FOSTER CITY, Calif. & GREIFENSEE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, and METTLER TOLEDO (NYSE:MTD), today announced an integrated solution that is expected to improve the workflow and the transfer of information in laboratories for many scientific disciplines, including the life science, chemistry, food and petrochemical industries. The companies have collaborated to create a unique solution through which they are providing researchers in these fields the means to exchange data between precision instruments and laboratory information management systems.