The Two Leaders in Supercritical Fluid Technologies Combine to Advance this Emerging Technology and Expand Customer Support
Thar Technologies, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) systems announced that the acquisition of Berger SFC® division of Mettler Toledo. Berger SFC® is a pioneer in the development of SFC and a world leader in SFC Analysis and Purification. The combination of the top two supercritical fluid technology companies will enable the advancement of new technologies and applications, and expand capabilities in the support and service of its customers in pharmaceutical drug discovery and development globally.
“We are pleased that we have completed this acquisition.” says Thar CEO, Dr. Lalit Chordia. “Berger SFC brings an excellent reputation and deep experience in the development of Supercritical Fluid Chromatography, and compliments Thar’s SFC technologies. We are excited about the future advancement to broaden the scope of SFC technology as a result of this acquisition.”
“We strongly believe that the SFC market represents an exciting opportunity. The combination of Berger SFC and Thar Instruments will result in a fully integrated SFC instrumentation company that will have the necessary critical mass to further penetrate the rapidly developing analysis and purification market, while providing competent support and service to customers around the world.
SFC is at least three to five times faster than HPLC. The high resolution of SFC makes it ideal for the separation and purification of difficult chemical samples, such as chiral enantiomers and natural products. SFC is generally known as normal phase chromatography, thereby offering a complimentary selectivity to HPLC but much greener because it reduces solvent usage by an average of 80%.
About Thar Instruments
Thar Technologies is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of analytical and preparative SFC and SFE (extraction) systems. Thar’s expertise has been applied to a wide variety of research in industries including petrochemicals, food, flavors, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and fine chemicals. In recent years, Thar has developed applications for separating compounds that cannot be resolved using traditional techniques such as HPLC and GC. Apart from pharmaceutical compounds, other products include pesticides, food contaminants, engine fuels, polymers and peptides.
Thar Technologies is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of analytical and preparative SFC and SFE (extraction) systems. Thar’s expertise has been applied to a wide variety of research in industries including petrochemicals, food, flavors, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and fine chemicals. In recent years, Thar has developed applications for separating compounds that cannot be resolved using traditional techniques such as HPLC and GC. Apart from pharmaceutical compounds, other products include pesticides, food contaminants, engine fuels, polymers and peptides.
Sometimes referred to as “green chromatography,” SFC is now used in every major pharmaceutical drug discovery lab to support the analysis and purification of potential new drug compounds. The use of SFC is expanding quickly, once viewed as a specialist technique only used in the US, UK and France, now chromatographers all over the world are using this fast, green technique. After the merger of the two technology and markets leaders, most of the world’s SFC design, application and fabrication expertise including important patents on the instrumentation will be joined together in one team to provide SFC instrumentation solutions for the biopharmaceutical market worldwide.
About METTLER TOLEDO
METTLER TOLEDO is a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services. The Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. The Company also holds top-three market positions in several related analytical instruments and is a leading provider of automated chemistry systems used in drug and chemical compound discovery and development. In addition, the Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of metal detection and other end-of-line inspection systems used in production and packaging and holds a leading position in certain process analytics applications.
METTLER TOLEDO is a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services. The Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. The Company also holds top-three market positions in several related analytical instruments and is a leading provider of automated chemistry systems used in drug and chemical compound discovery and development. In addition, the Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of metal detection and other end-of-line inspection systems used in production and packaging and holds a leading position in certain process analytics applications.
Courtesy of Mettler Toledo