Colorado MEDtech Inc. to Manufacture RiboPrinter Microbial Characterization System for Japan's Tokyo Buhin Kogyo Co. Ltd.
BusinessWire, Monday, September 29, 1997 at 10:45
BOULDER, Colo.--(BW HealthWire)--Sept. 29, 1997--Colorado MEDtech
Inc. (NASDAQ:CMED), a Boulder-based medical products and services
company, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, RELA
Inc., has agreed to manufacture the RiboPrinter(tm) Microbial
Characterization System for Tokyo Buhin Kogyo Co. Ltd. (TBK).
TBK is part owner of Qualicon, LLC, a subsidiary of E.I. DuPont
de Nemours & Co. The manufacturing contract is valued at over
$3 million.
The RiboPrinter is an integrated, automated testing instrument
for food-borne bacteria. Designed for use in the food-processing
industry, the system will help to ensure the safety and quality of
food products. RELA worked with DuPont's Food Quality Management
Systems and Central Research & Development groups to design and
develop the system. DuPont unveiled the system at the American
Society for Microbiology show in May, 1995. The RiboPrinter
received R&D Magazine's R&D 100 award for analytical chemistry for
1995 and Food Processing Magazine's Technological Development of the
Year award.
"This represents an element of our long-term manufacturing
agreement and we are pleased to have seen an expansion of the
RiboPrinter business," said John V. Atanasoff, president and chief
executive officer of Colorado MEDtech Inc.
Colorado MEDtech is an integrated custom product development and
manufacturing services company specializing in the design,
development, and manufacture of electronic and electromechanical
products and software systems for the medical device industry.
CONTACT: Colorado MEDtech Inc., Boulder
John V. Atanasoff or Bruce L. Arfmann, 303/530-2660
cmed@rela.uucp.netcom.com
www.cmed.com
KEYWORD: COLORADO
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MEDICINE FOODS/BEVERAGES PRODUCT
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