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Sphere Fluidics and The Dolomite Centre Ltd. have now signed an exclusive distributor agreement for Sphere Fluidics' trademarked range of unique biochips, surfactants and other specialist chemicals for picodroplet applications. These will be promoted and sold via Dolomite's worldwide sales channels.

Dolomite Microfluidics and Sphere Fluidics partner to deliver world leading droplet based technology

Royston, UK | Posted on May 1st, 2014

Dr Robert Marchmont, Commercial Director of Sphere Fluidics, stated: "We are very impressed with Dolomite's technical, manufacturing and commercial expertise in the area of microfluidics and are now pleased to strengthen our current relationship with this new agreement. Specifically, we see great synergy between our scientific development and their Productizing Science® skills and sales & marketing reach. We are looking forward to further growing our successful partnership." Mr Lee Jeffries, COO of Dolomite, said: "Picodroplets are a fascinating and fast growing area of research, especially useful where tests need to be conducted on picolitres of sample containing, for example, single cells or biologically- important molecules. Sphere Fluidics' scientific know-how and capability in the core areas of picodroplet based technology will enable Dolomite to enhance our market leading microfluidic system solutions, by offering unique capabilities in picodroplet generation, isolation and analysis."

For further information on the range of surfactants available from Dolomite, as well as a complete portfolio of microfluidic products including chips, connectors, valves and custom devices please see www.dolomite-microfluidics.com or visit the Dolomite stand #5 At Flow 14 International Conference on Micro and Nanofluidics at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, on 18th - 21st May 2014.

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About The Dolomite Centre Limited
Established in 2005 as the world’s first Microfluidic Application Centre, Dolomite focused on working with customers to turn their concepts for microfluidic applications into reality. Today, Dolomite is the world leader in solving microfluidic problems. With offices in the UK and US and distributors throughout the rest of the world, its clients range from universities developing leading-edge analytical equipment, to manufacturers of chemical, life sciences and clinical diagnostics systems.

Dolomite is pioneering the use of microfluidic devices for small-scale fluid control and analysis, enabling manufacturers to develop more compact, cost-effective and powerful instruments. By combining specialist glass, quartz and ceramic technologies with knowledge of high performance microfluidics, Dolomite is able to provide solutions for a broad range of application areas including environmental monitoring, clinical diagnostics, food and beverage, nuclear, agriculture, petrochemical, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and chemicals. Furthermore Dolomite's in-house micro-fabrication facilities that include clean rooms and precision glass processing facilities allow to prototype and test all solutions rapidly which ensures a faster development cycle and reduces the time to market.

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Contacts:
The Dolomite Centre Ltd
1 Anglian Business Park, Orchard Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5TW, UK
T: +44 (0)1763 242491
F: +44 (0)1763 246125


Dolomite Microfluidics – North America Office
Blacktrace Inc, 29 Albion Place Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
C: 617 803 6655
T: 617 848 1211
F: 617 500 0136

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