Complete solutions for cell diagnostics

Histolab is the leading provider of comprehensive solutions for research and clinical laboratories in cell diagnostics in Sweden and Europe. We offer a wide range of instruments, consumables, chemicals, antibodies, reagents and storage. The products are used daily by laboratories, researchers and hospital staff who see reliable test results as a matter of course in their work.

Long customer relationships

Since 1965, Histolab has been working on the basis that the customer will get the best prerequisites for delivering a fast and reliable test result. We have succeeded in offering a complete range of custom solutions and by sharing our knowledge of the products we market. Since the start, we have delivered products to the largest laboratories and work with the country’s all clinical laboratories in histology. Histolab wants to offer products that help drive the development of the laboratories forward. For example, Histolab were first on the Swedish market with offering  wax in pellet form (HistowaxTM), mounting equipment (Pertex®) and microtome knife blades

Histolab works with leading suppliers and has long experience and knowledge of the industry and products. When you choose to work with us and our products, you will of course also have unlimited access to our knowledge and experience. Our product specialists and sales staff always have specialist skills, such as biomedical analysts. At Histolab we place great emphasis on availability and service.

Histolab - a part of Algol

Histolab has its head office in Gothenburg, sales offices in Stockholm, Norway, Denmark and Finland and has a total of 30 employees.

Histolab is part of the Finnish Algol Group. 2017 acquired Histolab Histocenter AB, which offers high quality overall solutions in histotechnology for research laboratories as well as clinical laboratories.

Some products we have been the first to launch in Sweden

  • Wax as pellets (Histowax ™)
  • Mounting medium (Pertex ®)
  • Embedding cassettes
  • Microtome blades
  • Instruments for dehydration
  • Paraffin dispenser
  • Cryostat sectioning