International Biotech 2003 and Lab Automation Europe Exhibitor Profiles.

Business Editors/Biotechnology Writers

International Biotech 2003

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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 2003

International Biotech 2003 takes place November 25-26 at the Olympia, London. The event is co-located with Lab Automation Europe. For in-depth information about both events visit http://www.internationalbiotech.com/ and http://www.labautomationeurope.com/.

Below are profiles from International Biotech and Lab Automation Europe exhibitors. Breaking news releases and announcements are available at http://www.tradeshownews.com, Business Wire's trade show and conference news resource. Business Wire is the official news wire for International Biotech 2003.

Show:  International Biotech 2003
Company: Anachem Lifescience
Booth/Stand: B204
Public Relations Contact: Carole Staniford
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.anachemlifescience.co.uk
Link To Your Press Area URL:
http://www.internationalbiotech.com/exhibDetails.asp?exhibName=Anachem

Anachem Life Science is the UK's leading pipette service and
supply organisation, synonymous with the renowned Gilson Pipetman(R)
and Rainin brand liquid handling products.

Our extensive range of laboratory equipment from quality suppliers
includes variable volume air-displacement manual and electronic
pipettes, multichannel and positive displacement pipettes for all life
science applications. These are complemented by quality pipette tips,
available with sterile and aerosol resistant filter tip options in a
wide choice of packaging systems such as Tower Pack, SpaceSaver and
StableRak tip racks. Our other precision plastic consumables include
microtubes, tube racks, PCR plates and deep well plates from TreffLab,
SSI Inc. and Sorenson. With over 30 years experience, our Liquid
Handling Service group provides real expertise in pipette service and
calibration through its UKAS accredited LifeTime PipetteCare
programme.

Show:  International Biotech 2003
Company:  Animal Health Trust
Booth/Stand: B342
Public Relations Contact:  Dr Pamela Nunez
Investor Relations Contact:  Mr Keith Reid
Phone:  [phone]
E-mail:  [e-mail]
Web:  http://www.aht.org.uk

We are an independent institute and registered charity,
internationally recognized for our clinical and scientific research.
We develop new technology for improving diagnosis, prevention and cure
of inherited, infectious and non-infectious diseases. We also deliver
integrated clinical and diagnostic services and provide post-graduate
training.

Multidisciplinary teams investigate disease at the molecular,
cellular, whole animal and population level. State of the art
equipment and resources, including our sophisticated contained
environment facility for vaccine studies, ensure we are in an
excellent position to offer a broad portfolio of services including
diagnostic techniques, clinical trials, epidemiological
investigations, genetic screening, fitness assessment, pathological
studies and consultancy.

Show: International Biotech 2003
Company: Associated Laboratory Services (UK) Ltd
Booth/Stand: GAMBICA Pavilion.
Public Relations contact: Mr Neil Hancox
Telephone Number: 01376 322938
Fax Number: 01376 552106
E mail address: [e-mail]
Web Site: www.als-uk-ltd.com

Associated Laboratory Services (UK) Ltd specialise in the design,
manufacture and installation of modern laboratory facilities
throughout the market sector. Our products include laboratory
benching, fume cupboards, controlled environment rooms and cold rooms,
all of which are manufactured and installed directly by our own
employees.

We also supply filtered fume cupboards, and have recently been
appointed as approved suppliers of the "Alsident" range of extraction
products.

Our involvement in a project is tailored to suit the clients'
particular requirement, ranging from installation work only, through
to complete project management.

Show:  International Biotech / Lab Automation 2003
Company: CEM (Microwave Technology) Ltd
Booth/Stand: LA326
Public Relations Contact: David Lofty
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.cemsynthesis.com

CEM is the world's leading provider of microwave laboratory
instrumentation for life sciences, analytical laboratories and
processing plants worldwide.

Utilising microwave energy gives a significant decrease in
reaction times and a vast improvement in yield. Such discoveries have
led to an influx of new applications in organic and protein chemistry.

As a result CEM have expanded their successful range of life
science products by introducing ODYSSEY, an innovative microwave
peptide synthesiser, and NAVIGATOR, the new Microwave Compound
Factory.

These systems complement the DISCOVER low cost microwave
synthesiser (the most popular system used within the pharmaceutical
industry), and the EXPLORER automated batch synthesiser.

Show:  International Biotech 2003
Company: Dynal Biotech
Booth/Stand: B422
Public Relations Contact: Marianne Thoresen, Marketing Communications
Manager
Investor Relations Contact: Jon Hindar, President, CEO
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.dynalbiotech.com

Pioneer of biomagnetic separation technology, with quality
products based upon the world renowned Dynabeads. The monosized beads
improve sample preparation and handling of biological material (e.g.
cells, proteins and nucleic acids), and are ideal in automated systems
(e.g. immunoassays, DNA/RNA diagnostics).

Dynabeads are manufactured to meet regulatory requirements, and
provide a superior level of sensitivity, excellent kinetics and
absolute reproducibility. Dynabeads are widely used in genomic and
proteomic technology developments in diagnostics, therapy, drug
discovery as well as research environments.

A brand new product will be launched at the meeting: Dynabeads(R)
TALON(TM) -- for the isolation of histidine-tagged recombinant
proteins.

Show: International Biotech 2003
Company: Electrolab Limited
Booth/Stand: B501
Public Relations Contact: Jim Milne
Investor Relations Contact: Jim Milne
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.electrolab.co.uk

Electrolab are established in the design and manufacture of
laboratory fermenters and associated equipment.

Our products are designed using the latest technology, whilst
retaining quality engineering practice to provide sophisticated,
reliable and easy-to-use equipment.

Understanding your fermentation needs, we provide solutions to
meet your application by innovative use of our wealth of engineering
expertise and an unparalleled individual approach, supported by
responsive service and back-up.

Trading worldwide, having sold to over 20 countries outside the
EU, we have one of the world's largest single-manufacturer
installations, with over 200 fermenters at Pfizers in the UK.

Show:  International Biotech 2003
Company: Grant Instruments (Cambridge) Ltd
Booth/Stand: B501 (Gambica Pavilion)
Public Relations Contact: Sue Taylor
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.grant.co.uk

At International Biotech 2003, Grant Instruments, the UK leader in
the design and manufacture of temperature controlled laboratory
equipment unveils for the first time in the UK an exciting new range
of products for rocking, shaking, mixing and spinning applications.
Marketed under the Grant-bio brand name, these sample preparation
instruments are designed to occupy the minimum of bench-space and are
very affordably priced - the ideal choice for a personal product!

The Grant-bio series comprises 3D and vertical rotators, vortex
mixer and combined centrifuge/vortexers, two dry block coolers and two
thermo-shakers, a mini platform rocker and a microplate shaker. So
don't miss out ...find out more and visit us on the Gambica Pavilion,
stand B501.

Show:  International Biotech 2003
Company:  ILMVAC
Booth/Stand:  IB 601
Media Relations Contact:  Angus Willis
Phone:  [phone]
E-mail:  [e-mail]
Company URL:  www.ilmvac.co.uk

ILMVAC is a major innovator in vacuum technology for research and
industry. Our history of vacuum pump and laboratory equipment
manufacture combined with our use of latest manufacturing technology
guarantees a superior product. Chemically resistant vacuum production
is our specialty. ILMVAC will be exhibiting; ILMDEST, a complete
solution for distillation which replaces the rotary evaporator, and
BIOVAC, the safe and effective way to aspirate hazardous liquids In
addition our range includes dry running chemically resistant scroll
and diaphragm pumps, intelligent laboratory vacuum systems, networked
vacuum systems for multiple users rotary vane and turbo-molecular
pumps.

Show:  International Biotech 2003
Company: London Technology Network
Booth/Stand: TT2 in Technology Transfer & Innovation Zone
Public Relations Contact: Jay O'Connor, Fuse PR
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.ltnetwork.org

London Technology Network is a not for profit, government-funded
initiative that enables technology intensive companies worldwide to
engage effectively with London's universities. LTN's technology
consultants are experienced industry practitioners specialising in
hardware, software, product engineering, informatics and life science,
who assist London's higher education institutes to turn their ideas
into action.

LTN has recruited over 100 'Business Fellows' from London's top
university departments and has provided them with training on
technology transfer. LTN also hosts networking seminars on a range of
topics, to bring together academic and industry technologists and
demonstrate the breadth and quality of London research.

Show:  International Biotech 2003
Company: Omnifit / Bio-Chem Valve
Booth/Stand: IB223
Public Relations Contact: Susan Burton
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.omnifit.com

Inert fluid handling specialists Omnifit and Bio-Chem Valve will
be showcasing their extensive range of high purity chromatography
columns, connectors, bottle caps, solenoid valves and pumps.

Omnifit's sales and marketing organisation was recently merged
with that of Bio-Chem Valve, its sister company within the Halma
Group. The combined product lines now provide a complete range of
inert components for OEM and end-user fluid handling applications.

Particular prominence at this year's show will be given to
Omnifit's new liquid chromatography columns. Ideal for bio-separations
and other analytical and semi-preparative laboratory applications,
they are also suitable for general research and production use.

Show:  Lab Automation Europe
Company: Personal Chemistry Limited
Booth/Stand:  LA400
Public Relations Contact: Steve Evans
Investor Relations Contact: Steve Evans
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.personalchemistry.com

Personal Chemistry is the market leader in microwave synthesis.
Our instruments and optimized synthesis methods address the needs of
medicinal chemistry. We are exhibiting our latest instrument, Emrys
Optimizer EXP. This is a multi-user microwave synthesizer for speeding
up organic synthesis by up to 1,000 times, and is capable of scaling
up organic synthesis from milligrams to 10's of grams. Please come and
see us at our booth number LA400.

Show:  International Biotech 2003
Company: Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Booth/Stand: B500
Public Relations Contact: James Parry
Investor Relations Contact: Mark Shelton
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.scientific-labs.com

Scientific Laboratory Supplies a British company and one of the
largest suppliers of laboratory equipment and consumables in the UK.
Their 800 page catalogue is augmented by a national field sales force
and by dedicated specialist publications for ranges such as Nunc, SLS
Select Disposables and now SLS Chemicals. They will be exhibiting
exclusive and key line products from Integra, Micronic, RS Biotech,
IKA, Nunc, Nalgene, Glovco, Gosellin, Watson Marlow, Select and their
own chemical range. See the new CELLline II from Integra for the first
time, as it will be launched at the show and complimented with a
seminar.

Show:  International Biotech 2003
Company:  Shield Medicare Ltd
Booth/Stand:  B430
Public Relations Contact: Gina Froud
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.shieldmedicare.com

Shield Medicare delivers specialist sterile contamination control
products to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device
industries worldwide. Shield Medicare is a market leader, possessing
proven expertise, extensive processing capability and a well-deserved
reputation for innovation.

Shield Medicare develops products to meet the needs of its
customers, including the patented SteriShield Delivery System -- a
trigger spray system that preserves the sterility of the contents
throughout use.

The company offers an extensive range of cleanroom and critical
area contamination control products including alcohols, sporicides,
cleaning systems, wipes, training kits and sterile component
multi-packs.

Show:  International Biotech 2003
Company: Sidec Technologies
Booth/Stand: B514
Public Relations Contact: Ms. Malin Engstrom
Phone: [phone]
Investor Relations Contact: Mr. Gosta Sjoholm
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.sidectech.com

Sidec provides solutions for the study of protein conformation and
interactions, based on the company's proprietary 3-D imaging
technology. Sidec(TM) Electron Tomography (SET) allows for
characterization of proteins in a "frozen moment in time" by
reconstructing several individual molecules, from cells or a buffer
solution. Initially, the company will focus on protein
characterization for the pharmaceutical industry. The technology is
offered for contract research, where experimental results based on 3-D
images are delivered from client samples. The company is located in
Stockholm, Sweden and main investors are Karolinska Investment Fund
and The Swedish Industrial Development Fund.

Show:  Lab Automation Europe
Company: TekCel, Inc.
Booth/Stand: A404
Public Relations Contacts:  Neil Bason, [phone],
[e-mail] or Anna L. Barcelos,
+001 508-544-7000, ext. 233, [e-mail]
Investor Relations Contact: David Frank, CFO
Phone:  [phone]
E-mail:  [e-mail]
Web:  http://www.tekcel.com
Link To Your Press Area URL:
http://www.tekcel.com/newsroom/index.htm

TekCel, Inc. is a leading innovator of laboratory automation for
Life Science research. TekCel's solutions yield dramatic improvements
in efficiency and effectiveness by automating manual processes,
integrating applications and maximizing process controls to ensure
biological and chemical sample integrity and resulting data fidelity.
TekCel's modular, scalable, environmentally controlled family of
products allow you to invest in what you need today and seamlessly
scale up to meet your future growth. Solutions include sample
management automation-Plate Management System, Tube Management System;
liquid handling platforms-TekBench(TM), TekBench-SP(TM); software and
proprietary consumables addressing researchers' needs from archive
compound storage through screening result.

Company:  Thermo Electron Corporation
Booth/Stand:  130

Thermo Electron Corporation, the world's leading maker of
high-tech instruments, provides instruments, equipment, software and
solutions that help laboratory and industrial customers advance
scientific knowledge, enable drug discovery, improve manufacturing
processes and protect people and the environment.

The combined forum of International Biotech and Lab Automation
Europe provides the ideal opportunity for Thermo to highlight its
broad range of life and laboratory instrumentation and integrated
technology.

On stand no 130, Thermo will be exhibiting our latest technology
for the automation and biotech market. This will include a number of
new products including low volume dispensers and the latest multi
technology reader as well as the market leading Thermo suite of
informatics systems.

Show:  International Biotech 2003
Company: VACUUBRAND GMBH + CO KG,
Booth/Stand: B 530
Public Relations Contact: Edward Gill
Phone: ++ 44 1280 700061
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.vacuubrand.com

VACUUBRAND has more than 40 years experience in manufacturing
vacuum generating and measuring equipment. Our company offers,
world-wide, the most comprehensive range of customer oriented
laboratory and instrumentation size vacuum pumps, gauges and
controllers for the rough and medium-high vacuum range. The product
range comprises high performance rotary vane pumps, oil-free diaphragm
pumps, well proven pumping units, flexible vacuum systems and local
network solutions. The range is completed by a wide choice of fittings
and accessories as well as various vacuum gauges and controllers from
own development and production for the rough and medium-high vacuum
range.

Show: Lab Automation Europe 2003
Company: Xiril AG
Booth/Stand: A200
Public Relations Contact: Markus Ruckstuhl
Investor Relations Contact: Heinz Abplanalp
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Link to your press area URL: www.xiril.com

Xiril AG was founded in 2001 by a team of robotic liquid handling
experts committed to the development and production of automated
systems for Life Science and Diagnostic applications.

Xiril Robotic Workstations are the long-awaited solution for the
mid to low-end pipetting market, combining robust technology, high
precision, and maximum flexibility - all within a space-saving
footprint. The unique combination of liquid handling and robotic
manipulation within the same robotic arm results in an extraordinary
performance/ price ratio attracting end users as well as OEM partners.