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Marketing agreement between Artel and STRATEC

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Marketing agreement between Artel and STRATEC

12.01.2015 / 09:29

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Marketing agreement between Artel and STRATEC

Birkenfeld, January 12, 2015

STRATEC Biomedical AG, Birkenfeld, Germany (Frankfurt: SBS; Prime Standard,
TecDAX) and Artel, Westbrook, Maine, USA, the worldwide leader in
laboratory liquid handling quality assurance, have announced an exclusive
marketing agreement for STRATEC's patented "Tholos" liquid handling quality
assurance instrumentation solution.

Under the agreement, effective as of January 1, 2015, Artel will
exclusively market the "Tholos" technology developed by STRATEC under
Artel's brand name in its core markets.

STRATEC's "Tholos" measures the volume of liquids in reaction wells using
an innovative pressure-based technology that accurately and repeatedly
assesses volume regardless of the size of the reaction well, its shape or
coloring. This makes it possible to record critical process parameters for
sample handling operations in laboratory applications in the pharmaceutical
industry, life science research, production and assay development. The
system can therefore be used as an in-process control for nearly all types
of liquid handling applications.

"Our customers will benefit from this powerful technology, which further
enhances their ability to ensure high-quality results", says Kirby Pilcher,
president of Artel. "The strategic partnership with STRATEC, a leader in
providing automated systems used in laboratories worldwide, has resulted in
a perfect addition to Artel's portfolio of liquid handling quality
assurance products and services".

"The system is an innovative volume control solution that closes a gap in
in-process control for high throughput automation processes", added 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".

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 laboratories 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