News

Seward Ltd Stand Number: Hall B2 Stand 130

Seward to demo small tissue processing solutions at Analytica 2010

Worthing, UK – 16 February 2010. At Analytica 2010 in Munich, Germany, Seward Limited will be demonstrating its small tissue processing solutions in Hall B2, Stand 130. The Stomacher® microBiomaster provides flexible small tissue processing capabilities for clinical, life science and microbiology applications. Capable of processing samples from 250µL to 80mL, the Biomaster range caters for the increased demand for smaller samples, without reducing sample quality to ensure maximal visible cell recovery.

Also at the Seward stand, the company’s other world-renowned Stomacher® paddle blenders offering fast and reliable homogenization for a wide range of samples will be on view. These include the Stomacher 400 Circulator for food safety sample preparation applications and Stomacher 3500 series for preparing samples for the new pathogen test protocols requiring jumbo sized samples.

The Stomacher® has been proven in laboratories around the world to be a valuable tool in industry, research, education and healthcare. In scientific procedures the quality of the sample and its preparation are critical to accurate results, Stomacher has been and continues to be developed to achieve this.

Worthing, UK – 26th January 2010. Seward Limited, manufacturer and developer of the world leading, patented Stomacher® Paddle Blender range for over 40 years, has recently achieved its 7500th global sale of its Stomacher® 400 Circulator. This success can be attributed to its growing US-based sales and technical support office, opened in Long Island, New York in September 2008, backed up by Seward’s global Headquarters in the UK, where all Stomacher blender systems are manufactured. Seward Laboratory Systems Inc. works closely with North American customers to deliver quality products and guarantee stock availability for food safety and life science sample preparation prior to microbiological analyses or PCR techniques.

Over 8 million food samples a day are now reproducibly homogenised using Stomacher® 400 paddle blender units and associated Stomacher® bags worldwide. Sample preparation is a critical step in all microbiological analyses and Stomacher paddle blenders guarantee reliable and consistent homogenising performance through industrial strength, power and build quality. Such is their quality, all Stomacher Lab Blenders hold a 3 year no quibble warranty.

The global success of the Stomacher® range of paddle blenders and bags is also demonstrated by the fact that Stomacher is the most highly referenced brand name in food safety and life science sample preparation. “We are extremely proud of the long history and excellent reputation of our Stomacher trademarked products, some of which are still in reliable routine use after 25 years,” said Stuart Ray, Technical Director, Seward Ltd. “The 7500th global sale of our Stomacher 400 Circulator system further highlights the world leading status of our Stomacher brand.”

Due to its unique patented paddle design the Stomacher® 400 Circulator blender enhances microorganism recovery over square paddle designed laboratory blenders. The stirring and extrusion forces applied to the sample by its patented design drive more organisms into suspension for analysis, making the Stomacher Circulator the gold standard in laboratory blenders. Used in conjunction with the Stomacher® Bag range, which fulfils all blending, straining and storage applications, the Circulator enables easy and effective processing of multiple samples without risk of cross contamination.

Two of our team, Dan and John are set to climb the Rongai route up Mount Kilimanjaro on the 14th of February! They are raising money for the Anthony Nolan trust which is an independent charity that works to help those suffering with leukaemia. If you can offer any donation please contact us!

Seward have made a donation to help those who have been affected by the Haiti Earthquake. If you can help visit the disasters emergency committee's website.

www.dec.org.uk

Much to the delight of the rest of the Seward team, Chris Dunk and Andrea Gyurakovits have finally decided to get married in style – by having the ceremony in a helicopter while hovering over Niagra Falls!!

Many of you will know Chris and Andrea from their years at our Head Office in Worthing UK, where Chris headed operations and Andrea provided customer sales and support.

The dynamic duo have had a very busy year setting up our North American office in Bohemia, New York, they have finally taken some time out (albeit one weekend!) to make honest people out of each other!

The Seward team would like to congratulate Chris and Andrea on this wonderful occasion and wish them every happiness for their future.