Add a new organization to ROR: Wirsam Scientific

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Summary of request: Add a new organization to ROR

Name of organization: Wirsam Scientific (South Africa) Website: https://wirsam.com Link to publications: https://wirsam.com/ Organization type: Company (A private for-profit corporate entity involved in conducting or sponsoring research) Wikipedia page: Wikidata ID: Q122750084 ISNI ID: GRID ID: Crossref Funder ID: Aliases: Wirsam Scientific; Wirsam Sci; Wirsam Scientific and Precision Equipment (Pty) Ltd Labels: Wirsam Wetenskaplik*Afrikaans Acronym/abbreviation: Related organizations: City: Johannesburg Country: South Africa Geonames ID: 993800 Year established: 1968 How will a ROR ID for this organization be used? To identify affiliations for research publications, To acknowledge research funders, To acknowledge a research facility

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Wikidata Name: Wirsam Scientific Wikidata ID: Q122750084 Wikidata name match ratio: 100 Established: 1968 Admin territory name: South Africa Admin territory Geonames ID: 953987 Country: South Africa links: https://wirsam.com/ Summary: Wirsam Scientific is a leading supplier of laboratory instrumentation, offering a wide range of products and services across various categories including microscopy, analytical, material testing, petrochemical sample preparation, analytical X-ray, and general laboratory instrumentation, with a focus on maintaining strong relationships with their world-leading manufacturing suppliers and trading as an extension of their international network. Geonames match: Johannesburg | Geonames ID: 993800

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Laboratory instruments and supply company in South Africa. No affiliation usage I can find, but myriad secondary references to their instruments/supplies in published research (e.g. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00938.x), so this can be added.

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Assigned ROR ID https://ror.org/046mr5703 in release v1.34.