Westbrook, Maine (February 9, 2015) – Artel
announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with
STRATEC Biomedical AG (Birkenfeld, Germany), a global leader in
automated laboratory systems, for the STRATEC Tholos technology, which
measures liquid and solid contents of 96- and 384-well microplates.
Artel will be the exclusive marketer for the technology, now called Artel VMS™,
in the United States, Canada, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The two
companies will also work together on future technology enhancements for
the product.
Designed to improve in-line process efficiency and quality assurance
in compound management and storage, the VMS can also assess the delivery
accuracy and precision of automated liquid handlers. By sealing and
pressurizing individual microplate wells, the VMS measures their
contents, down to 1 percent of the potential volume, regardless of the
shape, material or color of the well or tube. It is an ideal complement
to Artel’s MVS® Multichannel Verification System, which verifies aqueous-based volume transfers.
“This system closes a gap in automation processes,” says Marcus
Wolfinger, chairman, Board of Management of STRATEC. “We are very proud
to have gained Artel, the global market leader in liquid handling
quality assurance, as a partner.”
“Our customers will benefit from this powerful technology, which
further enhances their ability to ensure high-quality results,” adds
Kirby Pilcher, president of Artel. “The partnership with STRATEC, a
worldwide leader in their field, has resulted in a perfect addition to
Artel’s portfolio of liquid handling quality assurance products and
services.”
About STRATEC
For more than 30 years, STRATEC has developed innovative automation
solutions for use in clinical diagnostics and biotechnology which, when
embedded in its OEM partners’ system solutions, meet all of the relevant
regulatory requirements. STRATEC’s competence is founded on its
employees’ experience and scientific expertise, its patented
technologies and its full range of automated solutions. The company’s
strengths are in areas such as documentation, quality management and
workflow software solutions. Working closely with its partners, STRATEC
has set new standards for safe and user-friendly work processes as a
crucial aspect of its fully automated solutions offered to laboratories,
blood banks and research institutes. For more information, visit www.stratec.com.
About Artel
Laboratories worldwide depend upon Artel technology and expertise to
standardize and optimize their liquid handling instruments and
processes, and to give them total confidence in their results. Since
1982, Artel has been solving liquid handling quality, productivity and
compliance challenges in pharmaceutical and biotechnology research,
regulatory bodies, academia, clinical diagnostics, forensics, public
health, agbio, food quality and safety and environmental testing.
Artel provides quality assurance systems and a broad and fully
customizable range of support, training and consultation services for
laboratories using automated liquid handling instrumentation and manual
pipettes. For more information visit www.artel-usa.com.