Randox Laboratories Founded
Randox Laboratories Limited is founded by Dr Peter FitzGerald in April 1982
Reagents in the early years
Consisted of AST, ALT, ALP, CK-NAC, Gamma GT, LDH and HBDH, all of which are still produced today 
Northern Ireland Institute of Export Award
Exporter of the Year Award 
Royal visit from HRH Princess Anne
Visit from Northern Ireland Government Minister for Economic Development
- Northern Ireland Institute of Export Award
- SMART Award
- Northern Ireland Export Award
- Export Award for Smaller Businesses
- National Westminster Bank/DTI Travel Award for Shop Floor Worker
Visit to a now long-standing customer in Syria, the first of many international visits
- National Westminster Bank/DTI Travel Award for Shop Floor Worker
- Better Made in Britain Award
- SMART Award
1st Queen’s Award for Export Achievement
- European Business of the Year Award
- Gallagher Business Challenge Award
Opening of our first international office, in France
- Business in Europe Awards
Opening of office in Portugal
- 2nd Queen’s Award for Export Achievement
Began exporting to China, the world’s second largest economy
- Opening of office in Canada
Visit to Iraq secured another of our now many international partners. Today we still supply products to Iraq
- Opening of office in Germany
- Accredited to ISO 9002
- SMART Award
3rd Queen’s Award for Export Achievement
- Awarded our first patent for biochip
Mrs FitzGerald is awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE), for services to business in Northern Ireland
- Opening of offices in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Spain and the United States of America
Opening of offices in Poland and Puerto Rico
Opening of office in Kyrgyzstan
- Northern Ireland Business Award for International Trade
We extended our headquarters to facilitate increasing manufacturing demands
- Accredited to ISO 9001
- 4th Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Launch of the first biochip analyser, Evidence
- Completion of the development of Biochip Array Technology
- Opening of office in China
- RIQAS accredited with UKAS approval, the International accreditation for the provision of proficiency testing programmes
Launch of our first clinical chemistry analyser, RX daytona
- Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award for the Evidence analyser
- The Evidence analyser was displayed for a year in the London Science museum after winning the prestigious MacRobert Award
- Accredited to ISO 13485
- Launch of Acusera 24-7 Internal Quality Control (IQC) peer group reporting package
- Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award for the Evidence analyser
Launch of the second biochip analyser, Evidence Investigator
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2004
Launch of the second clinical chemistry analyser, RX imola
Launch of the third clinical chemistry analysers, RX monza
Confederation of British Industry Growing Business Award
- Chartered Institute of Marketing Award
- Chamber of Commerce Regional Award
- Chamber of Commerce Regional Award
- Frost & Sullivan European Technology Innovation of the Year Award
- Northern Ireland International Trade Award
- 5th Queen’s Award for Enterprise International Trade award
The opening of our site in Dungloe, County Donegal for analyser manufacture and Research & Development
- Belfast Telegraph Northern Ireland Business Awards
Launch of the third biochip analyser, Evidence MultiStat which was designed to bring testing to the bedside or site of patient care
- UTV Business Personality of the Year Award - Dr Peter FitzGerald outright winner
- South Antrim Business Awards
- Manufacturing Excellence Awards
- Invest NI Innovation & Export Awards
- We were honoured with a second Royal visit by HRH Prince Andrew
- Total re-branding programme to Randox corporate identity incorporating a red dot symbolising a drop of blood
Launch of the fourth biochip analyser, Evidence Evolution
- International Trade Company of the Year Award
- Exporting Achievement Award
- Opening of a new facility in West Virginia, USA to expand our manufacturing and distribution capabilities
- Randox Health Checks Limited was launched in Northern Ireland bringing health screening to the public
- Marketing Excellence Award: Manufacturing Sector
Dr Peter FitzGerald is appointed as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to business in Northern Ireland
- Launch of the fourth clinical chemistry analyser, RX suzuka
- Opening of a 30,000 square feet facility in Bangalore, India
- Launch of two new companies
Randox Health Checks opens in the centre of London
- Randoc Health open a state of the art facility to provide a top class testing service which offers a comprehensive picture of health
- Launch of the fifth clinical chemistry analyser, RX daytona plus
Randox Biosciences Created
- Randox invests £15 million in R&D ‘Roadmap’ to target the international personalised medicine market
Randox unveils new weapon in fight against Flakka
- Randox create the World’s first test for Flakka
Randox Science Park
- £161m investment including £29m capital project and creation of 540 jobs
Randox unveils Evidence MultiSTAT Analyser
- Randox launches the fully automated immunoanalyser which enables on-site simultaneous detection of up to 44 analytes from a single sample
- ApoE4 test produced which detects Alzheimer’s risk in 3 hours
Randox announced as headline sponsor of Randox Health Grand National
- Randox announce a 5 year partnership with the world’s greatest race,
- Randox announces that from its inception in 1982 the global healthcare company has now surpassed £1 billion of total sales in medical diagnostic products, cementing itself as a global market leader in diagnostic goods.
- Official opening of Randox Health Holywood Clinic
Partnership with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Announced
- Randox Biosciences and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute celebrate success of Transatlantic Partnership in extensive research into life sciences.
- £7m Biomedical Engineering Laboratory with Ulster University
- Antimicrobial Array I receives AOAC Certification
European partnership with French biotech company Transgene, which aims to develop a game-changing therapy for cancer treatments
- ‘Anti-cancer weapons’ developed in innovative partnership between Randox and Transgene
- Randox Food Diagnostics unveil Infiniplex for Milk
£50m Centres of Excellence launched with Invest NI
- A record £50 million investment which will deliver cutting-edge technologies to diagnose several conditions in collaboration with invest NI
- Randox announces strategic partnership with Qnostics
- £5m Industrial PhD Academy with ulster University
- Official opening of Randox Health Liverpool
Randox innovations showcased at Goodwood Future Lab
- Current and futuristic developments showcased at Goodwood displaying how current and future critical health risks can be identified through detailed analysis of blood
- Dr FitzGerald named as Irish Times Business Person of the Month
- Dr FitzGerald receives Business Relations Award from Ireland-US Council
New test developed for accurate differentiation of stroke types
- The ground-breaking new test which has a unique ability to differentiate between ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke, the Randox Stroke Biochip takes less than 30 minutes to complete – making sure patients get the right diagnosis as fast as possible.
- RX Daytona+ achieves FDA 510K clearance
- Randox Food named as Top 10 European Food and Beverage Technology Solution Provider
Randox playing integral role in UK Government’s national COVID-19 testing programme
- Randox are playing a leading role within the fight against the COVID-19 global pandemic, as an integral part of the national testing programme Randox have invested £30m in a new COVID-19 testing laboratory at the Randox Science Park in Northern Ireland.
- CE Marking for 10-Plex STI Array, Quickly and efficiently testing for multiple STIs, which often have mild symptoms if any at all, ensures early diagnosis at a stage when treatment is most successful, supports the targeted use of antibiotics, and ultimately reduces their mishandling
Randox unveils SARS-CoV-2 antibody test to determine previous COVID-19 infection
Randox launch new SARS-CoV-2 IgG test, utilising patented Randox Biochip Technology to simultaneously detect IgG antibodies that are reactive to both of the leading COVID-19 diagnostic antigens – Spike Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) and Nucleocapsid protein (NP) , and superior to other commercially available COVID-19 IgG tests. 
Covid Travel Testing
Randox launch travel testing service at key airport locations across the UK and Ireland, offering rapid PCR tests for those who require a negative test before travelling. The service delivers test results within 48 hours of sample receipt, to provide passengers with a cost-effective, fast and reliable COVID-19 testing service prior to their travels. 
New 39-minute COVID test is now available on Randox-Bosch Vivalytic
Point of care platform brought to market by Randox Laboratories and Bosch delivers the world’s fastest PCR based SARS-CoV-2 test results in 39 minutes with a sensitivity of 98 percent and a specificity of 100 percent. Available now in Europe, the CE-approved test, helps avoid time in quarantine, relieve laboratories, and make travel and work safer again. 
Mobile COVID-19 Labs
Randox launch Mobile COVID-19 Labs for workplace testing. The service offers rapid and reliable COVID-19 testing to workplaces with capability to process up to 1000 samples per day. 
Randox extends Grand National Festival Sponsorship for a further five years
Randox secured an agreement with The Jockey Club for a five-year extension to the sponsorship of the world’s greatest steeplechase, The Grand National, and the three-day Grand National Festival staged at Aintree Racecourse. 