accelab is a young company located in Tuebingen, Germany, and focuses on integrated solutions for productivity enhancement in research laboratories. The accelab automation platforms are highly compact and flexible and allow real unattended 24-hour operation. They use SCARA and gantry robots which handle the major part of the required automation tasks, leaving the parallel routine sample processing to the integrated standard laboratory instruments. Together with component suppliers, accelab's scientists and engineers realize automation and software solutions in combinatorial chemistry, biotechnology and materials science.

Adept Technology designs, manufactures and markets robotic systems, motion control and machine vision technology for global markets including automotive, consumer electronics, consumer goods, food, industrial tooling, medical devices, and pharmaceutical. Adept robots, controllers, and software are used for small parts assembly, material handling and packaging. Adept intelligent automation product lines include industrial robots, configurable linear modules, machine controllers for robot mechanisms and other flexible automation equipment, machine vision, and systems and applications software. Founded in 1983, Adept Technology is the largest U.S.-based manufacturer of industrial robots.

Our mission at Advanced ChemTech is to be the world leader in providing unique state-of-the-art instrumentation and biochemical products to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Advanced Automation is a turnkey supplier of specific hardware solutions to customer needs in the system size range from $100,000 to $15 million plus.

Advent Design Corporation is an automation engineering, product design, and information system development firm providing custom solutions to a variety of multi-disciplinary needs. Advent can assist in all stages of the development process, from concept development through delivery and documentation, to post-delivery support and upgrades.

AEA Technology have developed an integrated approach for satisfying the demand for drug discovery from pharmaceutical companies. Using advanced automation systems, we can provide a complete system, tailored to the specific needs of our customers. We can add value to the design process, through simulation, modelling and specification development. We provide hardware and software solutions based on our own standard solutions, or by integrating proprietary equipment. Our approach to the design of automated liquid stores and sample replication maximises compound life, security and throughput.

Apricot Designs, Inc. provides accurate and affordable liquid handling technologies. We manufacture compact & robust multi-channel liquid handling systems with easy to use operator interfaces. Liquid handling products from Apricot are flexible, easy to use, reliable, and have small footprints that maximize your valuable laboratory space.

Argonaut Technologies designs organic synthesizers, software, and chemical resins and reagents optimized for parallel organic synthesis using both solution- and solid-phase chemistry. Our synthesizers include the QUEST(tm) series designed to make parallel synthesis practical in any laboratory, the fully automated NAUTILUS(tm) synthesizer for chemistry development and optimization, and the TRIDENT(tm) system designed to support the synthesis of focused libraries. Argonaut also provides ArgoPore(tm), ArgoGel(tm), and high-quality polystyrene resins for solid-phase synthesis. In addition, we provide a collection of scavenger resins and polymer-bound reagents to accelerate solution-phase synthesis by streamlining purification. Argonaut's products are currently used in pharmaceutical, agrochemical, materials science and biotechnology research laboratories worldwide.

ASTECH Projects specialise in the development and supply of advanced automation system solutions. We are leaders in innovative design providing bespoke turnkey automation solutions designed and tailored to suit each customers individual requirements. ASTECH supply to the Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Chemical & Nuclear Industries.

ATS Automation Tooling Systems - design, build, installation & integration for turnkey factory automation systems worldwide.

Aurora Biosciences Corp. offers a portfolio of automated drug discovery technologies and services that accelerate target validation and screen development. Additional high value solutions are available from diverse applications to chemical library management and ion channel screening. Aurora is a complete source for state of the art instrumentation for drug discovery and compound storage.

AutoDose is a young Swiss Hi-Tech company located in Geneva. Born in a high-tech village and graduated from a Business Incubator, AutoDose develops leading edge technologies for high precision powder dispensing. POWDERNIUM™ automates the very traditional yet tedious weighing process of solids/powders. POWDERNIUM is available in several models to accommodate volumes ranging from 0.2mg to a few hundred grams and can run unattended. The accuracy can be as high as 0.1mg.

AutoGen is a worldwide leader in automated nucleic acid processing equipment. Since 1989 AutoGen has been dedicated to the design, manufacture and distribution of innovative solutions for nucleic acid extraction from a wide variety of source materials. Our mission is to provide products with premier quality and value along with superior scientific and technical support to our clients in University, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical research laboratories.

Beckman Coulter offers a complete range of automation tools for your research applications, from modular liquid handling systems to integrated robotic systems. Whether your research takes you into genetic analysis or drug discovery, we provide you with the highest quality instrumentation, application support and exceptional service worldwide.

BioDot, Inc. manufactures a wide line of specialty equipment modules for the use in the production of rapid biodiagnostic test devices.  These equipment modules offer the flexibility needed for low-volume R & D applications or high-volume production scenarios.  Our extensive line of material handling, dispensing, and processing modules provide state of the art engineering solutions that can be customized to fit precise requirements.

BIOPHILE, Inc. introduces the first fully automated, sample management system providing secure storage and retrieval of critical samples at ultra low temperatures. This management system catalogs samples, tracks chain of custody and is functional for laboratory compliance with 21 CFR Part 11 guidelines. The BIOPHILE’s frost-free storage and retrieval system provides a simple touch screen access with internal robotic technology that can store and retrieve samples in less than 30 seconds. This innovative technology can be integrated to existing lab automation or can be used as a stand-alone system. The BIOPHILE sample management solution recognizes the value of sample integrity in the research environment and offers ultimate sample accountability, security and accessibility. The BIOPHILE System is available in -80°C, -40°C and -20°C configurations.

BioRobotics is both a pioneer and a world leader in the provision of arraying and colony picking products to the Life Sciences.  A team of engineers and biologists works together to produce cutting edge designs that offer genuine solutions to busy laboratory scientists.  Products are manufactured in an ISO9000 environment at the company's Cambridge facility.  An ongoing applications programme, implemented by the company's own laboratory team, uses the products to carry out real scientific investigations. The information generated provides valuable customer applications support, as well as being fed back into the design/development loop.

Biosero brings together a consortium of businesses into a sales and support structure that provides an ideal communication path between our customers and our business partners. Biosero offers a range of products and services, from reagents and consumables to software to instrumentation, with a focus on laboratory automation.

Biotage is a Division of Dyax Corp. and we are currently producing automated systems for the parallel purification and screening of the high number of compounds generated by combinatorial chemistry. Automated solutions include the basic Quad3 which can purify twelve fractions with twelve separate solvents in less than thiry minutes to the flagship Parallex and FLEX systems which purify and collect combinatorial arrays using an intelligent fraction collection system based on UV peak characteristics. Biotage also offers automated and semi-automated systems for production-scale HPLC and FLASH chromatography processes.

BioTX Automation, Inc. is a laboratory automation engineering company. BioTX is focused on two primary areas of opportunity: an automation platform which utilizes interchangeable tools and peripheral devices produced using BioTX’s patent pending Rapid Automation Development System (RADS) and custom engineering and design services. The RADS parts are designed using SolidWorks, are fabricated in hours utilizing a Dimension rapid prototyping printer and are made of ABS plastic. Virtually any part that will fit in an 8”x8”x12” work envelope may be fabricated using this method. BioTX has initially chosen an Epson SCARA automation platform that may be customized with our standard product line that includes snap-on end effecters and work stations for: liquid handling, plate manipulation and assay automation or may be further customized with custom RADS end effecters. BioTX Automation also provides turnkey engineered systems which address the customers’ exact needs in a timely and an inexpensive manner. By using BioTX’s RADS technology weeks can be shaved off the normal time required to automate a lab process.

Since 1975, Brandel has designed and manufactured laboratory equipment for the biomedical research industry. Dedication to user friendly, dependable and versatile solutions has earned Brandel a worldwide reputation for quality.

Caliper Life Sciences --- Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip company, offering drug discovery systems, automated electrophoresis instruments, and LabChip technology partnerships to the life sciences industry.

Carl Zeiss Jena together with the pharmaceutical company F. Hoffmann-La Roche (Basel, Schweiz), has developed an innovative screening system for Ultra High Throughput (UHTS) which sets new standards in pharmaceutical drug research:
        High-performance multimode readers offering 96-channel parallel detection of fluorescence, absorption and luminescence in 96, 384 and 1,536-well microtiter plates.
        Compact workstations and systems containing a new robust technology for the transport of microtiter plates with a throughput of > 100,000 specimens a day. The need for mechanical switching required by numerous other systems to start up a new assay is avoided, thereby increasing the effective throughput.
        User-friendly software offering simple assay programming, a process simulation before the start of the assay and visualization of the process and the measurement results during operation.
        The first UHTS system from Carl Zeiss Jena was installed at F. Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel in October 1998 and has since undergone intensive testing. It is planned to launch it onto the market in autumn of 1999.

Cartesian Technologies, Inc. manufactures innovative equipment to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical and agricultural research and development market.  Our equipment helps automate and increase the process efficiencies in areas such as drug screening, genomics, and combinatorial chemistry.

CCRI - Clinical automation and sample transport.

A complete micro-robotic platform on your inverted microscope takes you from data collection to presentation and provides on-screen computer control of stage movement, microscope focus, and Cell Robotics modules.

Cellomics, Inc., formerly BioDx, Inc., is a privately held corporation, founded in October of 1996. Cellomics Inc.’s mission is to improve the efficiency of the drug discovery process by delivering a cell-based screening platform that automates target validation and lead optimization using fluorescence-based assays. Today, the Company’s integrated platform consists of proprietary fluorescence assays, a novel, proprietary, cell-based High Content Screening (HCS) system, and bioinformatics software. Unlike traditional methods in the drug discovery process, the Company’s platform provides deep biological information (time, space, and activity) about a drug candidate’s physiological impact on specific cellular targets within living cells. This approach provides significant insight into the potential efficacy and toxicity of a drug candidate on cells before initiating animal testing and human clinical trials, thereby saving substantial time and expense. In addition, the Company co-markets an Ultra-High Throughput Screening (UHTS) system as well as the HCS system and services through an exclusive, worldwide alliance with Carl Zeiss Jena, GmbH, the world’s leader in optical instrumentation and automation. The Company is also developing the next generation, cell-based screening platform, the CellChip™ System, and the Cellomics™ Database to further optimize the drug discovery process.

CETAC is a world wide leader in sample introduction and sample pretreatment technologies for chemical analysis. CETAC and its associated companies provide a comprehensive range of product based solutions for the analysis of elements in samples ranging from drinking water and high purity acids to radio-active waste. We develop, manufacture and market a family of products and services that provide essential solutions to customers around the globe.

In 1996, Charybdis Technologies was created to design, develop, and implement the new standard in combinatorial technology and informatics, and to apply this paradigm towards the discovery of novel, potent, and effective chemical entities. We represent the synergy of science, engineering, and informatics.

CRS Automation Solutions is a global player in the fast developing laboratory automation marketplace. Through its core competencies in software, motion control and systems integration CRS provides automation solutions for companies in the life sciences and advanced manufacturing sectors.

CyBio - Modular technology platforms for automated drug research, high throughput screening, liquid handling, luminescence readers.

Discovery Partners International has become a leader in drug discovery collaborations by offering integrated services and products that span the drug discovery continuum including target characterization, high throughput screening, lead generation, lead optimization, high throughput synthesis automation, and gene expression analysis. DPI is headquartered in San Diego, California and has operations in the United States and Europe.

Dynamic Devices is an automation company with expertise in electronics, software and mechanical design that focuses on pioneering innovative solutions and personal service to the drug discovery industry. Our long history and combined experience in integration and providing integration services, grants us a unique insight into all aspects of the evolution of lab automation; from our pioneering the first commercial micro plate based fully automated screening system to our new non-gripper conveyor based platform.

Engineering Services Inc. (ESI) is engaged in new technology developments in the areas of robotics, mechatronics, and intelligent machines for industrial applications and applied research. ESI maintains links with the Robotics and Automation Laboratory and the Mechatronics Laboratory of the University of Toronto for basic research & development.

EPSON is a leading manufacturer of high precision industrial robots (over 16,000 sold) , PC based controls, machine vision systems and other Factory Automation products which are used in factories throughout the world.

EVOTEC's technologies address the fundamental changes in drug discovery brought about by the analysis of the human genome, as well as by the application of combinatorial chemistry. The uniqueness of EVOTEC's technologies is reflected in EVOscreen, an ultra-high throughput screening system. EVOscreen is based on a novel, multifaceted detection technology, and on liquid handling and sample storage systems miniaturized to operate at submicroliter volumes. This combination enables very rapid and cost-efficient development of liquid biochemical or cellular assays performing under near-native conditions.

FANUC Robotics North America, Inc. is an automation intelligence company dedicated to improving customer´s productivity. FANUC Robotics offers total automation solutions for assembly, painting, palletizing, packing, welding, dispensing, cutting, laser processing and material handling applications.

GeneMachines® engineers automated solutions for the life science community, collaborating with researchers to address instrumentation needs. Now presenting the GeneSuite™: a set of DNA tools that conquer the bottlenecks of genomic research, enabling the user to perform tasks more efficiently than ever before. Products include the RevPrep™ automated DNA purification system, the HydroShear™ DNA shearing device, the OmniGrid™ microarrayer, the Gel-2-Well™ colony/plaque picker, the HiGro™ oxygenated incubated shaker, and the PolyPlex™ oligonucleotide synthesizer.

Genetix offers the 'Q' BOT III - A unique multi-tasking robot, offering Colony Picking, Gridding and Liquid Handling.  The 'Q' BOT is an invaluable addition to any laboratory engaged in high throughput Pharmaceutical, Genomic or Bioresearch screening.

Genomic Solutions strongly believes Genomics and Proteomics require an integrated approach. To that end, the company provides instrumentation, software and related products and services for this rapidly developing research market. Genomic Solutions provides life science researchers in biopharmaceutical companies, universities and government institutions with integrated, flexible systems. This integrated, full system approach can significantly enhance productivity and improve the overall gene and drug discovery process.

Genpak, Specialist Suppliers of Reagents and Equipment For DNA Analysis

Gentra Systems, Inc. is a growth-stage life sciences company positioned as a leader in the supply of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) purification products. The Company has developed proprietary technology and products for preparing nucleic acids from biological samples used in research and clinical applications and is actively engaged in the manufacture and marketing of this technology. The potential uses for nucleic acids, the fundamental molecules of life, have expanded rapidly due to our increased understanding of gene function and regulation combined with development of new analytical techniques. In the recent past, the use of nucleic acids was limited to research applications. Now, the potential has begun to extend into commercial markets. Gentra has focused its product development and marketing on the small but growing clinical market. The Company believes that by targeting its enabling nucleic acid purification technologies to rapidly developing commercial markets, it will accelerate its opportunities for growth.

Gilson, a manufacturer of specialized analytical instrumentation for scientific research and industrial markets since the early 1950s, has developed software and instrumentation to keep pace with the most sophisticated HPLC, LC and sample preparation technology available for the laboratory.

Gira is an automated laboratory instruments specialist with over 25 years experience in the business. We design and manufacture customized laboratory and industrial systems in collaboration with clients for use in a wide variety of environments.

Global Array provides machinery and materials to upgrade your drug discovery or genetic testing lab to array tape automation: the next big breakthrough in the quest for streamlined, less expensive lab automation technology.

Hamilton Robotics specializes in the design and manufacture of instrumentation and automated systems for precision liquid handling applications in R&D, analytical chemistry and clinical laboratories. The Hamilton company’s full product line ranges from automated pipetting workstations, rail robots, syringe pumps and valves, as well as hand-held syringes and columns. Hamilton robotics has application experience available in drug candidate screening, ADME, protein digest, protein crystallization, ELISA, LC/MS sample preparation, cell biology, DNA/RNA extraction, forensics, and many other liquid handling methods. The company provides customized integration service for its workstation with other third party devices, application support and development as well as full field service and repair. It was established in 1955 and has manufacturing and R&D facilities in Reno, Nevada and Bonaduz, Switzerland.

HEL is a multinational company that manufactures turnkey reactor and calorimeter systems for process screening and optimization. Our systems run on proprietary software and hardware and incorporate robotic work-stations for liquid handling and automated sampling to HPLCs and other analytical tools. Our systems perform chemistry from a 5 ml to 100 ml scale with up to 32 reactions in parallel. The systems are available in glass or metal and have wide operating temperature and pressure ranges.

Herzog Automation Corp. is a leading supplier of manual and fully automatic sample preparation systems for spectrographic analysis, tube delivery systems for sample transport, and laboratory automation for the steel, aluminum, cement and mining industries.

Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Springfield, New Jersey, Hudson Control Group designs and builds integrated laboratory robot systems, robotic devices, and batch process control systems.  We can provide complete turnkey systems, or single components such as robots, individual stations, simple robotic workstations or dedicated devices.

Instron Corporation is a worldwide supplier of instruments, systems, software, and accessories used to evaluate the mechanical properties and performance of metals, plastics, composites, textiles, ceramics, rubber, biomedical, and adhesives. Instron systems test virtually all earth's natural and man-made materials ranging from fragile fibers to the exotic materials needed for space exploration.

Intelligent Automation Systems develops innovative answers to challenging manufacturing problems for which there are no "off the shelf" solutions. IAS designs, builds, and installs custom automation, laboratory automation, and machine vision systems.

IRORI provides leading edge combinatorial chemistry technology to the pharmaceutical industry. The AccuTag™-100 Combinatorial Chemistry System, the company's first product, was introduced in mid 1996, and is now in use at large and small pharmaceutical and drug discovery companies worldwide. Using microreactors and miniature electronic tags, a directed sorting approach to combinatorial chemistry has been implemented.

Delivering world-class sample management products and pragmatic automation solutions to our customers, Kardex Engineering continues the tradition of excellence that has been Kardex's hallmark for more than a century. We specialize in automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) that provide working storage of multiple vessel types, including plates, tubes, vials and Pico Tubes in a range of sizes and prices to accommodate any lab. Biologists and chemists in Discovery protect their samples from exposure to moisture and oxygen during processing with our line of equipment enclosures and weighing glove boxes. Our fully-automated work cells allow unattended sample processing and HTS in a contained environment, included automated cherry picking for confirmation testing. Our lab automation engineers have delivered award-winning products to the manufacturing and pharma industries at ultra-competitive pricing.

KBiosystems  manufactures robots for medium to high throughput laboratory automation. Our products include the Duncan high throughput PCR thermal cyclers, the K-Core 2D Gel cutter, the Preptide proteomics robot and the K2 and K3 colony pickers, arrayers, re-arrayers and replicators.

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Labman Automation is an innovative, dynamic, ISO9001 robotics company with over two decades of experience in manufacturing complete automated systems. Labman designs and builds unique `turnkey' systems. The range of expertise at Labman is both diverse and flexible and the modular construction and scalability of the Labman systems ensure adaptability to any application. Particular strengths include: High-throughput screening; Microarrayers; Analytical sample preparation; Powder feeding and dispensing; Weighing/labelling.

LABOTIX Automation, Inc. was established to automate labour intensive, tedious and sometimes hazardous laboratory procedures associated with pre-analytical specimen preparation for clinical testing.

LEAP Technologies, Inc. provides Front-End automation for chromatography, mass spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and other analytical techniques. We specialize in applications that demand reliability, flexibility, precision, and high throughput. Custom solutions are available for non-standard sample preparation and loading problems. We work with major chromatography and mass spectroscopy companies to provide total integrated solutions for critical automation applications.

Today's laboratories are working with a diversity of products and in a range of technologies never imagined a short time ago. Matrix Technologies is keenly aware of these advancements and has responded with a complete - and unique - product line that provides three distinctly different levels of pipetting technology to serve all your liquid handling needs. Pipetting solutions have been created for manual, "Speedamated" and automated applications.

MEKAnize Robots is an engineering-based company that manufactures robots, special equipment, and turnkey automated systems for a variety of industries including: electronics, medical, semiconductor, biotech, etc.

The PA-10 from Mitsubishi is a powerful super-lightweight 10kg robotic arm with 7-axis redundancy control that can be controlled by a PC or a built in control unit. The PA-10 is a useful addition in any research lab. It can also be used in industrial applications. Important features that make the PA-10 useful are its innovative open system and its flexibility with human arm like maneuverability.

MMB Automation has a broad range of talent and experience in designing and building automated production equipment. From integration of off the shelf equipment to highly customized hardware and software solutions, MMB Automation has what it takes to deliver. MMB has built and integrated equipment for robotic assembly, molding, machining, welding, material handling, gauging, testing and vision inspection. For turn-key, fully automated systems, equipment upgrades or stand-alone machines, be sure to contact MMB Automation.

MDS Proteomics has developed a fully automated, large-scale proteomics' platform that seamlessly fuses ultra-sensitive mass spectrometry systems, pathway biology, high-performance supercomputing, computational design and drug screening technology.

Motoman is dedicated to delivering high quality, innovative, automation solutions to help our customers to be world competitive and to provide the highest level of customer satisfaction in the automation industry. Motoman will achieve this mission by pursuing economically sound strategies which embrace continuous improvement, invention, and diversification in concert with perpetuating an entrepreneurial spirit throughout the organization and developing a deep and mutual trust with our customers, employees, vendors, and shareholders.

MTS is proud to provide our worldwide customers with a broad range of products that improve quality, stimulate innovation, and increase machine and worker productivity. We design, manufacture, market, and service computer-based systems that determine mechanical behavior characteristics and measure and automate processes. Over 30 years of experience allow us to offer our customers products and services that share common technologies. We apply our experience with these technologies to provide our customers with unique solutions to difficult problems. We focus the application of our knowledge on the following markets: Materials Testing, Vehicle Dynamics, Industrial Measurement and Automation, and Advanced Systems.

Orchid BioSciences, Inc. is a leading provider of products, services and technologies for SNP scoring and genetic diversity analyses. Orchid has developed SNP-IT, its proprietary SNP analysis technology, and markets SNPstreamTM instruments and SNPwareTM consumables that rapidly generate highly accurate, cost effective SNP information. SNP-IT is usable in environments ranging from small-scale laboratories to large commercial facilities. Its versatility also has enabled Orchid to partner with industry leaders to make SNP-IT-enabled products available on a wide variety of instrument platforms. Orchid also provides high throughput SNP scoring services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic customers through its MegaSNPatron facility, and DNA testing through its GeneScreen facilities that conduct paternity, forensics and transplantation testing. Through its Pharmaceutical Value Creation business, Orchid also seeks to identify proprietary medical applications of SNPs. More information on Orchid can be found at its web site www.orchid.com.

Panasonic Factory Automation markets a full line of factory automation equipment, including Panasert automatic insertion and SMT placement machines; CIM software; Create advanced electronic assembly equipment; Panarobo assembly and arc welding robots, arc and resistance welders; and Panasonic Electronic Measuring Systems , and newly-introduced precision equipment. By integrating these technologies, we are able to meet the complex needs of today's changing factories and ever-more-changing global marketplace.

PerkinElmer Life Sciences supplies products, services and technologies for functional genomics, high throughput screening and drug discovery as well as for clinical screening. Customers throughout the world are involved in a broad range of research efforts connected with the treatment and cure of disease. Such efforts range from discovering specific genes and understanding their function, to identifying the biological targets for new drugs, as well as screening for new drug candidates. Clinical screening programs carried out by our customers also serve to alleviate or prevent disease by identifying those members of the population most at risk later in their lives. PerkinElmer is a critical partner to both scientists and clinicians who are working to improve human health.

Personal Chemistry, developer of Coherent Synthesis™, is bringing new, faster solutions for lead optimization to the pharmaceutical industry.  Coherent Synthesis™ offers faster chemistry developments in the post-genomic era.  The Smith Workstation™ makes tomorrow’s discoveries possible today.

Production Robotics, Incorporated provides state-of-the-art manufacturing and process equipment and production-hardened product design. Production Robotics has served manufacturers since 1986 by providing the finest specially-engineered machinery and product development service available. We provide reliable contract engineering and manufacturing service to clients in the biotechnology, diagnostics, microsurgery, pharmaceutical packaging, food processing, electronics manufacturing and automotive industries and are ready to contribute to your industry.

QIAGEN Instruments is a new division of QIAGEN formed from a union between the QIAGEN Automation Group and Rosys AG. This union brings together hardware engineering expertise, top-class production facilities, and experience in automating nucleic acid and protein processing, and liquid handling. All aspects of QIAGEN automation - hardware, software, applications, and support - are now under one roof, enabling QIAGEN Instruments to provide complete system support before, during, and after the purchase of an automated system. QIAGEN Molecular Biology Workstations automate liquid handling and sample processing for life science applications. The new BioRobot 8000 features innovative, patent-pending technologies for fully automated nucleic acid purification and liquid handling such as reaction setup. This system allows rapid processing and routine use of 384-well formats.  Custom-designed BioRobot 3000 workstations are tailor-made to specific application requirements. The flexible, modular design allows adaptations to be made easily and provides unlimited application flexibility.  The BioRobot 9604 is specifically designed to automate nucleic acid purification from clinical samples and cell cultures. High-quality nucleic acids are ready to use in the most demanding and sensitive downstream assays performed by laboratories involved in molecular diagnostics and drug discovery.

REMP, Switzerland Specializing in laboratory automation and robotics, REMP supplies solutions for compound storage and retrieval, compound cherry-picking, plate replication and re-formatting, automated powder dosing, environmental conditioning, and plate heat sealing and piercing applications. It also provides consumables, accessories and service to complete its customer-focused offering.

Rixan is the North American Distributor of Mitsubishi Robots. These robots are widely used in laboratories to do sample preparation, dissolutions, machine tending and material movement.

Robbins Scientific is a leading manufacturer and marketer of laboratory equipment and specialty labware for HLA/tissue typing, molecular biology, high-throughput genomics, drug candidate screening and chemical synthesis worldwide.

Robocon Inc. with offices in Vienna, Austria and Plymouth Meeting near Philadelphia, PA., specializes in laboratory automation for pharmaceutical research, biotechnology and medical/veterinarian diagnostics.

RoboDesign International develops and manufactures automation solutions for the biotech industry, and offers complete engineering consulting services. Founded in 1997, RoboDesign redefines DNA printing technology by incorporating next-generation DNA microarrayers in our DNA vision systems. Our fully equipped manufacturing facility is located in Carlsbad, California near the Palomar Airport.

Robotic Industries Association, founded in 1974, is North America's only trade association focused exclusively on robotics. Members include leading industrial robot manufacturers, robot system integrators, end users of robots, suppliers of robotic peripherals, robot research companies, robotics schools and universities, and financial firms tracking robotics. RIA sponsors robotics trade shows & conferences, publishes robotics books, collects robotics industry statistics, and develops standards on issues such as robot safety.

Robosoft, a supplier of Advanced Robotic Solutions since 1985, manufactures and distributes ready-to-use, powerful and expandable robotic equipments allowing researchers to carry out their developments and experimentations, whatever field they are involved, without worrying about hardware development neither software tools.

RoboSynthon, Inc., manufactures the MultiReactor^TM. The MultiReactor^TM is the first and the cornerstone of a line of combinatorial chemistry workstations for parallel organic synthesis. The MultiReactor^TM allows chemists to synthesize twenty-four reactions simultaneously with precise temperature and magnetic stirring in all tubes.

The MagNA Pure LC from Roche Diagnostics, a new system from the innovators of the LightCycler, provides the solution for all real-time PCR formats and other applications where rapid, automated precision is a must.

RoboDesign designs and manufactures lab automation products and custom engineering solutions for biotech, laboratory, and semiconductor automation equipment and robotics, including the latest protein crystal growth integrated storage, retrieval, and imaging systems and crystal scoring software. RoboDesign’s products enable researchers to quickly capture and analyze reliable data for functional genomics, biomolecular structure study, and proteome analysis.

Rohasys have been involved for many years in the field of laboratories and automation. This combination of experience and expertise is used to create automated applications for laboratories. using our experience we have been able to design a range of standard products to automate many applications widely used in laboratories. If one of our standard products is not appropriate for your specific application, Rohasys can design a bespoke product involving the research, design, engineering, manufacture and maintenance.

Sankyo Robotics is a worldwide provider of precision, industrial robot systems for the assembly, handling, fabrication and positioning of small parts, typically weighing in the 1 to 10 Kg range. Having sold its first commercial robot system in 1981, Sankyo has since installed over 12,000 robot systems worldwide, including over 3,500 through an OEM relationship with IBM. Sankyo's robots have been very successfully installed in many different industries, including automotive, electronics, computer, semiconductor, and medical.

Scinomix is an engineering and software company providing automation, laboratory information management system modules and consumable product design to the Biotech industry.

Stäubli's experience in robotics goes back to 1982 when it became a successful distributor for Unimation, the world's first industrial robot company. At the end of 1988, Stäubli purchased Unimation from Westinghouse forming today's Stäubli Unimation. In 1992, following three years of Research & Development, Stäubli Unimation launched the RX series of six axis robots. Robotics Operations are centered in an ISO 9001 certified facility located in Faverges, in the heart of the French Alps. Production capacity was recently doubled to reach 1,400 robots annually. Today, over 7,000 Stäubli Unimation robots have been installed worldwide.

ST Robotics was created in England in 1985 with the objective of producing standard "bench top robots". Commercial activities have brought us in to contact with many non standard applications and this experience has been invaluable for development of reliable performance enhancing technology.  Besides the bench top robots R16 and R17 and the bench top version of the Cartesian R15 we now make much larger Cartesian R15 robots with high speeds and payloads including gantry format robots.

Under the brand name TECAN a large portfolio of instruments and systems is marketed. Originally TECAN AG (Hombrechtikon, Switzerland) was the synonym for Robotic Sample Processors for automated liquid handling while SLT (Salzburg, Austria), acquired by TECAN in 1988, was a leading manufacturer of Microplate equipment such as Readers and Washers. Stand alone microplate and liquid handling instruments are supplied by TECAN, which now acts as a single unit. These instruments can be integrated into systems, either immediately or at a later stage, as our customers automation needs change.

The Automation Partnership produces and supports a range of unique automated systems aimed at the business needs of the world-wide pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. We have a successful track record in automating and integrating processes for cell culture, compound and sample management, liquid handling and ultra high throughput screening.

The Technology Partnership has been supplying advanced products used in drug discovery to the pharmaceutical industry for over 10 years. This has included compound storage and retrieval systems, the latest of which is comPOUND; automated compound synthesis systems (Myriad); high throughput screening systems (Acumen); and ACE, a next generation solution for drug discovery and knowledge management.

TekCel is a rapidly growing automation supplier for the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Marketplace. We are an entrepreneurial company driven by a determination for excellence and innovation. Fundamental to TekCel's vision and mission is using vertical space to make all of our products small, mobile and lower priced than competitive systems with the same functionality. TekCel product solutions have unprecedented functionality in the smallest footprint in the market. TekCel manufactures a family of self-contained robotic workbenches, which we call TekBenches™. These products include: Liquid Handling and Assay Development, Assay TekBench, Automated Microplate Sealing/Resealing, SealTite™ Microplate Cover, Storage and Retrieval System, PlateServer, and PlateStore.

Tekmar-Dohrmann's offers sample preparation and analysis technologies, including: Purge and Trap, Headspace, Air Analysis, Total Organic Carbons (TOC), Solid Phase Extraction (SPE), Laboratory Products.

Thames Engineering and Design, LLC. has developed many custom designs for sample preparation and microplate handling systems for integrations with existing liquid handling systems with the focus on throughput and high reliability. We build elevated multiple microplate hotels, high speed stepping conveyors, heating and cooling devices and controls, custom software developments, original image processing, and full automated systems to your specs.

Titertek Instruments, Inc. is a new company with 30 years of experience and a world renowned name! It was formed in early 1996 as the result of an employee buy-out of the ICN Biomedicals Instrument Division. Titertek supplies products for assay processing, sample handling, kit production and end-point detection to diagnostics manufacturers, clinical and research laboratories, and pharmaceutical companies. 

Tomtec is a leading company with over 30 years of experience in laboratory instrumentation. Tomtec manufactures a complete line of liquid handling systems including harvesters, 96-well pipetters, 384-well pipetters, plate washers, and robotic components and systems.

Torcon Instruments Inc. - "Automating Your Ideas"

Universal Technology Inc. is a North American-based supplier of turn-key automated systems, specializing in vertical and narrow-aisle storage & retrieval solutions. With its experienced team of engineers, UTI can provide an "off-the-shelf" or a customized solution to satisfy a customer's needs.

Velocity11 designs, manufactures and distributes high qulaity, industrial scale lab automation solutions to the life sciences and genomics industries.  We have developed a suite of high performance lab automation tools that deliver a quantum improvement in the throughput and efficiency of today's laboratories.

Zinsser-Analytic supplies a range of sophisticated systems and solutions for applications in biotechnology, modern drug discovery, combinatorial chemistry, screening and synthesis, and standard laboratory automation. As a customer you get reliable hardware and excellent software and premium support backed by 30 years accumulated experience in automation and liquid handling.

Bio Online Corporate Biotech provides information concerning companies in and serving the life sciences industries.

Bioportfolio Limited intends to establish an interactive, one-stop location on global biotechnology activities. To date we have identified over 300 companies starting with "A" to "E", of which 170 are linked to their respective web site and 110 to NASDAQ. Over the next three months we anticipate that over 2500 companies will be listed on Bio-Corporate and that several companies and organisations will be actively participating in our BioLogo scheme, Bio-Wire, Bio-Vacancy and Bio-Mart services.

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