Tecan, one of the world’s leading players in the growing life sciences industry, will be demonstrating a range of its latest products for genomics, proteomics, drug discovery and clinical diagnostic applications at the Analytica trade fair in Munich on 25-28 April 2006, at Hall B1, stand number 211/310.

Visitors will be able to witness Tecan’s Freedom EVO® 200 liquid handling workstation with its new multichannel arm, a second Freedom EVO with two liquid handling (LiHa) arms that act completely independently, and the Te-MO™ multichannel pipetting module. Also on show will be the Freedom EVO 75, now also available with robotic manipulator arm, and the Aquarius™ automated multichannel pipetting system.

Tecan’s new Infinite™ 200 series of flexible, upgradeable microplate readers will be demonstrated on the stand, with the versatile Sunrise™ absorbance microplate reader and the monochromator-based Safire2™ microplate detection system. The PW384™ microplate washer and the Columbus Pro™ high-performance strip-washer will also be available, as well as the HS 400™ Pro fully automated hybridization station and the high sensitivity LS Scanner from Tecan’s microarray suite.

About Tecan

Tecan (www.tecan.com) is a leading global player in the Life Sciences supply industry specializing in the development, production, and distribution of advanced automation solutions enabling pharma and academic research, diagnostics, food and veterinary research as well as forensics. Through its REMP subsidiary (www.remp.com), Tecan is the leading supplier of compound and sample storage, management and logistics solutions. Tecan clients are pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, university research departments and diagnostic laboratories. Founded in Switzerland in 1980, the company has manufacturing, research and development sites in both North America and Europe and maintains a sales and service network in 52 countries. In 2005, Tecan achieved sales of CHF 344.9 million (USD 275.9 Mio.; EUR 222.5 Mio.). Registered shares of Tecan Group are traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange (TK: TECN / Reuters: TECZn.S / Valor: 1210019).

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Tecan Switzerland AG
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