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February 23, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONVIRON TO SUPPLY COMPLEX CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT ROOMS AND CHAMBERS TO MARYLAND'S CENTER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (CARB)
Winnipeg - February 23, 2005 ----Conviron, a world leader in the design and manufacture of controlled environment systems, has been awarded the contract to supply a full range of environmental chambers and rooms to the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB) at the University of Maryland in Rockville.
In all, Conviron will supply 33 units to CARB, ranging in application from plant growth to special application environmental rooms and insect rearing rooms. Two of the insect rooms are designed to a BL-3 containment level, while four are BL-2 rooms. Conviron was selected to supply the diverse products because it has the broad design and manufacturing expertise required for the project , and was able to take on all aspects of the project, from design through production, to installation and commissioning. In addition, Conviron's reputation, especially on projects of this size, is unsurpassed. The equipment is to be commissioned and turned over by September 1, 2005.
"This project further demonstrates that the world's leading research institutes recognize Conviron as the leader in delivering major and complex environmental control projects," stated Sharon Reid, North American Sales Manager and Conviron Project Manager for the CARB project.
CARB conducts research and provides interdisciplinary training in fundamental problems at the forefront of biotechnology. Research at CARB centers on structure, function, design and evolution of biological macromolecules, and relies on both theoretical and experimental approaches. CARB is located close to Maryland's major research campuses and several government laboratories, including the National Institutes of Health, which also house complex equipment designed and supplied by Conviron.
Conviron is a leading innovator and supplier of controlled environment systems. With products in more than 80 countries, Conviron is the world's largest supplier of plant growth chambers and rooms, including plant production rooms, tissue culture chambers and rooms, incubators and germinators. Conviron also offers a wide range of special application rooms for pharmaceutical, neutraceutical and entomology research, as well as storage and testing applications.
Conviron has an 85,000 square foot headquarters and production facility in Winnipeg, Canada, and maintains sales offices in the United States, Europe and Canada, with international distributors and service partners around the world. Conviron products and organization meet universally recognized standards, including CSA (NRTL/C) and ISO9001.
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