Company Announcements In 2007, ThalesNano opened a UK subsidiary and signed distribution agreement for Scandinavia, Italy and India. ThalesNano announced a collaboration for flow/microwave chemistry research with the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Microwave Chemistry at Karl Franzens University in Austria and with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. PolyGen named Blue Lion Biotech its exclusive distributor for the US, Puerto Rico and Canada. Product Introductions Protein Technologies launched the Tribute Peptide Synthesizer, featuring a built-in barcode scanner and prepacked amino acid vials. Biotage AB introduced the Advancer Kilobatch large-scale automated sequential batch microwave synthesizer for processing heterogeneous and homogenous reaction mixtures in automated batch sequencing mode. ThalesNano launched the X-Cube Flash for homogenous reactions in continuous flow mode at high pressure and temperature. Mettler-Toledo introduced the EasyMax 102 automated lab reactor system, which features a built-in solid-state thermostat and a touchpad.