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Real-time incubator and colony counter

INTERSCIENCE is proud to launch the ScanStation, real-time incubator and colony counter, which will be presented worldwide for the fi rst time at MEDICA, Germany.

Multiple award winner:

- Innovation Award Trophy 2017 (Productivity / R.O.I categories) - Forum Labo, Paris, France

- General Public Award Trophy 2017 - Forum Labo, Paris, France

- Design Observer label 2017- Observeur du Design, Paris, France

- Innovative Companies’ Trophy 2017- CCI / La Montagne, Aurillac, France

You will fi nd in this fi le:

- ScanStation short description

- ScanStation press release

- ScanStation image portfolio

- INTERSCIENCE corporate presentation

ScanStation video available on Youtube and www.interscience.com

Press Contact

Suzanne Jalenques

INTERSCIENCE

+ 33 (0)1 34 62 62 61

press@interscience.com

www.interscience.com

INTRODUCTION

The ScanStation is a real-time incubator and colony counting station designed for the phar-

maceutical, the agro-food, the cosmetic industries and research. It is the world’s fi rst pro-

duct centralizing incubation, detection and colony counting of 100 Petri dishes simultaneously.

In classical Pasteurian microbiology, the Petri dish must be placed in an incubator for 24h and up to

5 days. Then a time-consuming reading operation is performed to count colonies. The operator may

notice the presence of invasive or confl uent colonies mixed with air bubbles, debris, writings... increa-

sing the margin of error on the fi nal result. The ScanStation provides results as soon as the 6 hours

after the beginning of the incubation which is up to 3 times sooner, faster and with inequalled accuracy.

What’s new about ScanStation?

It is to perform incubation and colony counting at the same time, which allows:

- Colony counting at an early stage of the colony development, starting from 6h of incubation

- Unequalled accuracy of the results as colonies are detected before clustering or covering can occur

- Automatic colony counting during incubation for 100 Petri dishes saving time

- Anticipated results provides earlier release of production batches

Multiple award winner:

- Innovation Award Trophy 2017 (Productivity / R.O.I categories) - Forum Labo, Paris, France

- General Public Award Trophy 2017 - Forum Labo, Paris, France

- Design Observer label 2017- Observeur du Design, Paris, France

- Innovative Companies’ Trophy 2017- CCI / La Montagne, Aurillac, France

DESCRIPTION

Not for sale in Japan

Paris, 6th October 2017 - INTERSCIENCE is pleased to announce the launching of ScanStation, real-time incubator and colony counter at MEDICA in Düsseldorf, Germany (November 16-17, 2017).

The ScanStation is a revolution for microbiological analyses : it detects and counts colonies as soon as they appear at the beginnning of the incubation. It is a real-time revolution providing anticipated results for control quality labs in the pharmaceutical, agro-food, cosmetic industries and research. The anticipated results saves time and allows earlier release of production batches.

«With this new technology, microbiologists can actually see, in real-time, the video of bacterial growth on the Petri dishes. This innovation is a mix between classic methods with the Petri dish and the latest innovations in robotic and computing, providing analyses’ results with unequalled accuracy and much sooner.» says Emmanuel JALENQUES – Head of R&D and Co-CEO of INTERSCIENCE.

The major innovation of the ScanStation is the automatic counting of the colonies at an early stage of their development, starting at the beginning of the incubation cycle. Up to 100 Petri dishes are counted every 30 minutes throughout the process, delivering a video recording of the bacterial growth. Final results are known 3 times sooner and faster because up to 100 Petri dishes are processed simultaneously and with unequalled accuracy as colonies are detected before clustering or covering can occur.

The ScanStation has been launched at FORUM LABO 2017 in Paris, France. Winner of the 2017 Innovation Trophy Productivity / R.O.I category, it has also been awarded the General Public Award and was then awarded with the label Observeur du Design and the Trophy of the Innovative Companies by CCI / La Montagne.

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PORTFOLIO

About us

interscience has been an industry leader in the fi eld of microbiological analysis for the food, agro-

food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, veterinary, medical, environmental and chemical industries, research

institutes and universities since 1979.

Designer and manufacturer, we provide labs with scientifi c equipment to guarantee safe products for

consumption.

Our French family business is run by co-CEO brothers Emmanuel and Jules Jalenques with 80

colleagues working in 5 locations: Saint Nom and Mourjou in France, Boston (USA), Singapore and

Shanghai (China).

Our products

Our products are used in microbiological analyses labs to test any sample enabling the research of

contaminants and pathogens. They are largely used in the agrofood industry to check if the products

are safe for consumption and in the pharmaceutical, cosmetical, clinical and veterinary industries to test

the effi ciency of creams and medecines among other applications. They also equip labs in hospitals,

universities, research centers, private and public labs worldwide.

Worldwide company

We are proud to export more than 80% of our products in more than 100 countries thanks to a young

sales team speaking many languages (English, Spanish, Chinese, German, Japanese, Italian, etc.) and

a worldwide distribution network. Each year we release new products with a number of international

patents and meet new clients at one of the 20 tradeshows we participate in every year.

THE COMPANY

Our values

Our mission is to offer our partners and customers high quality products and the best service worldwide.

We have built a solid reputation with innovative products that are successful because they are adapted

to the user’s needs. Since the beginning we have had a passion for research and development. We are

proud to provide our teams with the best work environment and have designed ecological surroundings

for our research center and factory.

How it all started

The company was founded in 1979 by François Jalenques, a physicist fond of entrepreneurship. He

started by promoting an innovative plating method for the research of contaminants and pathogens for

the agro-food and pharmaceutical industries. The factory and reseach center was then created in his

ancestor’s village in the south of France to start an industrial revitalization.

His sons, Emmanuel and Jules, started working with him and today run the company together.

USA & CANADA BOSTON

HEADQUARTERSST NOM - FRANCE

CHINASHANGHAI

R&D PRODUCTION MOURJOU - FRANCE

SOUTH-EAST ASIASINGAPORE

Our products range:

BagFilter®, BagPage®, BagLight®

Blender bags

DiluFlow®

Gravimetric dilutors

BagMixer®

Lab blenders

FlexiPump®

Peristaltic pumps for culture media preparation

easySpiral Dilute®

Automatic dilutor and platers

Scan®

Automatic colony counters & inhibition zone readers

OUR PRODUCTS

Purpose of our products

Our products allow reliable and quick microbiological analyses to guarantee safe products for

consumption.

From sample preparation to bacterial analyses

Who uses our products?

These are examples of companies working with our products in their labs:

Pharmaceutical

Food

Sample

PLATE & COUNT SYSTEM®

BAGSYSTEM®

Result

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STOP

fill

tube

esc

change

settings

Press

when tube

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Turn to select

Push to enter

FlexiPump®

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AS

AGSAGSAGS

BagFilter®

Sample with a fi lter bag

DiluFlow®

Dilute the sample

BagMixer®

Homogenize the sample

BagTools®

Handle the sample

BagPipet®

Pipet the fi ltered sample

easySpiral Dilute®

Automatic diluting & plating

dataLinkTM

Traceability system

FlexiPump®

Liquid dispensing

Scan®

Automatic colony countingInhibition zone reading

Cosmetics

Research/Public institutes

Environmental

Our products are designed and used in these industries:

Our activity per industry

DATA

Food analysis 58%

Pharmaceutical 14%

Clinical/medica12%

Cosmetics 6%

Environmental 4% Chemical

2% Others 4%

As a leader in the food safety business, we strive to meet the ever changing standards set all around the

world.

By creating innovative and reliable products along with dedicated service in more than 100 countries,

the company works with constant growth.

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1979 François Jalenques, physicist, creates INTERSCIENCE in Paris, France

1994 Building of the fi rst manufacturing center in the south of France

2002 Opening of INTERSCIENCE USA/Canada in Boston, USA

2008 Opening of INTERSCIENCE China, in Shanghai, China

2009 The BagMixer lab blender is a world best-seller:

more than 15,000 units sold in more than 85 countries

2012 New easySpiral Dilute, fi rst diluter and plater on the market

2016 New Scan 4000, automatic colony counter and inhibition zone reader

2017 New ScanStation, incubation station and real-time colony counting

HISTORY

FACTORY

The manufacturing site is located in Mourjou, in the south of France, and comprises more than 6000 m2

of R&D research center and manufacturing site.