Männedorf, Switzerland, 29 July 2003:  Tecan, a leading player in the Life Sciences supply industry, recently published the second issue of the company's international customer magazine, Tecan Journal. As a leading company for liquid handling and laboratory automation solutions, Tecan gives interested readers access to information that helps them improve the efficiency of their daily laboratory work.

Through this journal, Tecan offers a broad overview of innovative solutions in laboratory automation and also presents new technologies and products. Each edition is available in English and German and  includes articles describing novel applications used by Tecan's customers. The first issue described an automated method of genotyping to improve drug safety, and the Quadriga system for sample analysis installed in the laboratories of the Blood-Donation Center in Bern (Switzerland).

The second issue of the international Tecan Journal is dedicated to Tecan's new state-of-the-art automation platform, the Freedom EVO. Readers will not only find a description of the features, but also a background article on the development of this exciting new platform. In addition, this issue contains again interesting articles with examples of applications running in laboratories of customers out of Tecan's four business areas Genomics, Proteomics, Drug Discovery and Clinical Diagnostics.

Each Tecan Journal contains further useful information on Tecan's customer support, exciting news stories and tips related to laboratory automation. Short news items and a calendar of exhibitions and conferences make the Tecan Journal a 'must read' for all researchers using or considering laboratory automation.

We want to help our clients improve the efficiency of their day-to-day laboratory work and keep readers up to date on our latest products", says Jan Timmers, Head of Business Areas Biopharma and Clinical Diagnostics, "Last year, Tecan developed and launched more products than ever in its twenty year history and the recent launch of Freedom EVO demonstrates that we are continuing our efforts in research and development at the same level. The Tecan Journal allows our customers to receive the latest, up to date information on all news about Tecan, its products and their applications."  

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Product information:

Tecan Group Ltd.
Cornelia Kegele
Manager Marketing Communications and Branding
Tel.: +41 (0)44 922 81 11
Fax: +41 (0)44 922 82 81
e-mail: cornelia.kegele@tecan.com
Internet:www.tecan.com

Editorial contact:

Northbank Communications
Stefan Platz
Account Manager
Tel.: +49 (0)89 1895 7057
e-mail: s.platz@northbankcommunications.com