Caddy Plus™ receives Gold ChemTec award


PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - October 7, 2003 - Caddy Plus , a robotic system manufactured by Watrex Praha has received a top award during the ChemTec Prague 2003 10th International Fair of Chemistry and Plastics. Caddy Plus is a robotic plate handling station designed to automate sample delivery to MegaBACE™ 1000 and 4000 genetic analyzers to enable their unattended operation. MegaBACE instruments are manufactured by Amersham Biosciences (LSE: NYSE: OSE: AHM).

"It is a great achievement and aknowledgment of hard work for the entire Caddy team at Watrex and I am very happy today" says Milan Minarik, C.E.O. of Watrex Praha.

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MegaBACE™ is a trademark of Amersham Biosciences