AGQ LIFE SERVICES, S.A. (Unipersonal)

AGQ LIFE SERVICES, S.A. (Unipersonal), operating commercially as AGQ Labs España, is a full-service analytical testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) laboratory headquartered in Burguillos, Sevilla, Spain. With more than 30 years of operating history in the TIC sector, AGQ Labs has grown from its Andalusian roots into a global analytical powerhouse present in over 30 countries. The Spanish entity serves as the scientific and operational backbone for the group's European operations, offering advanced laboratory testing, specialized chemical engineering, agronomic consulting, and environmental project management to an international client base across agrifood, pharmaceutical, environmental, mining, and life-sciences sectors.

The laboratory's food and agriculture testing division is among the most comprehensive in Southern Europe. Core offerings include pesticide residue analysis across a broad range of matrices — fresh fruits and vegetables, oils and fatty matrices, cereals, nuts, dried fruits, wine, water, and soil — with turnaround times as fast as 24 to 48 hours for export-oriented producers. Additional food-safety analyses cover heavy-metal contaminants including lead, cadmium, and nickel; PFAS compound screening; microbiological load assessment; oil quality and purity determinations; drinking-water analysis covering physical-chemical, microbiological, organoleptic, and radiological parameters in accordance with Spanish Royal Decree 3/2023 (Real Decreto 3/2023); and full nutritional characterization. AGQ Labs España applies internationally recognized methods from ASTM, AOAC, ISO, and USP frameworks, ensuring results are accepted by regulatory authorities and trading partners worldwide.

The life sciences and pharmaceutical division provides a dedicated suite of services to pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotechnology companies, medical device makers, and dietary supplement producers. Analytical capabilities in this area include physicochemical analysis, microbiological analysis of viable and non-viable particles, microbial load quantification, bacterial endotoxin testing, stability studies, extractables and leachables evaluations, ethylene oxide residue analysis, sterilization validation, water and compressed-gas analysis, analytical method development and validation, toxicology assessments, and analysis of mutagenic impurities and nitrosamines. The laboratory also supports R&D and innovation projects, providing contract research and analytical support from early development through post-market control.

AGQ Labs España holds UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, the highest internationally recognized standard for testing and calibration laboratories, granted through Spain's national accreditation body ENAC (Entidad Nacional de Acreditación). The laboratory additionally holds a Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) certificate of compliance specifically covering physicochemical characterization, residue studies, and analytical chemistry in phytosanitary products — a designation required for data submission to European and international pesticide regulatory authorities. The company states that all its laboratories operate at the highest level of accreditation and comply with certifications from relevant regulatory bodies, reflecting a systematic quality culture embedded across its global network.

The Spanish laboratory network spans four locations, enabling national coverage with regional proximity to key agricultural and industrial zones. The main campus is at Ctra. A-8013, Km 20.8, Burguillos (Sevilla), near major olive oil, citrus, and horticultural production areas. Additional Spanish facilities operate in Coslada (Madrid) serving central Spain and export logistics hubs, Palomares (Almería) positioned within one of the largest protected-horticulture zones in Europe, and Jaén serving the world's leading olive oil production region. Each site is equipped to handle a full range of food, agricultural, environmental, and industrial sample types, with integrated logistics for rapid sample receipt and reporting.

Environmental and industrial testing capabilities complement the agricultural and life-sciences portfolio. Services in this domain include water-cycle management testing (drinking water, wastewater, irrigation water), soil analysis, environmental monitoring, energy and petroleum product testing, and mining and metallurgy characterization. Sample types routinely handled include plant tissue, soil, water, foodstuffs, pharmaceutical raw materials and finished products, cosmetics, consumer goods, and industrial materials. The laboratory's multi-matrix, multi-sector competency makes it a single-source testing partner capable of supporting complex supply-chain compliance and regulatory-submission programmes.

With approximately 800 employees globally and more than 11 laboratory facilities spanning Europe, the Americas, Africa, and beyond, AGQ Labs España benefits from both local regulatory expertise and global analytical reach. Clients include agricultural exporters seeking European Union Maximum Residue Level (MRL) compliance, food manufacturers targeting international retail markets, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical companies requiring regulatory-grade method validation, and industrial operators managing environmental compliance obligations. The laboratory's long track record, accredited quality systems, multilingual service (Spanish, English, French), and rapid turnaround capabilities make it a credible and well-established testing partner for businesses operating in regulated sectors across Spain and internationally.