Ziath is pleased to announce a new partnership with VITL, the laboratory equipment and instrumentation arm of Integrated Technologies Ltd., of Ashford, Kent, in England.  VITL provides a growing range of laboratory solutions for microplate and microtube handling.  In teaming up with VITL, the Ziath portfolio now includes an entry-level heat sealer for microplates, as well as a tube picker and microplate defroster.

ITL was established in the UK over 35 years ago and has built a reputation as the market leader in the design and manufacture of medical, diagnostic and analytical instruments.

Until 2006, ITL’s core business was contract design and manufacturing.  However in that year, utilising its expertise in innovative design and manufacture, the VITL product range was introduced.

We've Launched New Versions of Our DataPaq Rack and Single-Tube Scanning Software

Ziath is pleased to announce the launch of a major new version of its ground-breaking 2D barcode scanning software.

DataPaq Version 1.23 offers many new features and improvements over the previous Version 1.22, including:

• Much improved empty well detection.  This feature requires ‘zero-configuration’ and works ‘out-of-the-box’ for all tube types
• Improved ability to detect when a plate is not on the scanner or is unreadable (for example, when the tubes in the rack are not barcoded)
• Export results to a database by direct connection to database
• XML result output to file
• Keyword configuration for output files
• Date, time and barcode replacement in filename for driverless integration mode
• Retrieval of settings in integration mode
• Automatic settings refresh whilst running in integration mode

DataPaq Single Version 1.2 also offers many new features and improvements, including:

• Server mode to facilitate integration into robotics in LIMS systems
• Configurable "re-scan" of same barcode
• Significantly faster performance

As always, with all our products, the same super, easy-to-use, ‘single-click’ for any make or model of tube is still there.  Along with the new features in Version 1.23, DataPaq’s outstanding usability removes scanning headaches and drastically reduces training requirements.  The new version is now being shipped with all new product orders and offered as a free upgrade to all our existing customers.

Ziath is on the move! Moving up in fact, as we're taking on new premises on the outskirts of Cambridge, England. As of mid-March, we've moved into new office space located only minutes from Cambridge. The new premises will help Ziath manage our rapidly growing business to ensure we can continue to serve you in our typically prompt and efficient manner.

A video of the Gecko Barcode Labeller in operation is now available; click here to see just how quick and efficient this superb product from Ziath and KBiosystems is.

We are happy to welcome Brian Pumphrey onto our team. Brian brings more than 30 years experience in the laboratory science industry including 5 years field sales and 15 years working with distributors and international sales.
His strong communication and people skills along with his experience in management have led to great success in sales and marketing work.
Brian maintains a track record of technical positions with various companies such as Apogent Discoveries, BioRobotics Ltd and BioChrom Ltd, the latter being his most recent endeavour; excelling in the building and distribution of four product ranges in the territories of Asia, Australasia, Latin America, Middle East, Africa and parts of Europe.

Ziath are pleased to announce that they are now working alongside KBiosystems and selling an important part of their product range, including the new EFly2 semi-automated manual heat sealer, the Wasp automated plate sealer, the Gecko print-and-apply barcode applicator, and the Scorpion automated plate stacker.

KBiosystems was established in 1991. Since that time they have designed and built robotic automation solutions for the biotechnology industry, bringing the customer flexible robotics with full service support, enabling the user to benefit enormously from the use of automation. Pharmaceutical and academic collaborations have meant that the company has a solid background in the application of robotics to scientific processes with a strong focus on innovation, practicality and reliability.

September 7-8, 2009, Ziath exhibited at the ELRIG Drug Discovery meeting - as always, an invaluable way to meet new customers, as well as being the ideal venue for launching more new products into our range. Ziath was also delighted to have been part in sponsoring the Technobotts team. After a robotics demonstration at the ELRIG (European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group) Drug Discovery conference in Liverpool in September, where ELRIG (and additionally Ziath) pledged financial support for the team to assist them to travel to Singapore, the team approached the department store chain, John Lewis, for assistance as they needed additional robotics kits for the Soccer challenge. The team’s recent successes were achieved with “Robert” the robot, presented to them by Robert Sayle in 2007. Robert featured on BBC television's "Look East" programme on 29 January.