(Caerphilly, UK, 24 June 2008) – Sterilin Limited, the established leader in single use laboratory plastics for life science applications, announces the availability of its newly rebranded comprehensive catalogue of single use plastic and Iwaki® tissue culture products. The 120 page catalogue features a large innovative range of products from containers, jars, pipettes and petri dishes to swabs, including the new flocked swab for forensics and molecular applications. The catalogue also features the Iwaki® cell biology range, including multiwell plates, Elisa/Assay plates, flasks, substrate coated ware and glass based products.

The newly formed Sterilin Limited offers a wide range of products for the pharmaceutical, clinical and healthcare, forensics, food and industrial packaging industries. This is the company’s biggest catalogue to date and contains over 800 single-use products for microbiology and the life sciences, featuring many new products. For cell biologists there is an extensive range of Iwaki branded cell biology products offering an incomparable level of product quality, innovation, service and support. The catalogue also has an extensive Technical Information section, which includes details on product dimensions, material resistance, levels of sterility and additional valuable information to support the use of the Sterilin products contained within the catalogue.

All Sterilin products are manufactured at the company’s ISO 9001:2000 accredited plant in South Wales, UK, where a commitment to product development and investment in injection moulding technology, clean room and microbiological research facilities ensures that every item is made to the highest possible quality.

Formerly part of Barloworld Scientific Ltd, Sterilin Limited comprises of four established product brands: Sterilin® single use plastics; Iwaki® tissue culture products; Sterilin Silicone Devices (formerly Esco® Silicone Rubber); Sterilin Packaging Products (formerly Azlon® Packaging).

To obtain a copy of the brochure or to find out more information about Sterilin Limited’s products, please visit www.sterilin.co.uk, e-mail [email protected], or call on +44 (0)844 844 3737.

About Sterilin Limited

Sterilin Limited is the name of the newly formed life sciences company, formerly part of Barloworld. This new established company takes forward two established market leading brands, Sterilin® single use plastics and Iwaki® tissue culture products, plus two new brands, Sterilin Silicon Devices and Sterilin Packaging Products.

For more than 40 years, the Sterilin brand name has been synonymous with quality in single use plastics. This reputation was built upon, and has been maintained by, the most stringent manufacturing standards in the industry. The range of single use plastics comprises of over 800 products used extensively in microbiology and the life sciences including specimen containers, Petri dishes, multiwell plates and centrifuge tubes.

Sterilin branded products are manufactured at a BS EN ISO 9001:2000 accredited purpose built facility in South Wales, UK, where new manufacturing techniques and stringent quality assurance procedures ensure that every item is made to the highest quality.