Mocon Receives Order from China for 40 Permeation Systems
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Minneapolis, MN (August 18, 2010) - MOCON, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOCO) has received an order from China's State Food & Drug Administration (SFDA) to supply 20 provincial pharmaceutical testing centers with top-of-the-line oxygen and water vapor permeation units.
The centers, located in the western and central parts of China, will each receive a MOCON OX-TRAN® 2/21 ML and a PERMATRAN-W® Model 3/33 MG Plus unit. A total of 40 MOCON instruments will be in place by October.
"MOCON has had a long-standing global reputation as the gold-standard manufacturer of permeation testing instrumentation. We are pleased with the confidence China's SFDA has shown in our technology by placing a significant order to support its provincial testing centers," said Robert L. Demorest, president and CEO, MOCON.
Both the OX-TRAN® and PERMATRAN-W® lines have been engineered to test permeation of either flat materials or finished packages/devices such as vials, pouches, bottles, blister cavities and syringes. The OX-TRAN 2/21 system uses a patented coulometric sensor (COULOX®) to detect oxygen transmission. It provides parts-per-billion sensitivity even in the presence of water vapor.
The newly-launched PERMATRAN-W® Model MG 3/33 Plus, water vapor transmission rate unit, offers automatic relative humidity (RH) capability via a new software interface. This enables the instrument to quickly and simply achieve accurate and precise relative humidity conditions. Precise results are critical to understanding how barriers will perform in real-world conditions.
In 2007, MOCON established an office, laboratory and service center in Shanghai to help provide leading-edge permeation technology for growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region. Its agent in the region, the Danbell Company, Beijing, is responsible for procuring the instrumentation deal between MOCON and China's SFDA.
About MOCON
MOCON is a leading provider of instrumentation and consulting and laboratory services to medical, pharmaceutical, food and other industries worldwide. See www.mocon.com for more information.
Contact info:
Guy Wray,
MOCON, Inc.
7500 Mendelssohn Ave. North,
Minneapolis,
MN 55428 U.S.A.
Phone: (763) 493-7228,
email: gwray@mocon.com
MOCON, Inc.
7500 Mendelssohn Ave. North
Minneapolis,
MN 55428 U.S.A.
Phone: 763-493-6370
Fax: 763-493-6358
Web: www.mocon.com
