Emmen, NL – Spark Holland B.V., a leading supplier of analytical instrumentation, announced today the transfer its direct sales and service activities for the online SPE products and services in Germany to Axel Semrau GmbH & Co. KG. With this transition Axel Semrau® will be able to provide online SPE solutions to a wide variety of customers and markets in Germany. Axel Semrau® will become a “Value Added Partner” of Spark Holland.

As a Value Added Partner and one of Spark Holland’s most important partners, Axel Semrau® is in a position to add more value to the product offering and provide a higher level of technical and customer support. The products supported are the online Solid Phase Extraction systems. Some of the Spark’s brand names are Symbiosis™ Pico and Symbiosis™ Pharma. The product offering also include consumables, such as a full range of SPE cartridges. “We are very content to appoint Axel Semrau® in Germany to underline our strategy to get closer to the customers with local Value Added Partners.” said Sebastiaan Portier, Director Sales and Marketing at Spark Holland. “We expect that Axel Semrau® will be able to grow the business for our products and services. Our goal is to build local market knowledge and competences at our partner sites around the world. This is supported by Spark through effective communication and co-operation with our partners and training at Spark. With this strategy Spark will be able to focus more on leading edge technology and development of new products, whereas our partners will be able to provide us with the necessary customer and market information.

Axel Semrau® is a well known and respected provider of Analytical systems and solutions in Germany. With our instrument and application knowledge we are well positioned to help customers tackle the most challenging applications for sample preparation and sample injection with the current and upcoming technologies from Spark.” said Norbert Wenkel, managing director of Axel Semrau®. “We have a good insight in the customer laboratories and the analytical problems, enabling us to make the right choices to help solve these challenges. With the close relation between Axel Semrau® and Spark we feel confident to serve our customers well and help them be more effective in reaching their analytical and business goals.”

About Spark Holland:

Spark Holland (www.sparkholland.com) is a leading supplier of autosamplers, UHPLC pumps and systems, Online Solid Phase Extraction components and systems for OEM and end-user solutions. Spark Holland is a privately held firm with operations based in Emmen, The Netherlands.