Beaumont business subsidiary awarded $59 million government contract

Labcon North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Beaumont-headquartered Helena Laboratories, has announced a $59.3 million contract award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Labcon, located in Petaluma, California, is credited as the world’s leading manufacturer of “Earth Friendly” laboratory disposables. The contract is to further expand domestic industrial manufacturing of pipette tips and tubes as a part of the supply chain for COVID-19 diagnostic testing.

“Labcon’s pipette tips and tubes, currently in production, have directly supported researchers developing COVID-19 vaccines and laboratory-based COVID testing,” an information release from Helena details. “This COVID-19 supply chain effort will allow Labcon to increase production capacity from 100 million to 236 million pipette tips per month. Tube production will increase from 27 million to approximately 58 million tubes per month by October 2025.”

“It is a tremendous honor to be awarded this contract and to team with the US government to be sure this country is prepared for future pandemics. Helena is proud to be an American company and has been part of the health care solution since 1966,” said Tipton Golias, chairman and founder of Helena.