The new facility will have a much higher production capacity and will bring together a complete range of state-of-the-art microarray slide production technologies under one roof
Schott Nexterion has opened what it says is one of the most advanced microarray slide production plants in the world.
This new manufacturing facility is located in Jena, Germany, and will replace the current production facilities.
The new highly automated production plant will offer a number of benefits.
Class 100 clean room manufacturing conditions will ensure perfect slide surface cleanliness.
Fully automated 100% quality control system will ensure that the highest geometric precision (in relation to dimensions and surface flatness) are achieved and the slides are free of visible defects.
The production plant has been designed to be highly flexible, allowing the production of the most comprehensive range of microarray slides including the production of novel formats.
Borosilicate glass is manufactured on the Jena site from the highest quality raw materials to produce slides that have extremely low auto-fluorescence.
Implementation of a semi-automated laser cutting process will achieve highest geometric tolerances as well as smooth edges minimising chips, cracks and the generation of glass particles.
Schott Nexterion is currently commissioning this new facility to ensure complete reproducibility of the product properties achieved in its current production facilities.
As part of the introduction of the new production facility, Schott Nexterion will centralise all its microarray activities at Schott Jenaer Glas, located in the biotech hub of Jena.
To celebrate the opening of the new production plan, Schott Nexterion is offering a discount and free gift on all orders received via its web shop between 1 October and 31 December 2004.
