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Business growth for Cryo Storage Solutions
Four years ago, Wales’ own cryogenic storage facility was founded down on Cardiff Docks. Edwin Dyson, founder and MD of Cryo Storage Solutions, says this time has passed incredibly quickly.
The business has grown rapidly, doubling turnover in Year 2 and again in Year 3. It has also gained an additional two members of staff. Cryo Storage Solutions won design and build contracts for their German-made SiVL pipework with prestigious scientific research organisations such as Diamond Light Source, The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, and new biotechnology research building The Rosalind Franklin Institute at Harwell. There is now significant cryogenic expertise and support for companies both in Wales and over the border.
“This cryogenic pipework business is all very well and good, and most definitely not to be sneezed at, but we have some biobanks to fill with stem cells, tissue samples, and other such tiny things”. He is happy to report that several companies and organisations have now entrusted him with their special babies (for that’s how they get treated at Cryo Storage Solutions), and that there is still plenty of room for more.
Edwin Dyson Founder and Managing Director Cryo Storage Solutions
This leads us nicely to Edwin’s other news. Namely, that the company has outgrown its starter unit on the Docks as previously mentioned and will soon be on the move to Rogerstone. They are signing a lease on a unit five times the size than what is currently occupied, and this will allow them to offer Disaster Recovery services and biobank hosting to more clients than before. Edwin added: “We’re also currently working on signing a deal with a Cambridge biotech company which will enable us to thoroughly audit their samples, associated barcodes and their database. This will give them confidence that they know where each and every sample is in their inventory.” When the move to Rogerstone is complete, Edwin intends to throw his doors wide open to interested parties from the MediWales network and will personally give you a tour. And then shut them again for security reasons, obviously.
