| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LabSmith and Micronit Team up to Manufacture Standardized
Microfluidics LabSmith, Inc. and Micronit Microfluidics BV have announced that they have teamed up to offer complete solutions for microfluidics research. This cooperative effort brings together Micronit’s lab-on-a-chip expertise with LabSmith’s electronics and fluid routing products, creating a complete set-up of integrated MEMS and microfluidics components. “Highly compatible components are essential for accelerating the pace of microfluidic research,” said Ronny van ‘t Oever, CTO of Micronit. “As our microfluidic devices work effortlessly with LabSmith’s sequencing technology, together we are leading the way toward standardizing components for use throughout the industry.” “LabSmith and Micronit intend to help researchers focus their efforts on generating science, rather than building test setups,“ said Eric Cummings, President of LabSmith. “A large percentage of research time is spent piecing together components from multiple vendors, which by and large adhere to no standards. Our off-the-shelf, ready-to-use hardware and software products speed system development, greatly improving the efficiency of laboratories in a wide range of fields.” Micronit, based in Enschede, The Netherlands, is an independent supplier of glass microfluidic devices and interconnections, structured wafers, and lab-on-chip technologies, offering services from prototype development to high volume manufacturing. www.micronit.com. LabSmith, based in Livermore, California, designs and manufactures microfluidic fluid routing and interconnection components, high voltage power supply and sequencing products, and video microscopes for MEMS and microfluidic research. www.labsmith.com. For more information please contact: LabSmith: 1 (925) 292-5161, info@labsmith.com. Micronit: +31 53 850 6 850, info@micronit.com. |