Our Company

Material Harvest Ltd. is a Cambridge-based supplier of chemical products for synthesis, purification, manufacture and desiccation. Founded by PhD Chemists from The University of Cambridge and The University of Bristol, Material Harvest is a young and dynamic group of business-oriented scientists that address the requirements of academic and industrial researchers across the UK.

We strive to provide our fellow chemists with high quality and competitively priced materials for synthesis, purification, manufacture and desiccation.

At Material Harvest we have a solid technical background in most areas of chemical and life sciences including organic chemistry, synthesis, catalysis, biochemistry and polymer science. Our technical expertise allows us to understand your requirements and to assist you in your synthesis and purification endeavours.

Our Products

We offer a range of competitively priced goods under the Material Harvest label. Our ever-expanding portfolio of products now includes a range of thin layer chromatography (TLC) plates having thickness values of up to 2000 µm.

Currently, our silica-based products include the following:

Silica gel and Florisil® for column chromatography
Reverse phase silica gels (including spherical varieties)
Customisation of pore size, particle size, pore volume, pH and water content

Silica-bound reagents and scavengers for organic synthesis and purification
Regular and preparative TLC plates having thickness values of up to 2000 µm
Luknova flash cartridges & solid phase extraction (SPE) columns
Narrow-pore (Type A) and wide-pore (Type C) silica gels
“Blue” and “orange” silica beads for desiccators and desiccant cabinets
Desiccant sachets and bags for commercial products and transport

We are aiming to expand our catalogue of products to include fine chemicals, bulk inorganic compounds and clay/carbon-fibre reinforced polymers.

Please do not hesitate to enquire about any specific products that you would like us to stock – all requests, no matter how large or small, will be considered.

Our Affiliates

Material Harvest Ltd. collaborates with a number of international corporations including:

Luknova Inc. (USA): Suppliers of flash chromatography consumables and their accessories, including pre-packed flash columns and SPE cartridges
U.S. Silica Company (USA): Leading manufacturer of high quality ground and un-ground silica sand, kaolin clay, aplite and related industrial minerals
SiliCycle (Canada): Pioneers in the development of novel silica-supported reagents & scavengers for synthetic applications
Crawford Scientific (UK): Suppliers of chromatography consumables, reagents for synthetic chemistry and products for sample preparation; specialists in mass spectrometry and training courses for analytical instruments
Hui Cheng Ltd. (China): Manufacturers of novel products and devices for the petrochemicals industry; producers of carbon fibre reinforced polymers

Guarantee of Quality

We pride ourselves on offering some of the most competitive pricing on the market and a money-back guarantee of quality. In the unlikely event that a product does not meet your expectations we will offer you an immediate replacement or a complete refund.

Careers and Opportunities

Material Harvest is always on the look-out for ambitious and self-motivated university graduates who are able to apply science in a corporate environment.

University students and graduates, especially those who in addition to English are fluent in at least one other language, are invited to discuss career or partnership opportunities with Material Harvest Ltd. We would like to meet individuals who share our interests in polymers and nanocomposites, natural products and enzymes for synthetic or commercial applications and organic optoelectronic devices.

September 2009 - Opportunity to distribute reverse phase silica gel

We are currently looking for a distributor to promote our own-brand reverse phase (C18) silica gel for column chromatography. For more information on our reverse phase silica gel, please click here or contact us to express your interest.