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“Why are your prices so high?” We hear this question quite often. Let me briefly try to explain the dilemma we face. Basically, it is all a question of quantity! As you know, Metrolab is active in a niche market, which means low quantities… One component of the price is our manufacturing cost: the less we order, the lower our room for negotiation. But of all the price components, the largest is the amortization of our R&D costs: developing high quality precision instruments simply takes time. We are constantly looking for ways to reduce our R&D costs without compromising quality: intelligent make/buy decisions, reusing system components, collaborations, etc. But the best way to reduce prices lies in your hands: buy lots more units!!! |
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If you are reading this article, then the earth wasn’t swallowed up by a black hole when the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) was commissioned on September 10 in Geneva. An opportunity to lift the curtain on an aspect of the project that has received less media coverage but is no less spectacular: the vast test program that began in 2001 to check the hundreds of superconducting magnets that make up the LHC. 
