Rent lab containers – turnkey instead of years of construction
You hire a turnkey lab container — from an analytical laboratory to BSL-3. Standard models are ready in two to three weeks, complex containment laboratories in six to eight weeks. Typical hire periods are 12 to 24 months.
What you get when you rent a lab container
You hire an operational laboratory, not an empty module. Standard models are typically ready within two to three weeks; complex quality-control or containment laboratories with specialist equipment need six to eight weeks’ lead time — plus around one week for acceptance and commissioning. For turnkey projects from order to operational handover we allow 8 to 14 weeks.
During the hire period the provider typically takes on the items that sit with you on a purchase — maintenance, insurance and advance clarification with the authorities. That protects liquidity and capital: your budget goes into research, not infrastructure.
Hire period and lead time
Hire period
Hire is suited to time-limited projects with a 12- to 24-month period of use — for example during hospital refurbishments, studies or grant-funded phases. Up to around 24 months of use, hire is usually more economical. Between around 24 and 48 months hire-purchase becomes interesting; from around 48 months purchase typically pays off.
Lead time
Standard models are ready in two to three weeks, complex containment laboratories in six to eight weeks. An interim laboratory can be sited on site in 48 hours. By comparison: conventional laboratory new-build often needs 24 months and more until commissioning.
Equipment options
Every hire container is planned for your application. The Planexus LABtoGO provides 2,750 mm room height — space for full fume cupboards and large HPLC systems, where standard office containers at around 2.40 m reach their limits. High-end insulation achieves a U-value of 0.20 W/m²K for stable climate zones.
HVAC: Temperature stability ±2 °C with humidity control. At high containment levels, HVAC accounts for 30 to 40 per cent of total cost.
Fume cupboard & filtration: Negative pressure at BSL-2, HEPA filters at BSL-3. Filter changes every 12 to 24 months.
Work surfaces: chemical-resistant, electrostatically dissipative.
Electrical: 400 V connection, emergency lighting, residual-current devices.
Containment levels
We deliver hire laboratories across the full spectrum — from straightforward analytics to high-containment laboratories. We clarify the appropriate level in the needs analysis.
Analytics & quality control
HPLC, GC and spectrometry workstations, vibration-isolated weighing tables, uninterruptible power supply.
BSL-2 & BSL-3
Containment laboratories with negative-pressure cascades, redundant HEPA filtration, airlock and autoclave. Conformant with BioStoffV, GenTG, TRBA 100.
GMP cleanroom
Cleanrooms up to Class C and D to EU GMP Annex 1, optionally ISO Classes 5 to 8 to ISO 14644-1, with IQ/OQ/PQ-capable documentation.
ATEX & interim solutions
Explosion-protected versions as well as a full laboratory replacement during refurbishments, conversions or shutdowns.
Process through to handover
Needs clarification
In a 30- to 60-minute call we clarify application, containment level, module size, period of use, siting location and connection conditions.
Site analysis (optional)
For complex siting locations we review the situation — often remotely via photograph and site plan.
Quotation & calculation
A first written indication is available within 48 hours; the fully developed quotation within 3 to 7 working days after needs clarification.
Manufacture, delivery & handover
Standard models are ready in 2 to 3 weeks; turnkey projects are handed over operational in 8 to 14 weeks. Siting by mobile crane, then acceptance and commissioning.
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Rental quotation for your lab-container project
Send us your specification or describe your requirements. We prepare a first written indication within 48 hours — no obligation, no hidden costs.