What Lab Society does

Lab Society operates as MNR Equipment (legal entity MNR Consulting LLC), an industrial equipment supplier headquartered at 17730 E 14 Mile Rd., Fraser, Michigan. The firm sells new and pre-owned laboratory and production-environment equipment across vacuum systems (Heidolph and Welch pumps and parts), stainless steel components (condensers, PX Series, X Series, valves, diamond miners), distillation apparatus (heating mantles, vacuum controllers, traps, flasks, glass adapters), and analytical, mixing, filtration, and temperature-control equipment. It also stocks proprietary-system replacement parts for Commercial Distillation Unit (CDU), EXP Booth, and IPS Distillation ("Cannabeast") installations. Note: the firmographic header lists the company as "Lab Society" in Boulder, CO, but all product, legal-entity, and website data identify the operating business as MNR Equipment / MNR Consulting LLC in Fraser, MI; this conflict is preserved in the description pending clarification.

The business model is direct distribution with quote-based pricing on capital equipment, supplemented by a consignment program for pre-owned inventory and a custom equipment sourcing service for hard-to-find SKUs. Revenue diversification beyond one-time equipment sales is being built through Solventless Select, an affiliate consumables channel offering filtration and processing supplies on a subscription basis. Customers are industrial and laboratory operators with use cases spanning vacuum processing, filtration, temperature control, and distillation, segmented horizontally rather than by named vertical. The go-to-market is primarily digital — an Odoo-based e-commerce storefront with request-quote forms, plus email newsletters for clearance drops and product updates — and the company does not disclose pricing publicly. No institutional funding, M&A, or leadership changes are reported in the available data.

Name

Lab Society

Legal name

MNR Consulting LLC

Website

https://labsociety.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lab Society, operating as MNR Equipment (MNR Consulting LLC), distributes new and pre-owned industrial laboratory and production equipment — vacuum systems, distillation apparatus, filtration, and consumables — to US-based industrial and laboratory buyers via direct e-commerce, consignment, and subscription channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Processing Equipment

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (3332), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

General Lab Equipment (Centrifuges, Incubators, Shakers, Ovens) (HLAGAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maintenance, Service Contracts & Equipment Repair (Field Service, Parts) (HLAGAIAN), Laboratory Consumables & Plasticware (Tips, Tubes, Plates, Filters) (HLAGAIAH)

Keywords

• Industrial vacuum systems
• Laboratory processing equipment
• Distillation equipment
• Filtration equipment
• Stainless steel components

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Lab Society provides new and pre-owned industrial processing equipment for laboratory and production environments. Core offerings include vacuum systems (pumps, hardware, parts for Heidolph and Welch brands), stainless steel components, distillation equipment (heating mantles, controllers, flasks, traps), analytical/testing equipment, mixers, temperature control units, and filtration systems. The company also supplies consumables via subscription through a partner brand and offers equipment consignment and custom sourcing services.

Product overview

MNR Equipment (MNR Consulting LLC) is an industrial equipment supplier offering a unified portfolio of new and pre-owned equipment for laboratory and production environments. The core product categories include Vacuum Systems (vacuum pumps, hardware, accessories, and parts for Heidolph and Welch brands), Stainless Steel Components (condensers, valves, PX Series and X Series parts), Distillation Equipment (heating mantles, controllers, traps, flasks, and glass adapters), and Analytical/Testing Equipment. The company also provides system parts for Commercial Distillation Units (CDU), EXP Booth, and IPS Distillation systems (Cannabeast). Consumables and supplies are available through their partner site Solventless Select with subscription options. Equipment is available for consignment and custom sourcing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Solventless SelectminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Across International: Across International sells vacuum pumps, rotary evaporators, and extraction/distillation equipment targeting the same lab and cannabis/hemp processing buyers as MNR Equipment, with overlapping SKUs in heating mantles, vacuum pumps, and filtration.
• Terra Universal: Terra Universal supplies cleanroom and laboratory equipment including filtration, vacuum, and process control hardware to industrial and lab buyers, comparable to MNR's filtration, vacuum, and temperature control categories.
• Cannabis Equipment News / Precision Extraction Solutions: Precision Extraction Solutions designs and sells closed-loop hydrocarbon extraction systems and ancillary equipment for cannabis processors, directly competing with MNR's Cannabeast, EXP Booth, and PX Series extraction equipment lines.
• Chemtech Scientific: Chemtech Scientific distributes lab equipment including vacuum pumps, rotary evaporators, and distillation glassware, competing head-to-head with MNR's catalog of vacuum systems, condensers, flasks, and heating mantles.
• Best Value Vacs (BVV): BVV is a leading direct-to-consumer supplier of vacuum pumps, closed-loop extraction systems, and recovery pumps for the solventless/cannabis extraction market — a near-perfect vertical peer to MNR's Cannabeast, Diamond Miners, and vacuum systems business.
• Cascade Sciences: Cascade Sciences supplies vacuum ovens, vacuum pumps, and extraction equipment to laboratory and cannabis processing customers, directly overlapping MNR's vacuum, temperature control, and distillation categories.

Broad incumbents

• Heidolph North America: Heidolph manufactures rotary evaporators, vacuum pumps, and overhead stirrers — categories MNR resells parts for. As a global OEM, Heidolph is a broader incumbent whose products overlap MNR's mixers, vacuum, and distillation lines.
• Agilent Technologies: Agilent is a global incumbent in laboratory analytical instruments, the same product category MNR lists under its Analytical Equipment offerings. Different scale and price point, but directly comparable product/market.
• Pope Scientific: Pope Scientific designs and supplies industrial-scale wiped-film and short-path distillation systems used in cannabis, essential oil, and chemical processing — a broader incumbent in the same distillation and processing equipment space MNR serves at smaller scale.
• Welch Vacuum (Ingersoll Rand): Welch is a major OEM of laboratory vacuum pumps and a brand whose parts MNR resells. As a broad incumbent, Welch competes with MNR at the system level and represents both a supplier and indirect competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/labsociety
• Facebookfacebook.com/labsociety
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/labsociety

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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