TUSTIN, CA--(Marketwire - February 19, 2008) - Currently protecting over $3B in laboratory assets worldwide, Franek Technologies, Inc., the leader in Category III-3 Laboratory Protection Systems (LPS/UPS), expands its global market penetration by adding to its distribution network new distributors in the Caribbean, Central America, and Venezuela. BioArtis Healthcare Corporation will serve as a distributor for key markets specializing in In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) and technical services throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico. Likewise, Corporación Científica Venezolana (CCV), with which Franek Technologies has worked for over 2 years, will represent Franek Technologies in the burgeoning high-end instrumentation market in Venezuela supporting both the Perkin Elmer and Applied Biosystems product lines. Franek Technologies believes these distribution relationships will continue to help the company heavily penetrate and expand into the Americas market, specializing in instrumentation used in North America, as well as other markets utilizing international (220-240 VAC, 50 Hz) power sources.