Sysmex Partec and SAFIA Technologies: Pioneering Mycotoxin Analysis

Görlitz and Berlin, Germany, 15 February 2024 – Sysmex Partec GmbH and SAFIA Technologies GmbH are combining their technologies. Together, they offer a solution for the analysis of mycotoxins for food & beverage as well as agriculture industries based on the SAFIA technology and Sysmex Partec Flowcytometry.

The solution is composed of SAFIA’s simple, fast and cost-effective multiplex immunoassay technology and the Sysmex Partec flow cytometer platform. The companies will from now on offer the complete solution to customers through the global Sysmex Partec distribution network with their known standard for high-quality customer support.

Timm Schwaar, Co-Founder of SAFIA Technologies GmbH:

“Mycotoxins pose a widely underestimated threat in food and beverages. As a young and highly innovative company, we take immense pride in collaborating with an experienced partner like Sysmex Partec to address this significant threat to human health together.”

Michael Esther, President & CEO of Sysmex Partec GmbH:

"My team and I are looking forward to the start of a fruitful collaboration. Together with business partners around the world, we will contribute to the safety of food and beverages. We will globally provide producers with fast and effective quality control solutions for safe food and beverages that will benefit many people."

About SAFIA Technologies GmbH

SAFIA Technologies GmbH specializes in the development, production, and distribution of analysis kits based on the innovative SAFIA (suspension array fluorescence immunoassay) technology. This technology allows for a straightforward mix-and-measure immunoassay, enabling rapid analyses of multiple contaminants in a single measurement.

SAFIA Technologies GmbH is located in Berlin, Germany and was founded by Peter Carl and Timm Schwaar as a spin-off from the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM).

For more information, visit www.safia.tech

About Sysmex Partec GmbH

Sysmex Partec industrial FCM business unit is developing complete flow cytometry-based solutions for both, rapid screening and rapid specific detection of e.g. water, food & beverage, and agriculture samples. We offer to our customers a state-of-the-art rapid diagnostic for detection, identification and enumeration of microbiological communities and organisms.

Sysmex Partec GmbH, located in Görlitz, Germany, is a subsidiary of the Sysmex Corporation based in Kobe, Japan. We serve our global distribution network of Sysmex regional headquarters, affiliates, distributors and customers.

For more information, visit www.sysmex-partec.com