Protea Biosciences Group, Inc., Morgantown, WV; 8:30am EST October 04, 2012 – Protea, a leader in the field of bioanalytics, announced today it has established new international distributor partnerships, in Israel (Yair Technologies), Poland (BioAnalytic), Spain and Portugal (Irida Iberica S.L.), and Turkey (IDL Teknolojik).

“These new distribution agreements reflect our continued, successful expansion of our global bioanalytical product marketing,” stated Dr. Alessandro Baldi, Protea’s Vice President and General Manager. “These partners join Protea’s existing network of international distributors.

Along with Protea’s growing lines of sample preparation and mass spectrometry products, our new distributors will also be marketing Protea’s award winning LAESI DP-1000 instrument.”

On June 28th Protea was also awarded the “Governor’s Commendation for International Market Entry” by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. This awarded recognizes West Virginia companies engaged in international sales to new markets. Protea is a world leader in the development of new products that improve medical researcher’s ability to analyze biological samples (including tissues, biopsies, blood and other biofluids). In operation for over 11 years, Protea continues to support researchers on the cutting edge of discovery; strengthening the sciences of biomolecular separation and biomolecular imaging by providing innovations for bioanalytics.

About Protea Biosciences Group, Inc.

Protea (www.proteabio.com) is focused on the development of new bioanalytical technologies that enable the direct analysis of proteins, metabolites, and other biomolecules. Its Bioanalytical Services organization provides expertise and innovation to support projects from concept to knowledge.