July 1, 2008U.S. Contact: Doug Granger
Founder, Salimetrics, LLC
1.814.234.7748
EU Contact: Sharon Young
MD, Salimetrics Europe
+44 (0) 1638782619
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Salivary Assay Supplier Salimetrics, LLC, Launches European Joint Venture
Forms Partnership with UK Distributor Stratech, Ltd.
State College, Pennsylvania—Salimetrics, LLC announces the launch of Salimetrics Europe, Ltd., a joint venture with the company’s long-time UK distributor Stratech Scientific Ltd.
Salimetrics Europe, Ltd. is located in Suffolk, UK, and will provide Salimetrics salivary assay products and supplies and saliva testing services to the UK andall countries across Europe. The new companyalso will provide UK and Europeancustomers local customer support, where previously customers worked with Salimetrics’ U.S. headquarters in State College, Pennsylvania.
“The benefits of this joint venture for our UK and Europe customers are clear,” says Salimetrics Founder and President Douglas A. Granger. “Steady, organic growth has brought us to this logical next step. We’re fortunate to be able to make such a bold business change with a trusted partner, which we have in Stratech. Our customers will experience a seamless transition.”The formation of Salimetrics Europe affords customers real-time technical support, faster and easier delivery of salivary assay kits from UK inventories and a simpler payment system in local currency.
Salimetrics Europe is located at Unit 7 Acorn Business Centre, Oaks Drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7SY, UK. The company can be reached by calling: +44 (0) 1638782619, sending a facsimile to +44 (0) 1638782618 or e-mailing .
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Throughout our three year relationship with Salimetrics, they have continued to expand their product offerings, our business has continued to grow, and our customer needs have increased,” explains Stratech MD and CEO Sue Hallett. “Salimetrics Europe, Ltd. is the right mechanism to ensure that the European immunological research and diagnostic community is able to access Salimetrics’ high-quality products conveniently and to receive the exceptional technical consultation and individual attention they deserve when they need it.”
About Salimetrics
Founded in 1998, Salimetrics, LLC. develops and supplies innovative salivary immunoassay products and services to aid researchers, the immunodiagnostic industry and analytical and functional testing laboratories around the world in measuring stress biomarkers, including: alpha amylase, androstenedione, blood contamination, cortisol, c-reactive protein, DHEA, Estradiol, estriol, progesterone, 17a-hydroxyprogesterone, secretory IgA, and testosterone.The company serves anthropologists, sociologists, developmental psychologists, behavioral scientists, psychobiologists, developmental psychopathologists, oral biologists and veterinarians. For more information, visit Salimetrics on the web at:
Founded in 1983, Stratech is a distributor of over 80,000 life science research tools from manufacturers aroundtheworld.We provide a comprehensive range of antibodies, reagents and cells in areas such as immunology, cell biology and specialist fields like neuroscience.This year we celebrate 25 years supplying high quality, competitively priced, reliable products to research laboratories throughout the UK and Europe.
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