TAP
Biosystems, (the new corporate identity of The Automation Partnership), a
leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science
applications, today announced its Service and Support Group has worked with a
top 10 pharmaceutical company to safely transfer one of its core automated compound
and DNA stores to another UK based site, ahead of schedule and to budget, thus
allowing this company to continue its research with minimal disruption.
The
12 month project involving many staff from the pharma company, TAP Biosystems and
contractors, dismantling and moving around 200 tons of automated compound and
DNA storage equipment. These included one Haystack and two HomeBase systems, in
total eight paternosters and 20 cold storage units all originally manufactured
and installed by TAP Biosystems. The equipment was wrapped for protection, loaded
in 22 trucks, delivered to other sites, reassembled and tested. The 12 month
project was completed three months ahead of schedule and was delivered to budget.
The
Project Director for the pharmaceutical company stated: "This compound store is
one of our major company assets so moving it involved a huge element of risk. Before
the project began, we had a meeting with TAP Biosystems' staff and contractors to
physically walk through each stage of the plan. This helped us all to visualise
the sheer scale of the task and to understand each others' working methods. The
project was well delivered and because of the planning, we discovered problems
before they escalated into critical issues. Considering the value of the
samples, the project was competitively priced and overall we're very pleased
with the outcome."
Miquel
Vidal, Project Manager at TAP Biosystems added: "This is the largest relocation of a compound
store that TAP Biosystems has ever undertaken and moving this amount of
equipment and samples safely proved to be a major undertaking. We are delighted
that we had the stores installed and running in a shorter
timeframe than we envisaged as this has allowed scientists at the pharma to continue with their vital
research work."
For further information visit
www.tapbiosystems.com
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