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Groton Biosystems & New England Controls announce a  collaboration to meet the bioprocess demand  for Automated Bioreactor Data Collection and Feedback Control with Reporting, Visualization and Analysis

Groton Biosystems is pleased to announce they have partnered with New England Controls, a local business partner for Emerson Process Management, in order to provide a complete solution for automated data collection, data reporting and feedback control for all types of bioreactors and fermentors.

This collaboration will allow New England Controls' Operations Maintenance & Intelligence (OM&I) team to support the automation requirements associated with Groton’s ARS-M Series of automated online bioreactor samplers. Groton’s ARS-M Series, paired with New England Controls' expertise in a wide array of process automation and information management solutions, will revolutionize standard operating procedures in the lab.

This collaboration allows integrated automated sampling with closed loop feedback control for OPC and non-OPC Process Control Systems (PCS); on demand sampling and calibration by integrating remote demand and calendar scheduling in the Process Control System; provides event notification via email, text or phone message; and offers reporting, visualization and analysis of the data collected with ARS for Historical Trending and Graphical Displays, and Data Analysis for batch-to-batch comparisons.

About Groton Biosystems

Groton Biosystems is a pioneer in providing fermentation and cell culture production companies with leading-edge online monitoring solutions. Additional information about Groton Biosystems is available at www.grotonbiosystems.com.

“ Our collaboration with New England Controls will strengthen the closed loop automated reactor control system providing interfaces to a broader range of reactor configurations along with a strong data management system. Adding the NEC team with their expertise in the reactor control area will create a powerful state-of-the-art solution for upstream processing. ”
Bill Dinardo
 CEO, Groton Biosystems
“New England Controls is excited to work with Groton Biosystems to help users achieve operational improvements by integrating world class technology with their existing reactor control and information management systems.”
Tim Alosi
VP Operations Management, NEC