MELBOURNE, Australia,
Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Bluechiip Limited [ASX: BCT] today announced it has signed a
Distribution Agreement with Micronic America LLC. The
agreement gives Micronic America and its network of distributors,
including E&K Scientific, USA
Scientific, Nova Biostorage Plus (formerly Micronic North America),
MJS Biolynx and D-Mark Biosciences, the rights to distribute
Bluechiip's products throughout the
United States and Canada.
Micronic America is the supporting entity for Micronic's
traceable product portfolio in the U.S. and Canada. Micronic America operates in
conjunction with Micronic Manufacturing USA, Micronic's U.S.-based Class 7 cleanroom
and production facility, to efficiently produce and provide its
distributor network with industry-leading sample storage
solutions. Micronic has more than 25 years of leadership in
the industry.
Bluechiip Limited CEO Brett
Schwarz said the signing of the agreement was a significant
step for Bluechiip. "Micronic has a great track record in
manufacturing and supplying solutions for the life sciences storage
market into the large North American market, so we saw them as
ideal distribution partners for Bluechiip. Signing this agreement
is a major milestone for us."
Gerrit van der Gaag, CEO at
Micronic Holding BV, said his company was excited to be Bluechiip's
distribution partner. "We have many years of experience in these
markets and we see great potential for Bluechiip's tracking
solution, especially for the high growth area of samples stored in
temperatures as low as those found in liquid nitrogen storage.
Bluechiip's temperature-sensing capability is a clear
differentiator in tracking and monitoring high-value samples where
sample integrity is critical. The Bluechiip solution clearly fits
into our product portfolio and supports Micronic's vision to be a
leader in driving high potential growth markets, providing tailored
sample storage solutions to our customer base."
Micronic America and its network of distributors will launch
Bluechiip's product at SLAS 2013 in Orlando, Florida, USA from 13-15 January
2013. SLAS is an annual conference and exhibition organized
by the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) which
brings together around 4,500 people from the global laboratory
science and technology community, including scientists, engineers,
researchers and technologists from academic, government and
corporate laboratories.
About Bluechiip Limited:
Bluechiip has developed a wireless tracking solution for the
healthcare and life science, security, defence and manufacturing
industries which represents a generational change from current
methods such as labels (hand-written and pre-printed), barcodes
(linear and 2D) and microelectronic integrated circuit (IC)-based
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).
The unique tag is based on MEMS technology and contains no
electronics. The tag can either be embedded or manufactured into a
storage product, such as vials or bags. Easy identification, along
with any associated information from the tag such as temperature
can be detected by a reader, which can also sense the temperature
of the tagged items. The traditional identification
technologies have significant limitations. Whereas a barcode
requires a visible tag or line-of-sight optical scan, bluechiip®
technology does not. Unlike labels, barcodes and RFID, the
bluechiip® technology can sense the temperature of each
item a tag is attached to, or embedded in.
The bluechiip® technology has initial applications in the
healthcare industry particularly those businesses which require
cryogenic storage facilities (biobanks and biorepositories).
bluechiip® offers the only technology that enables accurate and
reliable tracking of products including stem cells, cord blood, and
other biospecimens. In addition to functioning in extreme
temperatures, the bluechiip® tracking solution can survive
autoclaving, gamma irradiation sterilization, humidification,
centrifuging, cryogenic storage and frosting.
The bluechiip® technology has other healthcare applications in
pathology, clinical trials and forensics. Several other key markets
outside of healthcare include cold-chain logistics/supply chain,
security/defence, industrial/manufacturing and
aerospace/aviation.
Further information is available at www.bluechiip.com
About Micronic America:
Located in the Philadelphia, PA
region, Micronic America is a U.S. subsidiary of Micronic Holding
BV in Lelystad, The Netherlands.
Micronic America is a leader in the sample storage industry,
providing a full range of innovative sample collection, storage,
traceability, automation and measurement solutions. Its offerings
include non-coded, alphanumeric and two-dimensional barcoded tubes,
caps and racks; sealing mats; barcode and tube readers; and manual
and automated (de)cappers. For more information, visit
www.Micronic.com.
About Micronic Holding BV:
Micronic Holding BV is an independent organization with its
headquarters located in Lelystad, The
Netherlands. Micronic's Class 7 cleanroom is also located
here, in which all the company's products can be produced RNase-,
DNase- and Pyrogene-free. Micronic is an ISO 9001- and 14001-
certified company. The Micronic sales, marketing and product
support is organized at two sales offices: Micronic Europe BV and
Micronic America, LLC. Micronic's products are applied worldwide in
the (research) laboratories of university medical schools,
forensics, agricultural, veterinary and governmental institutes as
well as companies in the biotech, food, chemical and pharmaceutical
areas. For more information, visit www.Micronic.com.
For more information:
Brett Schwarz
Managing Director, Bluechiip Limited
Ph: +61 419 367
590
brett.schwarz@bluechiip.com
Richard Allen
Oxygen Financial Public Relations
Ph: +61 3 9915 6341
richard@oxygenpr.com.au
SOURCE Bluechiip Limited
