ATMI, Finesse Sign SUB Distribution Pact

ATMI, Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with Finesse Solutions, Inc., a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for process applications. The agreement allows both companies to offer customers support for single-use bioreactor systems incorporating ATMI’s single-use Integrity PadReactor system and Finesse’ SmartSystems.
 
The solution combines the optimized mixing and gas transfer performance of ATMI’s PadReactor bioreactor with TruFluor sensors for pH and dissolved oxygen and TruTorr sensors for pressure, with Finesse’s G3-series SmartControllers and TruBio 4.X DV software, which are pre-configured for controlling process parameters such as pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, agitation, gas/liquid flow and auxiliary analog inputs/loops. Finesse will offer fully-integrated systems for upstream bioprocessing, as well as support and service for the controller, sensors and software. ATMI will provide all post-point-of-sale customer requirements for PadReactor hardware and disposables.
 
Finesse chief executive officer Barbara Paldus remarked, “By integrating our measurement and control solutions with the PadReactor system, Finesse will be able to offer a superior solution to customers for the production of recombinant proteins or vaccines. The end results will include suspension cell configurations as well as the most effective and productive system for micro-carrier based processes in the industry.”
 
Jeffery Craig, ATMI’s global director of business development, added, “The PadReactor system is specifically designed to meet the needs of cell culturists and is perfectly suited to process development, clinical material supply and flexible GMP manufacturing. It has a cube-shaped bioreactor vessel that offers functionality comparable to, or better than, classical stirred-tank bioreactors. It also includes a single-use bag integrating an internal low-shear mixing paddle and sparger system.”