McBain Instruments to distribute VisiTech products

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team May 24, 2005

McBain Instruments is announcing an alliance with VisiTech International of Sunderland, UK.

McBain Instruments is announcing an alliance with VisiTech International of Sunderland, UK.

Under the new agreement, McBain Instruments will distribute three VisiTech confocal laser scanning systems in the USA.

The distribution agreement will include the innovative new VT-Infinity, a high-speed multi-point confocal module with adjustable pinholes that are capable of up to 800 frames per second (fps) across a broad range of wavelengths.

McBain Instruments also distributes the VT-Eye, VisiTech's acousto-optical deflector-based confocal laser scanning head (30 - 400fps) microscope, and the industry-standard QLC100 (CSU10/22) spinning disk head, a real-time, laser-based confocal for live cell imaging.

Michael Crump, president and CEO of McBain Instruments, notes: "As a pioneer in advanced, high-speed integrated imaging systems, we welcome this strategic product partnership with VisiTech International.

"We will continue to expand our technical expertise, custom engineering services and microscopy product offerings to meet the increasing demands of our customers in the life sciences and biomedical research arenas".

VisiTech International's managing director, Dr Jafer Sheblee, remarks: "VisiTech's global reputation, built on providing high-quality, innovative, fast confocal scanning systems and unique imaging instrumentation to the life sciences community, will be enhanced by this distributor agreement with McBain Instruments.

"We look forward to our relationship and are confident that our companies' joint efforts will greatly benefit our customers, providing unique solutions to the existing and experimental needs of research and lab scientists in the growing US marketplace".

VIsiTech International, headquartered in Sunderland, UK, is a leading supplier of life science instrumentation.

Independently owned, the company's charter has been to invest substantially in research and development to design innovative and unique imaging processing technology and equipment.

Since 1999, VisiTech has developed an entire range of new instrument technology and products that is extending the scope of applications in existing and emerging markets.

Coupled with a global network of strategic product partnerships and distributorships, VisiTech International offers superior technology, products and service to benefit the life science, medical and laboratory research communities.