MWE was created in 1952 by Stanley Broggio and today is a global organisation in the diagnostics arena, with expertise in developing and manufacturing pre-analytical devices for specimen acquisition and transportation. Stanley started the company with the production of wire swabs and general laboratory components. In the 1960’s the company developed the world’s first range of individually packed sterile swabs. In 1975, Stanley’s son Nigel Broggio invented and launched Transwab®, the world’s first commercial semi-solid medium transport device. Transwab® remains the industry standard across the globe.