Strategic Diagnostics Inc., now doing business as SDIX (Nasdaq: SDIX), a leading provider of biotechnology-based products and services for a broad range of life science, biotechnology, diagnostic, and food safety applications, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with AES CHEMUNEX.
Under terms of the agreement AES CHEMUNEX will have rights to distribute SDIX's RapidChek® and RapidChek® SELECT™ food pathogen detection systems in France, Spain, Germany, and Italy. SDIX will continue to market its RapidChek and RapidChek SELECT lines directly in the United States and through selected distributors outside the USA. The initial focus of this agreement in 2010 will be for the RapidChek SELECT Salmonella product which has recently received AFNOR certification.
RapidChek and RapidChek SELECT are easy to use, accurate and affordable pathogen detection systems. Each test focuses on the total process, optimizing both the enrichment and the detection portions of the test system. All systems have a proprietary enrichment broth, ensuring superior recovery and growth of the target pathogen, if present in the food sample. In addition, the test strips provide clear and rapid results.
Tim Lawruk, SDIX Food Safety Market Manager, said, "Given the increasing globalization of the food market, international customers need to have consistent quality systems and testing methodologies to ensure safer food. We believe this agreement will help users in France, Spain, Germany and Italy enhance their abilities to test for food borne pathogens using the proven fast, accurate, and cost-effective technology and methodologies of our RapidChek test systems. We expect our relationship with AES CHEMUNEX will help both companies to continue enjoying excellent growth and market acceptance in the global food safety market. "
Fran DiNuzzo, President and CEO of SDIX, added, "SDIX continues to search for and implement ways to help customers ensure that their food products meet global safety standards. The AES CHEMUNEX agreement further demonstrates our commitment to supply the worldwide food market with complete testing solutions, providing highly differentiated solutions that give our customers added value. We are excited to be working with AES CHEMUNEX as a key partner in support of international food safety."
According to Christophe Gincheleau, Microbiology Product Manager for AES CHEMUNEX, "AES CHEMUNEX is committed to providing quality products and best solutions to microbiology laboratories. AES CHEMUNEX ensures that its customers are spoiled for choice when it comes to the range of both traditional microbiology and rapid microbiology kits available for the detection of pathogens in foodstuffs. The RapidChek product range allows us to offer more innovative and competitive solutions in Europe."
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