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News Release from: Sartorius Group
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 18 January 2008
Manufacturing outsourced to Paul Mueller
Paul Mueller will take over manufacture of stainless steel systems for Sartorius Stedim Biotech in the US and Canadian biopharmaceutical markets
Sartorius Stedim Biotech's subsidiary, Sartorius Stedim North America, and the US systems manufacturing specialist Paul Mueller, based in Springfield, Missouri, have entered into an exclusive cooperation and supply agreement covering the United States, Canada, the US Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for manufacturing biopharmaceutical production systems This agreement provides that Paul Mueller will be Sartorius Stedim Biotech's exclusive North American partner and supplier of stainless steel systems, such as fermentors, bioreactors, freeze-thaw systems and crossflow and other filtration systems
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 19 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Paul Mueller will each continue to offer their own traditional products in addition to the products offered jointly under the agreement.
Within this framework, Sartorius Stedim Biotech will be closing its production facility for stainless steel systems in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and will be focusing on customer-specific application engineering as well as installation and servicing of its stainless steel systems.
Sartorius Stedim Biotech will be concentrating these activities at its site in Springfield, Missouri, and thus in the immediate vicinity of its new cooperation partner.
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In Europe and Asia, Sartorius Stedim Biotech will continue to manufacture these systems at its production facilities in Germany (Melsungen) and India (Bangalore).
In America, Paul Mueller is one of the leading manufacturers of processing systems for the biopharmaceutical industry.
The company has state-of-the-art, automated fabrication and machining capabilities with approximately 93,000m2 of manufacturing space and more than 1200 highly-qualified and experienced employees in research, engineering and the manufacture of stainless steel systems designed to meet the highest quality standards for a wide variety of industrial applications including food, dairy and beverage processing; pharmaceutical, biotechnological and chemical processing; heat transfer and heat recovery; HVAC; process cooling; thermal energy storage; and cooling applications on dairy farms worldwide.
Through this strategic partnership, both companies are seeking to offer their customers a uniquely broad-based and attractive array of products and services.
"Our customers need innovative disposable systems and classic stainless steel systems as well as combinations of both; in other words, hybrid systems.
"As of now, we can offer both in an even better way with regard to applications expertise, technology and engineering of stainless steel systems". Request free introductory details about products from Sartorius Group ...
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