Lon­za­'s au­toma­tive man­u­fac­tur­ing tech ac­quired by Mil­li­pore­Sig­ma

When Lon­za de­signed its MAST sys­tem, it was born out of trou­bles the com­pa­ny saw with Pfiz­er’s au­to sam­pling process. Biore­ac­tors got con­t­a­m­i­nat­ed, sys­tems got clogged, and there­fore, sam­ples be­came un­re­li­able when they were sent to their des­ti­na­tions. Ore­gon-based Bend So­lu­tions was brought on to work out a so­lu­tion in 2012, and from there, the sys­tem was born.

Ten years lat­er, it’s caught the eyes of the team at Mil­li­pore­Sig­ma, Mer­ck KGaA’s US and Cana­da di­vi­sion — and the com­pa­ny has now ac­quired the plat­form from Lon­za.

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