Recyclates: Recycled Materials as the Next Step Towards Increased Sustainability for High-End Laboratory Consumables

Disposable racks made from contact lens production leftovers

09-Jul-2024 - In life science laboratories, where precision and purity are non-negotiable, the demand for environmentally friendly solutions is now higher than it has ever been. Laboratories are grappling with the environmental impact of their activities, and they are aware that the ever-increasing demand for ...

Eppendorf and Neste forge strategic partnership to develop new line of renewable lab plastics

A sustainable choice for labs

05-Dec-2023 - Eppendorf SE Hamburg announces that it has joined forces with Neste to advance the development of lab products made with renewable raw materials. Working together, the strategic partnership made it possible to create a new line of renewable plastic lab consumables: Eppendorf Consumables BioBased. ...

Start-up recycles plastic lab waste into new test tubes and petri dishes

University of Bath is home to UK’s first pilot plant for recycling plastic lab waste

14-Sep-2023 - A company co-founded by a University of Bath graduate has opened the UK’s first pilot plant that can recycle up to 60% of plastic lab waste, to make back into new lab consumables. LabCycle hopes the technology could be scaled up in the future to recycle waste from healthcare, research and ...

Pipette tips made from cooking oil

Eppendorf uses new, more environmentally friendly materials

27-Jun-2023 - Ever since vessels made of glass were replaced by fossil-based plastic vessels, these have been irreplaceable in laboratories world-wide. This is because they provide the required quality standards for increasingly demanding research. This is a growing challenge in terms of sustainability. As a ...

Eppendorf builds new site in Wismar for high-tech polymers used in laboratories

Production to start by the end of the year

25-Apr-2022 - The globally active Eppendorf Group is building a new plant for high-quality laboratory consumables made of functional high-tech polymers. To this end, the Hamburg-based life science company is acquiring a former production site at the location of MV Werften Fertigmodule Property GmbH in Wismar ...

BioFluidix wins STEP award

27-Nov-2015 - Increasing the speed, safety and cost efficiency of sample analysis: BioFluidix wins the process-category price at the 2015 STEP Award with its PipeJet Tip pipetting technology. Once per year, Infraserv Höchst KG and the F.A.Z. – Institute honor innovative and strongly growing companies of the ...

Corning Incorporated Acquires Axygen BioScience, Inc.

Acquisition to expand Corning's portfolio of life sciences products and global customer access

18-Sep-2009 - Corning Incorporated announced that it has acquired all the shares of Axygen BioScience, Inc. and its subsidiaries from American Capital Ltd. for approximately $400 million in cash. Headquartered in Union City, Calif., Axygen is a manufacturer and distributor of life sciences plastic consumable ...

Labcyte Awarded Second Japanese Patent

Acoustics Used for Cell Sorting and Transfer

20-Aug-2009 - Labcyte announced that the Japanese patent office has granted patent 4309131 that covers the design of an acoustic-based system that can sort cells based upon acoustic or other properties and then eject them specifically from a mixed population. “This patent extends our intellectual property ...

The Safe Transfer and Assay of Infectious Agents

Labcyte Awarded U. S. Patent for Transferring Liquids within Sealed Containers

15-Dec-2008 - Labcyte Inc. announced the issuance of U.S. Patent 7,405,072, which uses the unique advantages of moving liquids with sound to transfer fluids within a sealed container, free from any physical contact. This process can be applied to the testing of pathogens and other dangerous fluids. “A ...