BioChek, the specialist company to offer innovative and user-friendly 
veterinary diagnostic tools, today announced the successful acquisition of 
BIOTECON, specialised in development and manufacturing of PCR based solutions 
for food safety diagnostics. 

The merger creates a new, leading global player in Veterinary and Food safety 
solutions, targeting mainly the markets of Meat, Egg, Dairy, Baby food, 
Chocolate and Beer & Beverage. The synergetic product portfolios of both 
companies create an industry-unique range of services.

"This allows us to offer a complete diagnostic management solution from Farm to 
Fork for our customers," said Barend van Dam, Founder and CEO of BioChek, part 
of the EW Group. "Food safety starts with healthy animals. We are proud that 
with the acquisition of BIOTECON we can now cover the whole chain, starting 
with the monitoring of animal health, through management of safe processing to 
the final consumer product." 

BioChek can now provide cutting-edge technology with a broad portfolio of ELISA 
tests, qPCR test, extraction kits, robotics and data analysis software. The 
acquisition is part of the long-term growth strategy.

Dr. Berghof Jäger, Founder and CEO of BIOTECON GmbH, is delighted: "We are 
excited to be part of BioChek. With BioChek's global presence we can even 
better serve and support our customers and further improve our global market 
position."
BioChek and BIOTECON have developed a far-reaching concept to strengthen both 
companies. This also includes comprehensive long-term plans for strong 
investments in new research and development for innovative products and 
services. This will enable both companies to offer their customers reliable, 
customer-oriented services in the long term.

For more information, please contact us through:
Barend van Dam
Phone: +31-182-582-592
info@biochek.com

SORUCE: BioChek and Biotecon