Life Technologies Asia Center in Singapore

U.S.-based Life Technologies, a provider of innovative life science solutions, now has a regional distribution hub in Singapore to address strong customer demand in the Asia Pacific regions of India, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

Life Technologies' systems, consumables, and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific and medical advancements that make life even better. The customers of Life Technologies do their work across the biological spectrum, working to advance the fields of discovery and translational research, molecular medicine, stem cell-based therapies, food safety and animal health, and 21st century forensics. Life Technologies manufactures both molecular diagnostic and research use only products. Life Technologies' industry-leading brands are found in nearly every life sciences laboratory in the world and include innovative instrument systems under the Applied Biosystems and Ion Torrent names as well as the broadest range of reagents with its Invitrogen, Gibco, Ambion, Molecular Probes, and Taqman products.

Life Technologies' new Asia Distribution Center (ADC), located in Singapore's Tuas Biomedical Park, will boost the quality, availability, and timely delivery of Life Technologies' products to its customers in the area. The Asia Pacific region is one of the company's key growth drivers; Asia Pacific sales (excluding Japan) grew over 15% in 2010.

"Life Technologies is at the forefront of a revolution in genetic research that will dramatically improve how we look at healthcare and medical therapies, changing the way we develop agriculture and energy products. By locating the ADC in Singapore, we can bring our innovative technologies more efficiently to our customers in the region and help translate their research into real-world applications," said Gregory T. Lucier, Chairman and CEO, Life Technologies.

"Asia Pacific is our fastest growing region in the world. Opening the ADC here is a clear demonstration of Life Technologies' commitment to the international scientific community, which increasingly conduct high-level R&D in Asia. The Center will greatly enhance the timeliness, accuracy, and reliability of our product distribution to our thriving customer base in this region," Mark Smedley, President, Asia Pacific for Life Technologies.

The ISO 13485-certified ADC was set up in August 2010 and adopts a hub-and-spoke model, with Singapore as the regional hub for Life Technologies' product distribution throughout Asia, excluding Japan. The facility spans a built-up area of 62,300 square feet (5,790 square meters). Since the ADC's inception, Life Technologies' volume of items shipped per day in the region has increased four-fold, with dramatically improved order fulfillment time that is up to 50% faster in most cases.
"The ADC marks an important milestone for Life Technologies and reaffirms our central role in ensuring that the most talented, dedicated, and experienced scientists have the best tools to aid them in their R&D, wherever they are," said Mr. Lucier.