Coastal Instruments, one of the largest stockists of legacy and obsolete mass flow controllers have made their products available in Europe via U4Global Solutions.

With 6 locations world-wide, Coastal can reconfigure just about any flow controller for supply against specifications that will meet or exceed that of the original OEM. A variety of lead time options are available including an emergency “same-day” express service.

Coastal Instruments has a long history (since 1980) and already counts many major semiconductor, LED, Pharma and food processing companies as regular customers for supply, repair or service. Their ISO 1725, compliance is higher than many of the OEM suppliers and NIST traceability ensures quality.

Across Europe many companies are faced with the same problem as OEM suppliers discontinue support of legacy products forcing the customer base to spend money on new digital alternatives. This can be a prohibitive unbudgeted cost for many organisations who in reality have had years of operation and are content to continue with the use of legacy devices.

Alan Routledge MD of U4Global Solutions said “We looked at different options over the years for repair and servicing of MFC’s in Europe but the more we understood the market, obsolescence as well as service was a major driver that was not effectively being addressed. Once we visited the Coastal facilities it was clear they have the pedigree, stock level and experience to be major player here in Europe. We also have the ideal outlet for them as we launch the new version of our Vendorstockroom request for quote (RFQ) system which makes it even easier for customers to get information on-line direct to their desktop.”

Coastal Instruments can supply just about any MFC that’s out there already including some of the latest digital technology from USA and Japanese suppliers which are common on tools throughout the world.