PiCA is now part of the Tentamus Group

We are pleased to announce that PiCA Prüfinstitut Chemische Analytik GmbH in Berlin is now part of the Tentamus Group. This acquisition significantly strengthens our analytical capabilities in the field of migration analysis, especially for Food Contact Materials (FCM).

PiCA will become the central competence center for migration analyses within the Tentamus Group. These analyses are crucial for the safety of food packaging, as they ensure that no harmful or undesirable substances migrate from the packaging materials into the food.

In addition to services in the area of food contact materials, PiCA also offers special analyses for valuable and undesirable ingredients for consumer goods, food, cosmetics, and other material samples such as plastics, paints, and adhesives. PiCA also supports its customers with customized special analysis solutions for complex individual tests, method development, and validation. To this end, PiCA has developed analytical solutions for well over 6000 individual organic compounds.

With this acquisition, we can offer our customers even more comprehensive and specialized analyses and further consolidate our position as a leading provider of high-quality analytical services.

Dr. Andreas Mattulat, founder and Managing Director of PiCA, emphasizes: ‘We are delighted to be part of the Tentamus Group and to be able to contribute our expertise to a larger network. This integration will enable us to offer our services to a broader customer base and further improve our service.’

Dr. Christian Rebhan, CEO of the Tentamus Group, adds: ‘The acquisition of PiCA is a significant step for the Tentamus Group. With their expertise and commitment to quality, they fit perfectly into our network. We look forward to working together and setting new standards together.’

The laboratory will continue to be headed by Managing Director Dr. Andreas Mattulat.

The Tentamus Group looks forward to a successful collaboration and to continuing to offer high-quality services.

About PiCA

PiCA Prüfinstitut Chemische Analytik GmbH in Berlin offers a wide range of services. The main focus is on the analysis of organic substances, measurable with GC and HPLC in almost all matrices such as consumer goods, food, animal feed, cosmetics, water, soil, and air.

PiCA has reference substances and methods for more than 6000 substances.

PiCA's main areas of activity are:

• Testing of food contact materials according to Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 and 10/2011
• Analysis of pesticides in complex matrices such as spices, tea, and hops
• Analysis of contaminants such as PAHs, PCBs, PCTs, PCNs, chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs, MCCPs), HCFCs, CFCs
• Analysis of working air
• Analysis of plastic additives such as plasticizers (e.g. phthalates, adipates, sebacates, ESBO), flame retardants (e.g. PBB, PBDE, phosphates), siloxanes, etc.
• Indoor analyses (house dust, VOC)
• Analysis of allergenic fragrances in cosmetics
• Solvent residues (e.g. aliphatic and aromatic solvents, glycols, glycol esters and ethers, alcohols, ketones, HCFCs)

PiCA's research and development team develops methods for customer-specific analyses.

If you have an inquiry, please do not hesitate to contact PiCA at sales@pica-berlin.de.

Further information can be found on the website PiCA Prüfinstitut Chemische Analytik.