Romer Labs Acquires SDIX Food Safety And GMO Business

Tulln, Austria - Romer Labs announced it has agreed to purchase the assets and food safety and GMO businesses of Strategic Diagnostics (SDIX). Romer Labs said the deal accelerates its move into food pathogen detection and augments its product and service range.

SDIX Food Safety business includes RapidChek lateral flow test strips, RapidChek SELECT phage-based enrichment systems and RapidChek CONFIRM immunomagnetic confirmation tools. These prodcts are approved for the detection of pathogens likeSalmonella, Listeria and E. coli in a variety of samples.

"The RapidChek product family is a strong brand for food pathogen detection and has proven to be an accurate and reliable rapid test for the food industry worldwide," said Michael Prinster, CEO of Romer Labs North America. "We are proud to integrate this renowned brand into our portfolio and are fully committed to expanding our range for food pathogen analysis in the future. The technology we are acquiring is solid and approved and has also been successfully performance tested by AOAC on various occasions."

The acquisition includes SDIX's test kit business. 

Romer Labs will take over all the staff members of the SDIX food safety and GMO division, including those in R&D, sales & marketing and production. It will continue to run the business out of Newark, Delaware.

"The people of the SDIX food safety team are experts in their field and were responsible for SDIX's success in recent years. We are happy to welcome them into our team and look forward to working together on growing this business. " said Hannes Binder, CEO of the Romer Labs Group.