Hamburg, April 2017 The product line sealed with the new purity grade “Eppendorf Forensic DNA Grade” complies with the stringent requirements of the recently released ISO18385. This standard specifies the demands on manufacturers of products which are used in forensic DNA laboratories to further minimize the risk of contamination. Eppendorf confirms the compliance for every production lot and provides lot-specific certificates. The comprehensive approach of this product line assures an excellent purity and performance level as well as optimized packaging that supports contamination- and error-free handling. The Forensic DNA Grade products encompass consumables for DNA extraction, sample processing and PCR setup as well as for sample storage. Please visit http://www.eppendorf.com/purity for more information. About Eppendorf AG: Eppendorf is a leading life science company that develops and sells instruments, consumables, and services for liquid handling, sample handling, and cell handling in laboratories worldwide. Its product range includes pipettes and automated pipetting systems, dispensers, centrifuges, mixers, spectrometers, and DNA amplification equipment as well as ultra-low temperature freezers, fermentors, bioreactors, CO2 incubators, shakers, and cell manipulation systems. Consumables such as pipette tips, test tubes, microliter plates, and single-use bioreactor vessels complement the range of highest-quality premium products. Eppendorf products are most broadly used in academic and commercial research laboratories, e.g., in companies from the pharmaceutical and biotechnological as well as the chemical and food industries. They are also aimed at clinical and environmental analysis laboratories, forensics, and at industrial laboratories performing process analysis, production, and quality assurance. Eppendorf was founded in Hamburg, Germany in 1945 and has about 3,000 employees worldwide. The company has subsidiaries in 25 countries and is represented in all other markets by distributors.
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