Chemel AB and ORGANOBALANCE GmbH start business cooperation in Germany

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 16, 2009 -- ORGANOBALANCE develops new biological products in the areas of nutrition, cosmetics, preventive health care, and industrial biotechnology, all based on specific probiotic cultures. In its development activities, the company draws on its own collection of microorganism strains suitable for food applications and its own OASSYS® screening systems.

Chemel works in the field of bioanalysis, providing sensitive, easy-to-use and affordable laboratory analysis systems for foodstuff and bioprocess applications – SIRE® Bio Laboratory Systems, using its in-house developed SIRE® Technology. Chemel AB is the mother company in the Chemel Group, whose product portfolio targets end-users in the biotechnology, clinical and food fields.

The agreement now signed by both companies grants ORGANOBALANCE access to Chemel ´s cutting-edge SIRE® Bio Laboratory analysis systems, a unique class of biosensors, i.e. Sensors based on Injection of the Recognition Element. By means of these systems ORGANOBALANCE will be able to considerably boost speed and outcome of their screening processes and to identify in even shorter time specific probiotic cultures, that meet predefined demands of the nutrition, cosmetics, healthcare, and biotech industry.

For Chemel the cooperation opens valuable opportunities to embark on the important German market and to implement the vision of convincing most reputable and innovative partners to use Chemel´s highly efficient laboratory systems for their measurements of concentrations of different substances in cultivations of microorganisms and in food stuff.

„We appreciate this beneficial partnership with Chemel, as it perfectly adds to our international network of partners in science and industry“, said Prof. Dr. Christine Lang, founder and CEO of ORGANOBALANCE GmbH, and added: „Chemel´s technology and the equipment, which we will be able to use from now on, will significantly contribute to and facilitate our work and will help us to further strengthen our position as one of the world´s leading researchers and manufacturers of probiotic cultures“.

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About ORGANOBALANCE GmbH

ORGANOBALANCE GmbH is a company specializing in microbial strain development and
microbiological screening. ORGANOBALANCE taps into the potential of beneficial

microorganisms, known as specific probiotic cultures, to compensate imbalances in the microflora on a natural basis and restore the microbial equilibrium. In close cooperation with leading industry partners, ORGANOBALANCE develops new biological products in the areas of nutrition, cosmetics and preventive health care. In its development activities, the company draws on its own collection of microorganism strains suitable for food applications and its own OASSYS® screening systems. Further information please refer to www.organobalance.com.