Consolidated Attends AALAS, Indianapolis Written by: Arthur Trapotsis MS Biochemical Engineering, MBA, Consultant Consolidated Sterilizer Systems met with customers, USA and international sales and service representatives at the 59th annual meeting of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science in Indianapolis, IN, November 10, 2008. During the exhibition, Consolidated staff demonstrated the company’s new PLC programmable logic control system designed to maximize the performance of the pulse-vac steam sterilizer. The company also acquired background information on trends and technologies related to laboratory animal research, including best practices for effective sterilization of animal and cage effluents through a range of standard and multi-phase cycles. Attendance at the annual meeting underscores the Consolidated commitment to the life science, biomedical and clinical research market. Tweet Like Share
Consolidated Attends AALAS, Indianapolis Written by: Arthur Trapotsis MS Biochemical Engineering, MBA, Consultant Consolidated Sterilizer Systems met with customers, USA and international sales and service representatives at the 59th annual meeting of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science in Indianapolis, IN, November 10, 2008. During the exhibition, Consolidated staff demonstrated the company’s new PLC programmable logic control system designed to maximize the performance of the pulse-vac steam sterilizer. The company also acquired background information on trends and technologies related to laboratory animal research, including best practices for effective sterilization of animal and cage effluents through a range of standard and multi-phase cycles. Attendance at the annual meeting underscores the Consolidated commitment to the life science, biomedical and clinical research market. Tweet Like Share
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