Edstrom Industries, Inc. and Cidercone Oy Announce North American Distribution Agreement
Exclusive North American Distribution Agreement to Promote SmartlabTM Laboratory Management Solution
Helsinki and Waterford – May 23, 2008
Edstrom Industries, Inc., Waterford, Wisconsin, USA and Cidercone Oy, Helsinki, Finland today announced an exclusive distribution agreement to promote, support and distribute the SmartlabTM laboratory management solution into North America. This agreement is designed to bring the many benefits experienced by other global animal facilities to the North American marketplace.
Under this agreement, Edstrom Industries, Inc. will exclusively promote, support, and distribute the Smartlab laboratory management solution in both the United States and Canada. As part of this relationship, Cidercone and Edstrom are collectively committed to expanding the current benefits of the Smartlab laboratory management solution by focusing on the issues that limit productivity and efficiencies within today’s vivarium.
As a leader in supplying complete solutions to the vivarium industry, Edstrom is excited by the opportunity to bring the benefits of the Smartlab product to North America. “Working with Cidercone will allow us to provide a comprehensive offering to our customers throughout North America. The Smartlab laboratory management solution will provide our customers with significant efficiencies, offer scalability, and provide a platform for growth. Smartlab will also provide our customers with the necessary tools required to eliminate many of the current obstacles that stand between where their vivarium is and where they would like to be,” says Art Edstrom, CEO of Edstrom Industries, Inc.
Tuomas Kohila CEO of Cidercone is very pleased with the agreement with Edstrom: “Cidercone is proud to bring Smartlab to the North American market by working with a strong, well respected company such as Edstrom. The agreement with Edstrom is a big step forward in making the recognized benefits and advantages of Smartlab available to customers globally."
About Edstrom
For almost 40 years, Edstrom has focused on providing common sense solutions to the issues facing the animal laboratory industry. Our solutions encompass animal watering, water purification, facility monitoring and control, as well as, workflow management. At their core, the solutions offered by Edstrom are designed to remove and/or record variables that can have an affect on today’s critical research. For more information, visit http://www.edstrom.com/ or contact us at 800-558-5913.
About Cidercone
Cidercone is the IT-solution provider specialising in animal laboratory management solutions for public and commercial research organizations. Cidercone provides a whole life cycle solution to data management, from planning to support. By concentrating on animal laboratories our solutions specifically meet our customer’s functional and usability needs saving them time and improving data quality and access. For more information visit http://www.cidercone.com/en/ or contact us at +358 9 4774 1610.