Award for AstraNet

Cambridge Micro-Business Wins Award at World’s Largest Lab Exhibition

Pittcon is the world’s premier conference and exhibition of laboratory science. This year’s exhibition was held from March 14^th to 17^th at the Georgia World Congress Centre in Atlanta.

A number of prestigious awards are made at Pittcon every year. For exhibitors the most important one is for the best new product at the show. This is selected by a jury made up of the attending editors of laboratory and scientific journals and on-line media.

AstraNet Systems Ltd, a Cambridge (UK) micro-business, was awarded the Bronze Medal for its AstraGene DNA analysis, spectrophotometer. AstraGene was recognized for its novel yet simple operation, while the ability to recover 100% of the tiny 2µL sample, with no risk of contamination or operator hazard was also mentioned.

Mike Mills, Managing Director of AstraNet, commented that this was a fantastic achievement when considering the huge number of exhibitors and the significant multi-national companies that were also nominated in this category.

Ray Wood, Business Development Manager at AstraNet further noted that the novel sampling accessory, that makes AstraGene a powerful tool in handling small and precious samples, was complemented by the state-of-the-art spectrophotometer that uses fibre-optic coupling and a CCD array detector to eliminate all moving parts; so increasing its reliability and reducing maintenance to an absolute minimum, while effectively eliminating the need for any re-calibration.

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