About

Boost productivity and generate data confidently with SCION Instruments, Gas & Liquid Chromatography solutions.

SCION Instruments design and manufacture a range of Gas Chromatography (GC), Liquid Chromatography (LC) and Mass Spectrometry (MS) instrumentation found at the heart of complex analytical solutions in every industry, worldwide.

Our core GC platforms (SCION 8300 GC and SCION 8500 GC) are uniquely designed to enable extensive flexibility and combined with our in-house expertise and experience, enables us to develop turn-key solutions to meet your own specific analytical requirements.

Options include :

  • Standard Method GC Systems
  • Custom GC Solutions

Standard method GC Systems are complete with fully validated methods including factory tuning and offer full automation.

Custom GC Solutions offer a fully bespoke configuration, designed for any analytical need. These easy to use yet robust analysers offer full flexibility. Method development is also available via our Custom Solutions and Applications team.

With our Standard Method GC Systems or Custom GC Solutions, future maintenance and replacing consumables is stress free.

Built on the history of Chrompack and Varian in GC and GC-MS, SCION Instruments was acquired by the Techcomp group in 2014.

SCION Instruments designs, develops, supplies and supports GC, GC-MS, LC and Compass CDS (chromatography data system) product lines.

The company prides itself for manufacturing in Europe at facilities in Goes, The Netherlands with its headquarters based in Livingston, Scotland. SCION Instruments maintains a global infrastructure to support sales around the world. As well as providing support for SCION Instruments customers, there is also service and support available for users of legacy Varian systems.

SCION Instruments is certified to ISO 9001:2015

SCION Instruments is committed to provide products and services that meet or exceed our customer’s requirements. We will continually improve our processes to enhance customer satisfaction in line with the principles of ISO 9001 :2015. The aim is to build a sustainable and brighter future together with our customers by providing user-friendly, state of the art, chromatography solutions.

Evaluation of the quality management system took place in accordance with TÜV Nederland’s certification regulations for the field of application: Configuring, manufacturing and supply of gas chromatographs, and mass spectrometers, software, spares and consumables.

View Certificate – SCION ISO Certificate

View Quality Policy – Quality Policy








SCION Instruments is committed to continuing the 50+ year legacy of product and service innovation.





In 2014, SCION Instruments was acquired by Techcomp Europe Ltd, a group of European companies involved in the manufacture and distribution of analytical systems, life science equipment and laboratory instruments with operations dating back to 1920.

As well as SCION Instruments the Group comprises:

Edinburgh Instruments – (Designed and manufactured in the U.K.) World leaders in Photoluminescence, Raman, UV-Vis and Transient Absorption.

Froilabo – (with factories in France and Romania) specialises in Ultra Low Temperature technologies.

Precisa – (manufacturing in Switzerland) offers a complete range of high precision metrology and weighing solutions.

Edinburgh Sensors

Edinburgh Sensors – (based in Scotland) world’s leading manufacturers of gas detectors for cutting-edge gas sensing solutions.

Dynamica – (based in the UK) that supplies a wide range of analytical and laboratory instruments.

Techcomp Europe is owned by Techcomp (Holdings) Ltd whose ordinary shares are traded on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) as stock code 1298.





We are fully committed to being recognised as an ethical and trustworthy company and try to ensure we embed policies and processes across the group, and integrate them into day-to-day business practice.

Wherever possible we work continuously to reduce our carbon footprint and deliver products that are eco-friendly and non-hazardous to the environment.

We also strongly believe in supporting developments in new technology and work closely with universities and companies to bring new ideas to market.