In 1978, a 16 years old boy spent his summer holidays at his parents garden obsessed with creating a machine of hatching eggs with better performance than their own chickens. When the chicks were born healthy, and in half the time, we went to his father and said “Dad, I’m going to be the inventor of the world’s best weathering machines”.
The little boy was João Araújo and 7 years later he founded ARALAB.
Only Servicing of laboratory equipment in Portuguese institutions.
Aralab gest its first order for a Climatic Chamber. The first Aralab unit was installed at the Lisbon University of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
After hundreds of climatic chambers built and installed in Portugal the first move abroad happens with the University of Compostela in Spain.
The first of many to come.
Aralab was able to build a very good reputation in Portugal and Spain as a high quality manufacturer. Reputable multinational companies were already using Aralab equipment and some sales had already happened outside southern europe. No reason to stop.
Aralab grew steadily but the economical crisis reached Europe and namely the ‘southern countries’ where most of Aralab customers were.
Time to (re)think?
Great Products, Exclusive Know-How and a Strong Determination. Aralab has them all. But how to succeed in a niche market where big companies already dominate and in the midst of a financial crisis?
Review Strengths, Reposition and Redesign how the company is perceived.
30 years later Aralab is recognized as a leading manufacturer of climatic simulation equipment and one of the top players in terms of innovation, technical capacity and overall product quality. Aralab chambers are installed in 40 countries and 5 continents.
Local distributors in 35 countries. And growing.
Aralab evolves its governance model. Effective January 1, 2026, Luís Branco becomes CEO and is joined by the second generation on the Executive Team: António Araújo (Chief Digital & Service Officer), Eduardo Coelho Araújo (COO) and João Cintra Araújo (Chief eXperience Officer). Founders João and Eduardo Araújo move to Non Executive Director roles. This renewed leadership reinforces our ambition to be an international reference in climate simulation and environmental testing, focused on innovation, growth, and solutions that empower the scientific and industrial community worldwide.
Environmental chambers and controlled environment rooms for plant growth, tissue culture, insect rearing and other Biotechnology and Agriculture applications.
Environmental chambers and controlled environment rooms with precise temperature and humidity control for Stability testing, conservation or storage.
