Chennai, 18 June 2012:
Spinco Biotech announced distribution agreement with Hamilton to promote and support the STAR Line & NIMBUS products range in India.

STAR Line is offered in 4 formats - STARlet, STARlite, and STAR & STARplus. Hamilton supplies not only an outstanding liquid handling workstation, but also supports optimizing your assay and integrating third party devices and labware. STAR Line systems are available with Validated Standard Applications such as

	Vacuum based purifications		Cell based assays
	Magnetic bead based purifications		Antibody production
	PCR/sequencing set-ups		RNAi, reporter gene screening
	Cloning		Solid phase and liquid/liquid extraction
	Protein crystallization		PAMPA and other ADME(T)
	In-gel digestion		Combichem
	MALDI target spotting		Hit pick/compound handling
	Cell culture

"This strategic partnership with Spinco Biotech brings extended reach and access of our globally acclaimed products to scientists across India" said Guido Meneghini, Director International Sales HAMILTON Bonaduz AG.

Spinco group Chairman S. Thyagarajan said, Spinco Biotech has been keen to promote and support a reputed liquid handling automation platform that is known for precision and reliability. Our objective is now fulfilled having partnered with Hamilton, a global leader in automation. We are proud to be able to support the scientists with Hamilton products as and when new Specific application areas demand.

About Hamilton Robotics
Hamilton Robotics (www.hamiltonrobotics.com) is dedicated to the design and manufacture of Automated liquid handling workstations. From Clark Hamilton’s Microliter® Syringe to Leading Laboratory Automation Technology, Hamilton’s expertise in liquid handling goes back to the development of the revolutionary Microliter® syringe in 1947 by the company founder Clark Hamilton. The strategy of the company has been to grow through innovations based on its core competence in liquid handling and to favor high quality products over short-term profits. In 1970, Hamilton had already introduced the first semi-automated diluter. The first fully automated workstation for sample preparation followed in 1980. Today's STAR line instruments represent the latest development in a series of innovative liquid handling workstations. Thousands of Hamilton liquid handling workstations are serving customers in laboratories all over the world, some of the instruments with a track record of over 15 years.

About Spinco Biotech Pvt. Ltd.
For over 30 years, Spinco Biotech has been the preferred partner for the scientific community by extending their continued support in the field of analytical and life science instrumentation. "Customerization" is the cornerstone of our company culture since 1981. At Spinco, we are committed to excellence in every function of our business - using people, knowledge, technology and innovation to provide products of the highest quality and world class services. Spinco Biotech has been ranked No. 1 Biosupplier in India by BioSpectrum - 2011