SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & BONADUZ, Switzerland—-Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Hamilton Bonaduz AG, a leading provider in the design and manufacture of manual and automated liquid handling, process measurement, and storage solutions, have signed a strategic agreement to provide human identification customers with fully automated platforms and reagents to eliminate potential manual errors and increase productivity in the lab.

Under the terms of a non-exclusive agreement, Thermo Fisher is now able to directly offer Hamilton automation instruments and consumables to its customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and China. Each platform has been optimized for the Applied Biosystems family of products used by forensic laboratories during every step of the forensic workflow. According to Ravi Gupta, director of product management for human identification at Thermo Fisher, implementation of advanced solutions that automate processes in the lab help drive confidenc