Seward’s Singapore office celebrates successful first year supporting food testing

 Regional hub sees growth in need for Stomacher^® sample preparation products

 

Worthing, UK – 23^rd February 2012. Seward Ltd, manufacturer and developer of the world leading, patented Stomacher^® Laboratory Paddle Blender range, celebrates a successful first year’s trading from its Singapore facility. This regional hub, delivering high quality sales, technical and distribution support to all Seward customers throughout Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East, has seen significant growth in all its sample preparation products for microbiological analyses; most notably within the food testing market.

 

Established in early 2011 in order to better support regional customers, Seward has been able to reduce freight costs for its customers, in addition to being able to rapidly supply products and direct support without time-zone delay.  Seward can also better understand its local customers’ specific needs. The Asia, Pacific and Middle Eastern markets for Seward’s Stomacher^® product range, for example, are continuing to evolve, with particular emphasis on technology for assessing food safety and freshness, not only for export, but also domestic markets.

 

With increased infrastructure being put in place for new domestic food testing standards being introduced within the region, Seward has noted significant increases in sales of its Stomacher 400 paddle blender and Stomacher 3500, for larger sampling protocols. This trend is highlighted by India formalising its Food Safety and Standards Regulations in 2011, following its Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. Seward sees this upward trend continuing, since there is a broad range of Food Safety Regulations and enforcement in the APAC region. Singapore, for example, continues to strictly regulate its food safety standards and testing, whilst other countries are yet to ensure rigorous implementation of such regulations, but are in the early adoption stages.

Seward Stomacher® 3500 ideal for large volume sample prep

“The first year of operation from our Singapore facility has proved very positive, not only in terms of growth, but also through our closer distributor relationships and enhanced customer support network,” said Daniel Crothers, Managing Director Singapore, Seward International Pte Ltd. “Our new supply and support hub means that we have been able to reduce product supply lead times to customers, thereby ensuring that laboratories have affordable stock to hand when needed. We can also provide faster access to technical support and servicing, minimising the risk of laboratory downtime by stocking a wide range of spares.”

 

For more information regarding the products and services offered by Seward International Pte Ltd, please contact: info@sewardinternational.com or visit: www.Seward.co.uk

 

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About Seward Limited - www.seward.co.uk

 

Seward manufactures the world leading range of Stomacher^® paddle blenders and Stomacher^® accessories used in sample preparation for microbiological analyses. The company has been manufacturing and developing the world renown and patented Stomacher^® Lab Blender for 40 years. The original and still regarded as the best, over 8 million food samples a day are prepared on Stomacher^® 400 paddle blender units around the world.

 

In addition to sample preparation for food safety analyses, within the bioscience market the new developments of the Stomacher^® 80 and micro 80 are proving invaluable for safe and efficient sample processing. The Stomacher^® 3500 has established itself as the instrument of choice for preparing samples for the new pathogen test protocols requiring jumbo size samples.

The company is based in Worthing, West Sussex, UK with subsidiaries in Long Island, New York, USA and Singapore. All Seward machine products are manufactured within the UK and 1 of its 3 worldwide Stomacher^® bag manufacturing operations is also UK-based. This ensures control of quality and price to deliver excellent value to global trading partners and laboratory customers.

Seward Limited continues to develop the product range, now with 3 patents to its credit.  Stomacher^® is the most highly referenced brand name in food safety and life science sample preparation in scientific publications. The company also assists customers with method development through reference searches and sample evaluations within its own development laboratory.

The original and still the best. The Stomacher^® - a Seward product trade name.

 

Seward contact details:

Europe and ROW: +44 (0) 1903 823077; info@seward.co.uk

US & Canada: +1 772 621 8257; info@sewardusa.com

Asia, Pacific and Middle East: +65 67447811; info@sewardinternational.com