Specialists in microplate technology – Porvair Sciences Ltd. (www.porvair-sciences.com) has recently been able to help a North American manufacturer of specialised Chromatography products to rapidly develop a competitively featured new product line. Porvair Sciences’ expertise in OEM production of microplates, as well as knowledge of chromatography applications, enabled the client to introduce a comprehensive range of new 96-well and 48-well format Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) devices in a little over 6 weeks. Using proprietary silica’s supplied by the client – the full service OEM contract provided by Porvair Sciences sees custom versions of its popular Microlute SPE devices packed, fritted, tested and fully packaged ready for sale and shipment by the chromatography manufacturer. Specialists in microplate technology – Porvair Sciences Ltd. (www.porvair-sciences.com) has recently been able to help a North American manufacturer of specialised Chromatography products to rapidly develop a competitively featured new product line. Porvair Sciences’ expertise in OEM production of microplates, as well as knowledge of chromatography applications, enabled the client to introduce a comprehensive range of new 96-well and 48-well format Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) devices in a little over 6 weeks. Using proprietary silica’s supplied by the client – the full service OEM contract provided by Porvair Sciences sees custom versions of its popular Microlute SPE devices packed, fritted, tested and fully packaged ready for sale and shipment by the chromatography manufacturer. Key supplier selection criteria in this OEM contract were Porvair’s proven track record in working with blue-chip service partners and their ability to deliver polypropylene consumables guaranteed free of all leachates and extractables – a critical success factor in LC-MS analysis. Encouraged by the success of the first cooperative venture the chromatography company chose to leverage Porvair Sciences broad range of high performance microplates to also introduce their own line of Deep Well polypropylene collection plates at the same time. Porvair Sciences has a wealth of technical expertise that makes its custom design and manufacture service second to none. Customers are able to benefit from a range of proprietary techniques used in the generation of custom microplates including polymer ultrasonic welding, plasma surface treatment, co-sintering of polymers / silica’s and ‘two-shot’ injection moulding. Porvair Sciences is a market leader in the field of moulding ultra-pure plastic materials such as polystyrene, polypropylene and polycarbonate. Established in 1992, Porvair Sciences Ltd. expertise in microplate technology and manufacturing covers scientific fields including Life Sciences, Drug Discovery, Combinatorial Chemistry, Solid Phase Extraction, Protein Purification, High Throughput Screening, Proteomics and Genomics. Porvair Sciences Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Porvair plc.