JH Berge, Inc® has proudly served the scientific community since 1850, providing high quality products at competitive prices to leading organizations and research institutions around the country.

The company is now one of three LabMart Distribution Companies where you will find a large company portfolio with small business service and support.  The LabMart Distribution Companies offer a full line of Laboratory Supplies, Equipment, and Chemicals from well-known industry brands, and our own LabMart Brand portfolio of quality products at competitive prices to fit all laboratory budgets.

 We offer Complete Solutions with Differentiated Services:

• Storage Solutions: Certified LN2 Freezer Sales and Service (energy star freezers) with racks, freezer boxes, and tubes
• Liquid Handling Solutions: Repair and calibration service, pipettors, tips and accessories
• Automation Solutions: Robotic tips, plates, kitting, custom barcoding service

Our diversification includes:

• Minority Owned Small Business certified by NMSDC
• MBE (Minority Business Enterprise)
• WBE (Woman Business Enterprise) certifications through the State of Wisconsin
• SAM registered

The LabMart Distribution Companies offer electronic ordering and billing capabilities and have achieved Top Performer recognition for outstanding performance in the areas of quality, price, delivery, customer support, and social responsibility.  Our eCommerce platform capabilities include, Jaggaer, ESM, IntraMalls, Ariba, and Aquiire, etc. which are used by large university systems and major pharmaceutical companies across the nation.

Company Mission Statement
We are a laboratory products distribution company servicing science in pursuit of advancing scientific research and development for the health and well-being of people around the world.

Company Vision
With a proud history, the latest technology and personalized service we set the standard for diverse supplier of laboratory products and services to further advance science.

Our Promise

As always, we specialize in bringing you new, unique, hard-to-find, and innovative laboratory items to meet your needs. Our goal with our new online catalog is to make your job easier - whether you are obtaining a price quote, placing an order, or searching for the “perfect” product to assist in your research.
If you have never purchased from the Lab Mart® give us a try, you will be pleased. To our current customers: we would like to take this opportunity to say thank you and we hope you enjoy your on-line shopping experience. Please contact us with suggestions for making your online experience more enjoyable.

History of J&H Berge, Inc

In 1849, two brothers named John and Henry Berge determined that assayers of precious metals and the jewelers that needed the precious metals were having difficulty obtaining high quality supplies. In 1850, they incorporated JH Berge at 95 John Street and 30 Gold Street in New York City, establishing JH Berge as the oldest laboratory supply company in the United States. Their goal was to provide Hessian sand crucibles, English borax, scotch stone, bohemian glassware, porcelain, assay furtances and supplies to jewelers, enamelers, assayers, marble workers, and silversmiths. The California Gold Rush (1848-1864) provided a substantial boost to this start-up company.

The first JH Berge Catalogue and Price List was produced in 1878 and was inscribed, "To our patrons, In compliance to the requests of many of our customers, we present this Price List of Goods kept on hand by us, trusting it may be of use to those interested." In September 1882, the first hardcover fully illustrated & descriptive catalog was produced and included not onlt bellows, crucibles, and furnaces for the precious metal industry but also balances, glassware, and microscopes for chemists, schools, and colleges. During these early years, many of the products were imported from the first factories of Europe, such as Royal Berlin Porecelain Ware, Jos. Kavalier's Bohemian Glassware, Best German Glassware and Royal Saxion Porcelain Ware.
The company was relocated to a larger facility at 145 Hudson Street around 1910. Soon thereafter John and Henry Berge passed down the ownership to their sons, Ernest and John. In 1934 the company joined the SAMA Group of Associations and has remained a loyal member to date. The Berge family maintained control of the company through 1957. In 1958 Dr. Lennard J Wissow, a Merck chemist, purchased the company and relocated it to South Plainfield, NJ in 1960. Throughout the next 20 years, Dr. Wissow obtained additional franchises and transformed the company into a full line scientific distributor.

In 1980 Berge experienced a disastrous fire that destroyed the main warehouse and all of its contents. As a result of the great efforts of Berge's dedicated employees, as well as the support and assistance of the company's many vendors and friends, Berge survived. In fact, not a single shipping day was missed during the crisis. In 1982, under the direction of Steven Krupp, the company moved to new headquarters on the same site in South Plainfield, NJ. In 1985, Steven N. Krupp was elected to serve as President of the company. Krupp has been a long time supporter of SAMA/LPA having started attending SAMA/LPA meetings over 20 years ago. He served on the LPA Board of Directors from 1991 to 1993 and now serves on the Membership Committee.

Although the last 159 years have brought many changes, challenges, and innovations to the world and the scientific community, JH Berge remains committed to providing personalized service and to offering high quality products to the research, educational, and industrial marketplaces. In addition, JH Berge's "THE LABMART" first appeared in 1962 as a single-sheet black & white marketing piece. Since then, it has grown into a full color, bi-monthly direct mail order catalog consisting of several hundred pages.

JH Berge, Inc then became a part of the new LabMart distribution companies in 2022.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

JH Berge, Inc
24 Worlds Fair Drive, Unit E
Somerset NJ 08873

Phone: (908) 561-1234
Email: info@labmart.com
Fax: (585) 247-6686