WEST CHESTER, Pa., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- VWR International, Inc., a leader in the global research laboratory industry, announced today that it has entered into a Joint Distribution Agreement with HiMedia Laboratories, Mumbai, India to support the chemicals and laboratory supplies requirements of the rapidly expanding pharmaceutical and biotech industry in the subcontinent.
“The Indian subcontinent is a growth market of strategic importance to VWR,” said MK Sathya, Vice President, Corporate Initiatives, VWR. “We are proud to associate ourselves with a respected, high integrity partner such as HiMedia in bringing high quality laboratory chemicals, lab supplies and consumables to this market.”
“VWR has a long standing history of being a global leader in the distribution of Laboratory products in North America and Western Europe,” said Dr. GM Warke, CEO, HiMedia Laboratories Private Limited. “We are proud to be selected as VWR’s strategic partner to bring its wide range of high quality products to the laboratory community in India. Given that VWR is already an exclusive distributor for HiMedia’s innovative product line of Hi-Veg(TM) microbiological and cell culture media for North America, it makes for a strong mutual relationship.”
About VWR International
VWR International, Inc. is a leader in the global research laboratory industry with worldwide sales of over US $3.0 billion. VWR’s business is highly diversified across a spectrum of products and services, customer groups and geography. The company offers more than 1,200,000 products, from more than 2,500 manufacturers, to over 250,000 customers throughout North America and Europe. VWR’s primary customers work in the pharmaceutical, life science, chemical, technology, food processing and consumer product industries. Other important customers include universities and research institutes, governmental agencies, environmental testing organizations and primary and secondary schools. VWR International affiliates operate in 20 countries and employ approximately 6,100 people. The company’s mission is to deliver excellence in the distribution of scientific supplies. The VWR International Group is headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
For more information on VWR International, phone 1-800-932-5000, visit www.vwr.com , or write, VWR International, Inc., 1310 Goshen Parkway, P.O. Box 2656, West Chester, PA 19380-0906.
About HiMedia Laboratories Private Limited
Established in the year 1976 as Hindustan Dehydrated Media, the company started its operations to provide ready to use Culture Media to Scientists, Researchers and Small companies, who used to prepare their own Media from purchased ingredients. Over the years, under the banner of HiMedia Laboratories, the Company is counted amongst the world’s few companies possessing the high-tech know-how for manufacturing Microbiological Culture Media. Culture Media technology has been closely guarded by a handful companies world-wide. HiMedia developed its own technology for manufacture of the Culture Media and succeeded in introducing over 2000 of them over the years. HiMedia products are used in almost all parts of the world and compete favorably with other products of international repute.
For more information on HiMedia Laboratories, phone +91-22-2500-3747, visit www.himedialabs.com , or write, HiMedia Laboratories Private Limited, 23, Vadhani Industrial Estate, LBS Marg, Mumbai -- 400 086, INDIA.
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CONTACT: VWR: USA - Robin Gervasoni, +1-610-430-7258, fax -+1-610-719-0799, robin_gervasoni@vwr.com, or India - MK Sathya,Mk_Sathya@vwr.com, or Jay Gopalan, Jay_Gopalan@vwr.com, +91-80-41237118,fax - +91-80-41237117; HiMedia: Vishnu M Warke, +91-22-2500-3747, fax -+91-22-2500-5764, info@himedialabs.com
