Tecan Group successfully completes acquisition of Sias

Männedorf, Switzerland, November 30, 2015 – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Sias to further expand its Partnering Business. On October 27, 2015, Tecan announced that it had reached agreement with the majority shareholders of Sias to acquire Sias AG, a leading OEM supplier of a wide range of modular and complete laboratory automation solutions. From December 1, 2015, Sias will be included in the consolidated financial statements of the Tecan Group as a part of the Partnering Business segment.

About Tecan
Tecan (www.tecan.com) is a leading global provider of laboratory instruments and solutions in biopharmaceuticals, forensics and clinical diagnostics. The company specializes in the development, production and distribution of automated workflow solutions for laboratories in the life sciences sector. Its clients include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, university research departments, forensic and diagnostic laboratories. As an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), Tecan is also a leader in developing and manufacturing OEM instruments and components that are then distributed by partner companies. Founded in Switzerland in 1980, the company has manufacturing, research and development sites in both Europe and North America and maintains a sales and service network in 52 countries. In 2014, Tecan generated sales of CHF 400 million (USD 437 million; EUR 331 million). Registered shares of Tecan Group are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange (TECN; ISIN CH0012100191).

For further information:

Tecan Group
Martin Brändle
Vice President, Communications & Investor Relations
Tel. +41 (0) 44 922 84 30
Fax +41 (0) 44 922 88 89
investor@tecan.com
www.tecan.com

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Next Gen Sequencing and Tecan`s basement

Tecan is a market leader in lab robotics, builds swiss quality pipetting stations (and more) and always complies with the wish of their customers! High-Tech is what`s inside of their products and people are aware of this fact!

But the most important, unsolved question about this company is: What`s in Tecan`s basement?

There are few rumours about this one, but nothing was approved officially:

• A candy shop


• A refugees camp


• Iron Man`s personal fitness studio


• A swiss bunker basement

But let`s stop kidding for a moment see the recent invention of Tecan:

NGS sample preparation

Next generation sequencing (NGS) technology is advancing at an unprecedented speed. The ever increasing throughput of NGS instruments, combined with the option to multiplex more and more samples, means that sample preparation has become a bottleneck in many laboratories.

Automation of NGS sample preparation on the Tecan Freedom EVO® NGS workstation increases throughput and reproducibility, guiding the user through each step of protocol selection and worktable set-up with the TouchTools™ operator interface.

Working in collaboration with key research centers and NGS sample preparation kit vendors (including Illumina® , Kapa Biosystems and Thermo Fisher Scientific), Tecan has developed and optimized automated NGS sample preparation protocols which have been tested and verified to ensure excellent performance in any laboratory.

If you want to know more about this topic, just hit the link and read the same things (+ a bit more) at Tecan`s Website

Just tell us in the comments, what YOU think is in Tecan`s basement...

 

Next Gen Sequencing and Tecan`s basement

With kind regards to Tecan Männedorf, I write this post about the

HP D300 Digital Dispenser

This device was manufactured within a cooperation between Tecan and Hewlett Packard and is a new kind of technology. Dispensing Liquid in very small volume ranges, combined with high-precision is the final product of this companies. The outcome of this project is a completely maintenance free device with cartridges you know from various inkjet printers. A very interesting solution you definitely should look into.

Copy from Tecan Landing Page:

The HP D300 Digital Dispenser offers a simple method to generate dose response curves which eliminates serial dilution by offering picoliter to microliter non-contact dispensing of drug candidates directly into your assay plate. From small molecules in DMSO to biomolecules in surfactant-containing aqueous solutions, the HP D300 delivers high quality, low volume dispensing.

Using HP’s Direct Digital Dispensing technology, this convenient benchtop solution requires almost no set up time and single use T8+ and D4+ Dispenseheads virtually eliminate the risk of cross-contamination. Backfilling can also be carried out easily and accurately. It allows rapid delivery of any dose to any well, saving time, minimizing waste of valuable samples and accelerating drug discovery.

HP D300 Digital Dispenser