vermicon AG and HTS Labs Frankfurt GmbH launch partnership for advanced microbiological solutions
Hallbergmoos / Neu-Isenburg, 06.12.2023 - vermicon AG and HTS Labs Frankfurt GmbH are entering into a pioneering partnership to develop and market advanced microbiological solutions. This collaboration covers the areas of wastewater-based epidemiology, high-performance analytics for industry and microbiological analytics for private individuals. The combined expertise and capabilities of both companies create a wide-ranging service package that sets the highest standards in microbiological analytics.
vermicon AG, with over 26 years of experience in the industrial microbiology sector, offers outstanding expertise and innovative, customised solutions. These include the direct and highly specific detection of microorganisms in complex samples such as wastewater or microbiome as well as in the quality control of e.g. beverages and probiotics. Since 2020, the company has also been involved in the field of wastewater-based epidemiology. HTS Labs Frankfurt complements this expertise with customised and flexible solutions that use the latest technologies in high-throughput screening, clinical chemistry and pathogen surveillance.
"With this cooperation, we will offer high-performance analytics that combine high-throughput capacities with the highest level of microbial expertise," explains Dr Jiri Snaidr, microbiologist, founder and CEO of vermicon AG. Dr Michael Bonin, CEO of HTS Labs Frankfurt, adds: "Digital logistics solutions play a central part in this process in order to ensure efficient and safe sampling and transportation and to exploit the significant time advantage in high-throughput analyses."
The performance potential of the partnership has already been demonstrated as part of the AMELAG project (wastewater monitoring for epidemiological situation assessment) of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) since the beginning of October, in which both partners are jointly analysing wastewater samples. As a next step in the cooperation, the companies are aiming to make high-performance microbiological solutions available not only in the industrial sector, but also directly for private individuals. The range will start with water tests that enable individuals to quickly and reliably analyse their water samples for microbiological contamination. The range is being continuously expanded to cover all relevant segments.
The cooperation between vermicon AG and HTS Labs Frankfurt represents a decisive milestone in the development of innovative solutions for microbiological challenges. Their combined expertise will have a lasting impact on the industry.
About vermicon AG: For more than 25 years, vermicon AG has been offering innovative technologies, specific microbiological know-how and cultivation-independent methods for the in situ identification, quantification and vizualisation of microorganisms. With customized solutions, vermicon supports companies in industrial microbiology in development and at all stages of the production chain. The focus is on direct and cultivation-independent analysis in order to provide fast, highly specific and reliable insights into the actual microbiology and thus enable effective production and quality assurance as well as an optimised and efficient design of operating processes.
About HTS Labs: HTS Labs Frankfurt GmbH is a high-throughput analytical laboratory based in Neu-Isenburg, Germany, which was founded in 2022 as part of the CKM Group headquartered in Herborn, Germany. The CKM Group, in which HTS Labs represents the laboratory expertise, has grown into one of the largest private providers for pandemic prevention in Germany in a very short time during the corona pandemic with the help of an extensive network from various industries and the bundling of different expertise. Following the pandemic, the Group has set itself the goal of contributing to a healthier world with smart diagnostics and disruptive innovations in the healthcare sector and making personalised prevention possible for everyone. CKM combines professional and efficient project management with planning and organisational talent, doctors and biologists and can draw on many years of experience in highly complex logistics and sample management, as well as in market research and software development. In order to come closer to the vision of a healthier world, the CKM Group is complemented by other companies, such as the airport clinic at Franz-Josef Strauss Airport in Munich (Munich Airport Clinic).