PerkinElmer Announces Enhanced Operations in South African Region
PerkinElmer Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a leading provider of drug discovery, life science research, and analytical solutions, today announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Separation Scientific, a South African-based laboratory services company, to provide sales and service support for PerkinElmer customers in 10 Southern Africa countries. The agreement consolidates the previous mix of direct and dealer sales into a single source for all PerkinElmer Life & Analytical Sciences products, offering an improved customer experience and consistent delivery of service across a wider geographical range.
The new operation will be based in South Africa with offices across the region, and will serve the countries of South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho and the Indian Ocean islands.
“This new structure demonstrates PerkinElmer’s strong commitment to the region and will ideally position us for the exceptional growth opportunities that we see developing,” said Peter Coggins, Ph.D., president of PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences. “Our ability to serve customers in this region will improve based on greater efficiencies, expanded facilities, and a stronger and more unified infrastructure.”
“Our primary focus will be to ensure superior service for all customers across PerkinElmer’s expansive range of high quality Life and Analytical Sciences solutions,” said Stephen Varty, CEO of the new Company. “In addition, we are now able to offer customers greater application support from our critical mass of factory-trained sales and service personnel.”
PerkinElmer, Inc. is a global technology leader focused in the following businesses – Life and Analytical Sciences, Optoelectronics and Fluid Sciences. Combining operational excellence and technology expertise with an intimate understanding of our customers’ needs, PerkinElmer provides products and services in health sciences and other advanced technology markets that require innovation, precision and reliability. The Company serves customers in more than 125 countries, and is a component of the S&P 500 Index. Additional information is available through www.perkinelmer.com or 1-877-PKI-NYSE.
