February 14, 2007

Symyx Technologies’ Benchtop System was awarded the New Product Award at LabAutomation2007. Presented by the Association for Laboratory Automation, Symyx was one of three recipients from a field of more than 35 eligible products.

The self-contained unit combines powder- and liquid-handling capabilities and automates multiple steps of experimental procedures. The system increases testing capacity by 10 to 100 times and takes labor-intensive, repetitive work away from scientists.

The Benchtop System utilizes the hardware framework of Symyx’s Core Module and includes miniaturized materials preparation capabilities, sample processing capabilities, and sample analysis capabilities combined with automated instrument control.

More information can be found on the company’s Web site.