Company profile
PAA Automation
PAA Automation, short for Peak Analysis and Automation, designs integrated laboratory-automation systems for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostics and...
Facts
- Segment
- LAB_AUTOMATION
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- Farnborough, Hampshire
- Founded
- 1989
- Website
- https://paa-automation.com/
About PAA Automation
PAA Automation builds laboratory workcells that combine robotic handling with instruments from multiple vendors. Its systems move plates, tubes and samples between liquid handlers, incubators, readers, centrifuges and storage devices, while S-RUN and Overlord software schedule the process and manage instrument communication. S-CEL provides an enclosed configuration for workflows requiring a controlled biosafety environment.
The company develops both compact task-specific cells and larger integrated laboratories for drug discovery, genomics, diagnostics, sample management and analytical chemistry. Smart Cart modules and a library of more than 400 device drivers allow customers to change or extend instruments without rebuilding the entire control layer. PAA has delivered more than 1,000 projects and works with over 80 instrument partners. Certain business assets were acquired by Grenova in 2025, placing PAA within a broader laboratory-automation group while retaining its integration identity.
Market context
DEPLOYMENT
Summary
Type: Laboratory automation integrator
Core: Laboratory workcells
Function: Run production
Audience: Research laboratories