Applikon Biotechnology and GEA Diessel Announce Strategic Alliance to Supply Turn-Key Solutions for Large Scale Bio Processing

02-27-2009: GEA Diessel and Applikon Biotechnology announced a strategic alliance to market, design, produce and install turn-key bioreactor projects from laboratory up to production scale. The companies, capitalizing on their respective capabilities, plan to provide enterprises with a one-stop, one-call approach to supply complete solutions. These solutions comprise a full range of bioprocess solutions from screening bioreactor systems via laboratory and pilot plant to the full large scale production systems including plant utilities, down-stream process solutions, control systems and software that tie the systems together.

GEA Diessel and Applikon Biotechnology plan to jointly market their turn-key solution for complete bioreactor facilities that utilize Applikon’s expertise in smaller scale bioreactor systems and in advanced industrial control systems and supervisory control software with GEA Diessel’s global leadership in large scale bioreactor systems and solutions for liquid preparation and storage.

"This alliance positions GEA Diessel and Applikon Biotechnology to offer seamless, end-to-end bioprocess solutions and a single point of contact approach that we think many of our respective customers will find appealing," said Heinz Waltersdorf, Managing Director of GEA Diessel. "We are excited to work together with Applikon Biotechnology to create new opportunities."