Direct supplies a comprehensive range of Filtration Products designed to improve sample preparation, protect analytical instruments, and streamline day-to-day lab workflows. For ChemUK 2026, we are showcasing practical filtration solutions that help laboratories reduce particulates, minimise contamination risk, and achieve more consistent results across routine testing and high-sensitivity analysis. Our range includes syringe filters in a choice of membrane types and pore sizes to suit aqueous and solvent-based samples, helping extend column life and improve HPLC/GC/LC-MS uptime. For faster, cleaner sample prep with fewer handling steps, our syringeless filter vials combine filtration and collection in one simple format, ideal for high-throughput environments. We also supply plastic syringes to support safe, reliable manual filtration and sample transfer, plus filter paper for general laboratory filtration tasks in QC, production support, and R&D. For purification and downstream processing, we offer FPLC columns suitable for a range of biomolecule separation and clean-up workflows. For plate-based screening and parallel processing, our filter plates enable efficient filtration across multiple samples at once, supporting higher throughput with consistent performance. Our bottle top filters provide convenient filtration into laboratory bottles, reducing transfer steps while supporting sterile or particle removal applications (such as media, buffers, reagents, and environmental samples). To support safe venting and contamination control, our vent filters help protect systems and maintain cleanliness in storage and processing workflows. Whether you are optimising sample preparation, scaling throughput, or improving contamination control, Chromatography Direct can help you select the right filtration format, membrane, and configuration for your application. Visit our ChemUK profile to explore the range and speak to our team about your requirements.
UCT Metal Scavengers
UCT Metal Scavengers are specialty sample preparation products designed to remove trace metal contaminants from solvents, reagents, and samples prior to analysis. Using high performance scavenging media, they help reduce background interference and improve method robustness for workflows such as LC-MS, GC-MS, ICP, and other sensitive techniques where metals can impact results or instrument performance. Metal scavengers are commonly used to protect columns and ion sources, extend consumable life, and improve reproducibility, particularly when working at low detection limits. Ideal for laboratories focused on high purity analysis, UCT Metal Scavengers provide a practical, reliable way to control metal related variability and support cleaner, more consistent data.
Sample Preparation
The highly reproducible product line of bonded phases and bonded silica sorbents, in a variety of formats, including SPE columns, 96 & 48 well plates, universal cartridges, and microcentrifuge tubes, plus derivatising reagents, manifold and QuEChERS.
Vials and Caps
A complete range of Chromatography and Sample Storage Vials and Caps including Maximum Recovery Vials and Ultra-Low Bleed Mass Spec Caps.
