PAA appoints HongkongZaotong as exclusive distributor in China and Hong Kong
Growing demand for PAA’s innovative lab automationsolutions in Asia
Farnborough, UK and SHANGHAI ZHANGJIANGJIANG HIGH-TECH PARK– 07 March 2019. PeakAnalysis & Automation (PAA), a global leader in laboratory automation, and Hongkong Zaotong International Group Co. Limited, haveannounced a distribution agreement covering mainland China and Hong Kong. Thisagreement, signed on 17th January 2019, comes in response to agrowing demand for PAA’s solutions across the regions. Hongkong Zaotong willserve as an exclusive distributor to sell and support PAA’s laboratory automationequipment, software and services.
Commenting on the agreement, Jiayan Sun, Product Manager at HongkongZaotong, said, “ZAOTONG has been dedicated to automation solutions in lifescience for many years. We are delighted to be working with PAA as we regardPAA’s automation products as essential to the integration of other third-partyproducts which we represent, such as liquid handling devices, plate and tubelabellers, plate sealers and incubators. This relationship with PAA will allowus to provide our customers with a fully integrated laboratory solution.”
Catering for fully integrated automation needs, PAA’s S-CEL™ robotic systems feature exceptional sample andoperator safety while providing a flexible, modular designto accommodate all types of laboratory automation applications, large orsmall. The systems can be ETLus and NRTL certified and exceed Biosafety Level 2.S-CEL are the only solutions on the market to provide a laminar air flow acrossthe whole system to maintain sterility and protect valuable assays.
Keith Saunders, CEO at PAA also commented, “We are pleased to haveappointed a partner with experience in selling and supporting integratedlaboratory solutions to life science customers in order to address theincreasing demand for our products in China. We are very confident thatHongkong Zaotong has the experience and expertise to grow with us and providehigh levels of sales and after-sales services to future customers in theregion.”
PAA supplies a wide range of automation solutions from simple benchtopsolutions—the reliable and affordable entry-level S-LAB automated plate handler—to large, customised and fully integratedsystems for automating complex cell-based assays. The new distributionagreement ensures that customers in China and Hong Kong have easy access notonly to these systems and PAA’s intuitive software packages, but also tohigh-quality regional service and support.
For more information please visit www.paa-automation.com
About Peak Analysis& Automation
Peak Analysis & Automation (PAA) provides state-of-the-artautomation technology to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Thecompany offers a complete design and buildservice for laboratory automation, including the manufacture and supply numberof standard products such as laboratory robots, automation software andintegrated automation workcells.
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