INTEGRA Biosciences AG (Zizers, Switzerland) has announced that they have signed an agreement to acquire their long time French distribution partner – Valdea Biosciences SAS (St Ouen l’Aumône, France).

The move will maintain all Valdea Biosciences’ existing distribution partnerships and provides the resource to help accelerate the launch of INTEGRA’s innovative VIAFLO liquid handling tools into the French market.

The acquisition provides for strong mutual benefits. INTEGRA Biosciences will receive direct access to the important French market through Valdea Biosciences knowledgeable sales and service team. Valdea Biosciences in turn will benefit from the stability of being part of a strongly growing international organisation. The INTEGRA Biosciences product range and Valdea Biosciences market focus are seen as complementing each other perfectly.

Valdea Biosciences SAS (www.valdea.fr) is an 1SO 9001 accredited company, renowned for its high quality customer service and support, focused on bringing the latest application advances and product innovations in liquid handling, microbiology, cell culture, cell culture and cryopreservation to the French market.

INTEGRA Biosciences is a leading provider of high-quality laboratory tools for liquid handling, media preparation, sterilisation and cell cultivation. The company is committed to creating innovative solutions which fulfil the needs of its customers in research, diagnostics and quality control within the life science markets and medical industry. Today, INTEGRA innovative laboratory products are widely used all around the world. More than ninety distribution-partners form a worldwide sales network providing responsive and competent services to customers. These distribution partners are supported by a highly motivated and experienced team of specialists at the company headquarters in Zizers, Switzerland and Hudson, NH, USA. INTEGRA is an ISO 9001 certified company.