Elemental Scientific Instruments, Ltd. is a UK company that supplies sample introduction and automation equipment for elemental analysis (e.g. ICP optical emission spectrometry, ICP-OES or ICP-MS). In recent years the development of state-of-the-art instruments to solve problems for the chemical industry has become the main focus. Most recently, we introduced the prepFAST IC instrument that utilises normal ICP-MS autosampler capabilities with the ability to prepare samples inline (autodilution or autocalibration) and combined it with liquid chromatography (LC). This combined system can take the place of two sample introduction systems within a given laboratory, providing a more efficient and cleaner setup than what is currently available on the market. In addition, this is the first truly metal free LC system available, thus allowing for ultra-trace level analysis of metals (e.g. Cr), and the only LC system that can perform inline sample dilutions. The prepFAST IC can be setup for one single analysis that can do both total metals analysis (e.g. lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic) and elemental speciation (e.g. arsenic species - arsenobetaine (AsB), arsenite (As III), Dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), Arsenocholine (AsC), Monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), and arsenate (As V)). This is a powerful time saving advantage that will help laboratories in the UK operate more efficiently and with a cleaner sample introduction system thus providing better quality results.