Tecan, a leading global player in liquid handling automation technology in the life sciences industry, has joined forces with ARTEL, the world expert in liquid handling quality assurance, to provide Tecan’s US customers with a new service for verifying the performance of Tecan liquid handling platforms. The ARTEL MVS® Multichannel Verification System will be used to check the precision of Tecan’s liquid handling platforms at the request of the customer.
The ARTEL MVS uses ARTEL’s proprietary Ratiometric Photometry™ technology to verify the volume transfer performance of liquid handling systems of up to 384 channels, helping to improve liquid handling quality and increase confidence in assay results. This solution will allow our customers to meet quality requirements, minimize unplanned downtime and provide additional assurance of optimal system performance.
About Tecan
Tecan (www.tecan.com) is a leading global supplier of laboratory instruments and solutions for the biopharma, forensic and diagnostic industries. The company specializes in the development, production and distribution of automation solutions for life science laboratories. Through its REMP subsidiary (www.remp.com), Tecan is the premier supplier of automated laboratory storage and logistics systems. Tecan’s clients include pharmaceutical and biotech companies, university research departments, diagnostic laboratories and companies as well as forensics laboratories. Founded in Switzerland in 1980, the company has production, research and development sites in both North America and Europe and maintains a sales and service network in 52 countries. In 2007, Tecan achieved sales of CHF 414.4 million (USD 345.3 million; EUR 252.7 million). Registered shares of the Tecan Group are traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange (TK: TECN/Reuters: TECZn.S/Valor: 1210019).
