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by Heather Hobbs Heathrow Scientific Continue on Successful Pathway
There are not many companies that can boast a year on year sales increase from inception, but Heathrow Scientific, based in Vernon Hills Illinois, a manufacturer of what they like to call ‘Lab Essentials’ launched in 1996, is in this minority category and they continue to plan ahead to make sure the next 17 years follow the same trend.
Besides an aggressive and ambitious program to launch 8-15 new innovative manufactured products each year, ensuring their valued network of worldwide distributors always has something new to talk about, they have recently invested in bringing in Gary Kamees, a former VP of Cardinal Health.
Gary will head up Clinical Sales and their ambition to becoming a more formidable entity in the Clinical Marketplace.
Gary’s intention is to create stronger bonds with existing distributors and to develop ties with new strategic partners, offering both branded and private label product opportunities.
New Julabo Sales Manager
Having seen the type of quality products that Heathrow offer and what is in the pipeline to come, made taking this challenge an easy decision for Gary, who can only see exciting times ahead for the company.
Founded by brothers Jim and Rick Woldenberg, Heathrow Scientific specialises in manufacturing laboratory supplies and instruments along with general laboratory products and consumables found in research and clinical laboratories worldwide.
From tube racks to benchtop centrifuges the company’s mission has been to enlighten and excite the culture of laboratories worldwide through the design of fun, functional and innovative products. An international company, it has sales offices in the UK, Mexico and Germany.
MD, Jamie Devine said that while the US and western European regions still account for majority of sales, the company has established distribution partners in over 70 countries and are continuing to grow worldwide.
Integra Biosciences Announces French Subsidiary
Following the 2012 acquisition of their long time French distribution partner - Valdea Biosciences SAS – Integra Biosciences has announced that since 4th January all of its operations in France will trade as Integra Biosciences SAS.
Leveraging an existing knowledgeable local sales and service team – Integra Biosciences SAS has been given the resources to market and provide top quality local support for the company’s laboratory tools for liquid handling, media preparation, sterilisation and cell cultivation.
As part of its expansion of operations – Integra has launched a new comprehensively featured French language website (
www.integra-
biosciences.com/fr) which provides detailed information on the company’s growing range of products and application solutions.
Integra Biosciences is a leading provider of laboratory tools for liquid handling, media preparation, sterilisation and cell cultivation. With more than ninety distribution-partners worldwide operations are supported by a team of specialists at the company headquarters in Zizers, Switzerland and Hudson, NH, USA.
Michael Duchaussoy
Julabo GmbH is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Michael Duchaussoy as Sales Manager. His addition complements and strengthens the sales team providing services for customers particularly working in the area of temperature control.
Michael Duchaussoy knows the laboratory industry thoroughly. In more than 20 years he has gained extensive sales and laboratory experience. He started his career at Hoffmann-La Roche in pre- clinical pharmacokinetics with a focus on HPLC method development. After moving on to Thermo Fisher Scientific he worked as Product Manager and Sales Director. During his last employment with IKA he managed the US subsidiary North and South America operations for a period of two years. He was mainly responsible for key account servicing and management of the sales department.
At Julabo Michael Duchaussoy is the key contact person for all questions regarding professional temperature control especially for the Benelux, Swiss, and Maghreb markets.
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BioTek Germany Certified in Accordance with EN ISO 13485
BioTek Germany, European Coordination Centre, was recently awarded certification in accordance with EN ISO 13485:2003. This certification confirms that administration, sales and distribution, warehouse management, service/repair, and installation at the subsidiary all fulfill the quality management system requirements for medical devices as set out in this standard. BioTek's manufacturing facility and headquarters in Winooski, Vermont is similarly certified in accordance with EN ISO 13485.
BioTek's EN ISO 13485 certification guarantees that all of its products and services satisfy the requirements, and comply with the currently valid legislation, relating to medical devices.
Thomas Brunner, Managing Director of BioTek Instruments, GmbH, explains, "Medical technology products must fulfill the most rigorous safety criteria.
The fact that our quality management system complies with EN ISO 13485 - which goes above and beyond the requirements of ISO 9001 - proves that we are committed to ensuring quality and efficiency.
It also provides our customers with documentary evidence that our development processes and methods meet the highest standards in the field of medical technology."
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Agilent Technologies Moves to New Facility in Poland
Agilent Technologies Inc. has opened a new X-ray diffraction manufacturing facility in Wrocław, Poland giving the company significantly greater manufacturing capacity and enhanced R&D capabilities compared with the company’s old facility. The new site has been designed specifically for the production of Agilent’s expanding range of products for single-crystal X-ray diffraction, including the recently launched GV1000 X-ray Diffractometer.
“We have been looking forward to relocating to a larger, custom- designed facility for some time,” said Zdzisław Bober, country manager for Agilent Poland. “The building provides enhanced facilities for product development and manufacturing, and also provides a greatly enhanced working environment for all local employees. The space has been designed to comply with the strictest X-ray safety requirements, and this enables us to work more easily with higher intensity X-ray equipment.”
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction systems are used for routine analytical chemistry and challenging small molecule and protein diffraction studies. The new facility is located only a few kilometers from Agilent’s previous Wroclaw location, which the business has been steadily outgrowing as part of the Varian acquisition in 2010.
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