Released on: October 24, 2008, 5:27 am

Press Release Author: The Scott Partnership

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Press Release Summary: (Caerphilly, UK, 24 October 2008) - Sterilin Limited, the
established leader in single use laboratory products for life science applications,
presents the Iwaki range of glass cell culture and biotechnology products. Offering
the superior optical clarity of an ultra thin (0.175±0.02mm) and uniform glass base
relative to conventional polystyrene-based products, the Iwaki glass-based dishes
and multiwell plates are ideal for high-transmittance microscope scanning. These
products have been designed to allow the fluorescent measurement of live and dead
cells at a higher magnification than that achievable through plastic dishes.

Press Release Body: Contact Information:
Fiona Robinson
The Scott Partnership
Phone: +44 (0) 1477 539539
E-mail: sterilin@scottpr.com

Sterilin Limited Presents the Iwaki Glass Range of Tissue Culture Products Which Aid
Complex Cell Biology Techniques

(Caerphilly, UK, 24 October 2008) - Sterilin Limited, the established leader in
single use laboratory products for life science applications, presents the Iwaki
range of glass cell culture and biotechnology products. Offering the superior
optical clarity of an ultra thin (0.175±0.02mm) and uniform glass base relative to
conventional polystyrene-based products, the Iwaki glass-based dishes and multiwell
plates are ideal for high-transmittance microscope scanning. These products have
been designed to allow the fluorescent measurement of live and dead cells at a
higher magnification than that achievable through plastic dishes.

With live cell imaging fast becoming commonplace in many research laboratories,
confocal microscopes offer high-speed, high-precision detections and time-lapse
assays. The range of Iwaki glass-based dishes, assay plates and culture plates, as
recommended by Leica Microsystems, offer unrivalled optical clarity in which the
researcher can run increasingly complex cell biology techniques. As confocal imaging
becomes more prominent, researchers demand higher quality glassware for use with
their imaging systems, where typically 'homemade' or lower-quality glass-based
products have been the only option.

The design of the culture plates, with their low-based black frame and chimney-well
design, reduces well-to-well cross-talk and contamination. The wells are less than
0.5mm above the bottom line of the plate's outer frame, and offer the perfect
solution for many applications, including cell based assay detections, fluorescent
detections, DNA protein interactions and receptor-ligand recognition detected
through fluorescent probes.

Sterilin Limited offers a wide range of products for the pharmaceutical, clinical
and healthcare, food, forensics and industrial packaging industries. Formerly part
of Barloworld Scientific, Sterilin Limited comprises of four established product
brands: Sterilin single use plastics; Iwaki tissue culture products; Sterilin
Silicone Devices (formerly Esco Silicone Rubber); Sterilin Packaging Products
(formerly Azlon Packaging).

For further information on Sterilin Limited's products please visit
www.sterilin.co.uk or e-mail: info@sterilin.co.uk, or call on +44 (0)844 844 3737.

About Sterilin Limited

Sterilin Limited is the name of the newly formed life sciences company, formerly
part of Barloworld. This new established company takes forward two established
market leading brands, Sterilin single use plastics and Iwaki tissue culture
products, plus two new brands, Sterilin Silicon Devices and Sterilin Packaging
Products.

For more than 40 years, the Sterilin brand name has been synonymous with quality in
single use plastics. This reputation was built upon, and has been maintained by, the
most stringent manufacturing standards in the industry.
The range of single use plastics comprises of over 800 products used extensively in
microbiology and the life sciences including specimen containers, Petri dishes,
multiwell plates and centrifuge tubes.

Sterilin branded products are manufactured at a BS EN ISO 9001:2000 accredited
purpose built facility in South Wales, UK, where new manufacturing techniques and
stringent quality assurance procedures ensure that every item is made to the highest
quality.

For further press information please contact: Fiona Robinson, The Scott Partnership,
1 Whiteside, Station Road, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire CW4 8AA, United Kingdom Tel: + 44
1477 539539 Fax: +44 1477 539540 mail to:
sterilin@scottpr.com


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Contact Details: Contact Information:
Fiona Robinson
The Scott Partnership
Phone: +44 (0) 1477 539539
E-mail: sterilin@scottpr.com