News

January

• BioTek Instruments and Global Cell Solutions Collaborate at LabAutomation2010
  January 25, 2010
  
  BioTek Instruments, Inc., and Global Cell Solutions, Inc., (GCS) announce a formal collaboration for the coming year at LabAutomation 2010. The poster Automation of a Microplate Cell-based Assay to Measure Activity of the Histamine H1 G Protein-coupled Receptor Using a Novel 3-D Cell Culture Technique is the first in a series of collaborative publications detailing the use of BioTek’s microplate instrumentation for various cell-based assays.
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• BioTek Welcomes Sean Jordan as Service Director
  January 25, 2010
  
  BioTek Instruments is pleased to announce that Mr. Sean Jordan has accepted the position of Service Director at the company. Mr. Jordan’s responsibilities will include supporting all of BioTek’s customers and distribution partners in service, technical support, technical training and more. "BioTek Service has been growing at a remarkable rate over the past few years, while maintaining very high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty," noted Mr. Peter Weith, Vice President of Marketing, Sales and Service. "Sean’s understanding, experience and enthusiasm will ensure that we continue on this track, now and into the future."
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• Brad Larson Promoted to Principal Scientist at BioTek Instruments
  January 22, 2010
  
  BioTek Instruments, Inc. announces Brad Larson’s promotion to Principal Scientist. Mr. Larson will continue to develop BioTek’s scientific presence in life science and drug discovery markets, and reports to Peter Banks, Scientific Director.
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• BioTek Instruments Achieves Record Sales Growth, Community Awards in 2009
  January 21, 2010
  
  BioTek Instruments, Inc., a leader in microplate instrumentation technology, announced 13% sales growth for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, which significantly outpaced the overall laboratory instrumentation market, which contracted during the same period. An extremely strong December performance contributed to a record-breaking fourth quarter, and year, for the Company.
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• READ, WASH, DISPENSE & AUTOMATE with BioTek Instruments at LabAutomation 2010
  January 7, 2010
  
  Platinum Sponsor BioTek Instruments, Inc., will attend LabAutomation 2010 on January 23-27, 2010 in Palm Springs, California. Their READ, WASH, DISPENSE, AUTOMATE theme exemplifies the full line of microplate technology solutions that will be demonstrated at their booth, as well as a variety of informative presentations throughout the conference.
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• BioTek Instruments Expands into Switzerland
  January 6, 2010
  
  BioTek Instruments announces the establishment of its newest European direct sales and service organization, BioTek Instruments (Switzerland) GmbH. BioTek Switzerland was created from a previous partnership with Witec AG in Littau, Switzerland and will be managed by Margrit Limacher, Witec’s founder. Ms. Limacher will also continue management of the existing Witec AG with their focus on life science products at the same location.
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