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Award for Wilden
bioMérieux, Inc., a major player in the field of in vitro hosted the 2005 World Class Suppliers Summit to show appreciation for more than 80 of its largest suppliers. bioMérieux holds the summit once every two years to present awards to its World Class Suppliers in recognition of continued quality and on-time delivery. The summit was held 2005 at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, and was attended by approximately 200 guests. This year´s summit marked the first presentation of the Innovation Award to recognize an outstanding supplier for promoting innovation and introducing valuable ideas. The award was presented to Wilden Plastics (USA). for their work with the new turning stack mold system technology for the VITEK® card.s
VITEK® is a fully automated system that performs bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing. The fully automated microbiological test system VITEK® analyses substances supplied by means of the VITEK® card. In 2003 bioMérieux commissioned Wilden Group for mold making and serial production of the VITEK® card, a consumable consisting of 64 wells for increased system analytical capacities. The mold making and industrialisation of the card was performed at the Technical CompetenceCenter of Wilden in Wackersdorf, Germany. Serial production takes place at Wilden Plastics (USA) in Peachtree City, USA.
”We are proud of our accomplishments during the past year and we could not have done it without the support of our suppliers,” said Dan Biondo, Vice President of Purchasing, bioMérieux, Inc., North America. “We look forward to the Suppliers summit as an opportunity to meet with our most important suppliers, like Wilden Plastics (USA), and share our success during the previous year and to illustrate the central role they play in our business. Our theme this year is innovate and we plan to illustrate the innovation within our products and the importance of innovation for all players within the microbiology industry.
Microbiology in combination with highly precise plastics technology - VITEK® test systems enable a fully automated microbiological identification of numerous bacteria and the determination of possible bacterial resistance to antibiotics as well as the treatment evaluation of those bacteria with effective antibiotics. The examined materials are inserted into the device by means of the VITEK® card, and analyzed optically. Infections are detected rapidly and can be treated promptly, in most cases, the patient can be informed on the laboratory results the same day. The innovative production procedure and a highly precise plastics technology are a significant contribution to efficient medical diagnostics and will help to lower costs in the health sector.
