Here's the PR. I totally missed it yesterday.
Alpha Innotech and GE Healthcare Announce a Strategic Alliance Partnership
Tuesday September 2, 9:19 pm ET
SAN LEANDRO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alpha Innotech Corp. (OTCBB:APNO - News) today announced that it has entered into a five year Strategic Supplier Alliance Agreement with GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE - News). This agreement is a continuation and expansion of the previous OEM Agreement signed between the two companies in April of 2005.
Under the terms of the agreement, Alpha Innotech will continue to develop, manufacture and supply a full line of proprietary imaging systems to GE Healthcare. The products will be sold exclusively worldwide under the GE brand in the life science research and drug discovery markets.
“Over the past three years we have built a very strong relationship with GE Healthcare and are pleased to extend our partnership in commercializing life sciences imaging systems,” stated Sia Ghazvini, Vice President for Marketing and Business Development at Alpha Innotech. “Combining GE Healthcare’s worldwide reach and expertise in biological applications with Alpha Innotech’s expertise in imaging technologies will provide researchers with completely integrated products for their research.”
“We are happy to extend our partnership with Alpha Innotech and to work closely with them providing leading edge scientific imaging systems and developing next generation products. Our partnership with Alpha Innotech expands our imaging portfolio and provides researchers with a broad choice of imaging modalities,” said Ron Alves, Purchase Family Leader, GE Healthcare. “Alpha Innotech continues to be our partner because their commitment to company values and product performance complements our own.”
