ABER INSTRUMENTS LTD.

Company Overview

Aber Instruments Ltd. is a U.K.-based company established in 1998. The company produces a range of advanced systems used in the brewing, biotech, bio-renewables, and biofuel industries. The company partnered with Sartorius AG for the development of single-use technology in the biotech segment. In addition, the company offers research and process development services for various industries. The company provides process development and manufacturing for cell culture, including suspension cells, microcarrier culture and packed beds, cell culture production, and control of constant cell concentrations. It offers process development of cell culture for various microbial applications such as high-density yeast fermentations, pichia fermentations, bacterial fermentation, and mycelial fermentations.

Under the biotech segment, the company offers a range of biotechnology products including three hardware components and numerous software products for system configuration, data logging, data analysis, and frequency scanning. It provides 12 mm, 25 mm, tri-clamp bioreactors under the FUTURA brand. The company has partnerships with companies including Glaxo Smithkline and Novartis.

Company's Business Segments

• Cell Measuring Technology : Manufactures a range of on-line probes for measuring or counting the live cell concentration in fermenters, cell culture bioreactors and in brewing applications.