Spark Holland B.V. (Emmen, The Netherlands), a supplier of analytical instrumentation transferred its direct sales and service activities for its online solid phase extraction (SPE) products and services in Germany to Axel Semrau GmbH & Co. KG (Sprockhövel, Germany).
Spark Holland B.V. (Emmen, The Netherlands), a supplier of analytical instrumentation transferred its direct sales and service activities for its online solid phase extraction (SPE) products and services in Germany to Axel Semrau GmbH & Co. KG (Sprockhövel, Germany). The transaction allows Axel Semrau to provide online SPE solutions to customers and markets in Germany.
Axel Semrau will become a “Value Added Partner” of Spark Holland, and as such, it will provide more value to the product offering along with a higher level of technical and customer support. The products supported are the online SPE systems, which include Spark’s brand names Symbiosis Pico and Symbiosis Pharma. Product offerings also include consumables, such as SPE cartridges.
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