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Top forty position, Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track

In the widely respected Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track league table for 2004, Abcam secured 40th place nationally for fastest growing unquoted technology companies. This follows last year’s ranking of 13th.

Jim Warwick becomes Managing Director (Abcam Ltd)

Jim joined Abcam in 2001 as Technical Director, initially part time then full time from 2003. He has overseen the expansion of Abcam’s bespoke web-based systems. Jim holds a degree in Computer Science from Christ’s College, Cambridge University. From 1986 to 2003 he worked for Analysys Ltd, a Cambridge based telecoms consultancy, heading up their […]

Collaboration deal struck with Purely Proteins

Abcam, and its Cambridge Science Park neighbour Purely Proteins, signed a collaborative deal to commercialise a new scientific frontier – the proteins encoded by the human genome, known collectively as the proteome. The first objective of the collaboration is to purify protein families that are considered to be major therapeutic targets. The availability of specific […]

A New Year’s Honour

Abcam started the New Year in the same way it finished the old one – by securing another business award. The company was runner up in the region’s Business Weekly New Year’s Honours List, ICT category.

High growth status recognised again, this time nationally

Not content with a Deloitte top five regional placing, Abcam went one better in December by securing a top 20 position in Deloitte’s National Fast 50. The award came at the end of what was an incredible year, even by Abcam’s standards. Four major business awards had been secured, a move to larger premises in […]

British royalty visits Abcam

HRH The Duke of Kent visits Abcam   On the way in HRH Duke of Kent meets Jonathan Milner, PhD (Abcam founder and Group Chief Executive) on his way into Abcam’s Headquarters (Cambridge, UK). UK staff met HRH Duke of Kent during a specially arranged visit to Abcam, one of the Cambridge Phenomenon’s brightest lights.. […]

First overseas office established

Abcam established its first permanent foothold outside the UK with the opening of offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The move reflected the growing importance of overseas trade to the company and the rapid expansion of its international customer base. By the time of the opening a large proportion of orders were coming from the USA: it […]