Tecan's highly sensitive and extremely fast Safire2(tm) and
Infinite(tm) F500 microplate readers offer seven different detection
modes, saving valuable time for a wide range of high throughput
applications in the biotech, pharmaceutical, research and cosmetics
industries. Both instruments provide very reliable performance with top
quality results for fluorescence intensity top, fluorescence intensity
bottom, absorbance, flash luminescence, glow luminescence, fluorescence
polarization, time resolved and homogenous time resolved fluorescence
detection modes.
The Safire2 includes Tecan's exclusive quad4 monochromator(tm)
technology, which blocks stray light and the resulting background noise
by a factor of 106 times more than typical dual monochromator-based
designs, providing improved sensitivity, accuracy, flexibility and
speed. The four monochromators eliminate the need for cumbersome filter
changes while providing more accurate scans up to six times faster than
standard, dual monochromator-based systems. The filter-based Infinite
F500 includes a new concept of programmable filter slides that store
application-specific filter information on a microchip. The versatile
instrument is also incredibly fast and, with the "on the fly"
measurement mode, it can read a 1,536-well plate in under 30 seconds.
These two modular and upgradeable systems can handle any microplate
format, from 6 to 1,536 wells, and are easily integrated into
Tecan's Freedom EVO series of liquid handling workstations.
About Tecan
Tecan (http://www.tecan.com) is a leading global supplier of
solutions for the biopharma, forensic and diagnostic industries. The
company is a leader in the development, production and distribution of
advanced automation and detection solutions for the world's leading
life science laboratories. Through its REMP subsidiary
(http://www.remp.com), Tecan is the premier supplier of large-scale
automated laboratory storage and logistics systems. Founded in
Switzerland in 1980, the company has over 1100 employees, owns
production, research and development sites in both North America and
Europe and maintains a sales and service network in 52 countries.
In 2006, Tecan achieved sales of CHF 405.9 million (USD 324.7
million; EUR 258.6 million). Shares of the Tecan Group are traded on the
SWX Swiss Exchange (TK:TECN/Reuters: TECZn.S/Valor: 12100191).
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