FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 11, 2007.

Effortless liquid handling with sample management from Tecan.

Tecan has seamlessly integrated the REMP Small-Size Store™ (SSS) with the Freedom EVO® liquid handling workstation, creating a fully automated liquid handling and sample management platform. The REMP SSS fully automated storage and retrieval system can handle samples in a variety of formats, including microplates and REMP Tube Technology™ consumables, and fits perfectly into any research laboratory. Integration of the SSS with the Freedom EVO and Freedom EVOware® allows walk-away operation for sample retrieval and processing steps.

The chosen samples are cherry picked within the store’s controlled environment, transferred easily to the Freedom EVO workstation using an integrated plate shuttle, decapped using the ACD 96 and processed as required. After processing, the samples are capped and returned to storage. This combination of sample storage and processing minimizes the time that samples are exposed to the environment and increases process security. Sample volumes, concentrations and identification numbers can be fully tracked within the software, and data handling is perfectly integrated, making this platform ideal for compound dissolution and reformatting factories, or genomic sample factories.

N.B. Not for use in clinical diagnostic procedures.

For more information about Tecan, please contact:
Tecan Group Ltd.
Seestrasse 103, CH-8708 Männedorf
Switzerland
T +41 44 922 81 11, F +41 44 922 81 12
info@tecan.com, www.tecan.com

About Tecan

Tecan (www.tecan.com) is a leading global supplier of solutions for the biopharma, forensic and diagnostic industries. The company is a leader in the development, production and distribution of advanced automation and detection solutions for the world’s leading life science laboratories. Through its REMP subsidiary (www.remp.com), Tecan is the premier supplier of large-scale automated laboratory storage and logistics systems. Founded in Switzerland in 1980, the company has over 1100 employees, owns production, research and development sites in both North America and Europe and maintains a sales and service network in 52 countries. In 2006, Tecan achieved sales of CHF 405.9 million (USD 324.7 million; EUR 258.6 million). Shares of the Tecan Group are traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange (TK: TECN/Reuters: TECZn.S/Valor: 1210019).