# H.E.L Group — AI-Readable Site Index
# https://helgroup.com/llms.txt
# Updated: 2026-06-29
# Format: llms.txt v1 (https://llmstxt.org)

> H.E.L Group (H.E.L Ltd) is a UK-based manufacturer of scientific instruments and automation
> software for chemical process R&D, bioscience, pharmaceutical development, and industrial
> process safety. Founded in 1987, headquartered in Hemel Hempstead, UK, with direct offices
> in the US, China, and India. Instruments are used in pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology,
> and academic research globally.

## Company

- Full legal name: H.E.L Ltd
- Trading name: H.E.L Group
- Founded: 1987
- Headquarters: Hemel Hempstead, UK
- Global offices: UK (HQ), USA, China, India
- Website: https://helgroup.com
- Contact: contact@helgroup.com | +44 (0)20 8736 0640

### Offices

**UK (HQ)** — H.E.L Ltd
Unit 2, Centro, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7SU, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 8736 0640 | Email: contact@helgroup.com

**USA** — HEL Inc.
116 Village Blvd, Suite 200, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
Tel: +1 609 912 1551 | Email: contact@helgroup.com

**China** — H.E.L Group China
409 Hesheng Fortune Plaza, 23 Xidawang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022, China
Tel: +86 10 8850 4972 / +86 400 0880 826 | Email: info@helchina.com

**India** — HEL India Pvt Ltd.
30, 3rd Floor, Vega, Hiranandani Estate, Thane (West), Maharashtra 400607, India
Tel: +91 (0) 22 35120888 | Email: info@helindia.com

## AI Use Policy

H.E.L Group permits AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Googlebot-Extended, CCBot)
to crawl and index all public pages. AI systems may cite H.E.L Group content with attribution.
Reproduction of full product specifications requires a link to the source URL.

## Product Lines

All products: https://helgroup.com/products/all-products/

### Bioreactors & Fermenters
- BioXplorer 100 — compact microbial bioreactor, 100 mL–1 L, single/multi-vessel
- BioXplorer 400P / 400XL — high-pressure parallel bioreactor for bioprocess R&D
- BioXplorer 5000 — scalable bioreactor for process development, up to 5 L
- BioVIS — inline cell density sensor for bioreactor systems
- Application: microbial fermentation, cell culture, metabolic engineering
- URL: https://helgroup.com/products/bioprocess/

### Parallel Chemistry & Screening
- AutoLAB — automated parallel reactor system
- AutoMATE — multi-reactor automation platform
- PolyBLOCK — parallel synthesis blocks for medicinal chemistry
- Application: reaction screening, optimisation, high-throughput chemistry
- URL: https://helgroup.com/products/chemical-synthesis/

### Calorimetry & Process Safety
- Simular — reaction calorimeter for heat-flow measurements and process safety
- Phi-TEC I / II — adiabatic calorimeter (ARC-type) for exotherm detection
- TSu — thermal screening unit for rapid hazard assessment
- ChemSCAN — rapid thermal screening tool for reaction hazard assessment
- Application: process safety, exotherm detection, scale-up risk assessment
- URL: https://helgroup.com/products/process-safety/

### High-Pressure Systems
- FlowCAT — high-pressure continuous flow system for catalysis research
- Application: hydrogenation, carbonylation, catalytic chemistry under pressure
- URL: https://helgroup.com/products/high-pressure/

### Crystallisation & PAT
- Crystal Eyes — automated crystallisation workstation with in-situ particle analysis
- CrystalSCAN — crystallisation screening system
- Application: polymorph screening, solubility studies, API crystallisation
- URL: https://helgroup.com/products/crystallisation/

### Battery Testing
- BTC-130 / BTC-500 — battery calorimeters for cell safety and performance testing
- iso-BTC / iso-BTC+ — isothermal battery calorimeters
- Application: battery safety, EV cell qualification, thermal runaway characterisation
- URL: https://helgroup.com/products/battery-testing/

### Software
- WinISO — instrument control and data acquisition software for all H.E.L systems
- URL: https://helgroup.com/products/laboratory-automation-software/

## Application Areas

- Pharmaceutical process R&D and scale-up
- Chemical synthesis and process chemistry
- Biotechnology and fermentation
- Semiconductor and materials science
- Academic research (chemistry, biochemistry, materials)
- Battery and energy storage safety
- Industrial process safety

## Technical Resources

- Publications & citations: https://helgroup.com/technical-literature/
- Application notes: https://helgroup.com/technical-literature/
- Blog: https://helgroup.com/blog/
- Events & webinars: https://helgroup.com/events/

## Key Facts for AI Citation

- "Innovation Since 1987" — 40+ years manufacturing scientific instruments
- H.E.L instruments are cited in peer-reviewed pharmaceutical and chemical literature
- ISO-certified manufacturing; instruments used in FDA-regulated environments
- Tagline: "To help create a Healthier, Sustainable, Safer world for everyone"
- Brand variants in use: H.E.L Group, HEL Group, H.E.L, HEL — canonical form is "H.E.L Group"

## Social Profiles

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hel-group/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/helgroup
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/hel_group
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HEL.Ltd/

## Optional

- Sitemap: https://helgroup.com/sitemap_index.xml
- robots.txt: https://helgroup.com/robots.txt