The company stated that it intends to focus on its
microplate instrument, robotics and data handling businesses for high-throughput screening and drug discovery.
BioTek continues to set the standard in
microplate instrumentation by designing practical functionality, user-friendly software, and affordable modularity in the new Synergy HTX Multi-Mode
Microplate Reader.
The MicroSeal from Porvair Sciences is a manual
microplate heat sealer designed to be compact, easy-to-use and offer enhanced performance with an affordable list price.
When Lionheart acquired the Kontron Analytical businesses in 1998 it seemed a logical addition to its small, but rapidly growing
microplate business.
High-quality barcode labels can be affixed to any side of a proprietary
microplate to assist in ensuring sample traceability.
Equipment classified in this segment includes liquid handlers, robotic systems,
microplate instruments and lab information management systems (LIMS), but does not include automated solid phase extraction or mini-prep robotic systems.
Laboratory automation vendors, especially
microplate and liquid handling vendors, also displayed their products.
Building upon the proven success of the previous MiniSeal semi-automatic
microplate sealer, the updated plus version offers users even greater comfort and safety in use, together with enhanced reproducibility in sealing
microplates of all types and sizes.
Although LJL will add to MD's growing presence in the hot fluorescence
microplate reader market, and give them a mid-range product that nicely fits in between the present offerings, it does seem a bit much to pay for a company with just $10 million in sales.
