VWR International, LLC And Corning Incorporated Sign Distribution Agreement
WEST CHESTER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VWR International, LLC, a leading global laboratory supply company, has signed a distribution agreement with Corning Incorporated, effective January 2009. This agreement will significantly extend VWR's product offerings as well as enhance VWR's ability to provide customers with the product choices they need to support their critical research and development applications in the life science area.
Corning's Life Sciences segment works closely with customers to understand their problems, explore solutions, and ultimately implement these solutions through its world-class scientific and manufacturing capabilities. Through these collaborative efforts, Corning Life Sciences produces a comprehensive line of laboratory products for life science research.
John M. Ballbach, President, Chairman and CEO of VWR said, "In a committed effort to provide our customers with structured choice for both products and services, we are eager to have the well-respected Corning brand as a part of our product portfolio. We feel that their expansive selection of products will provide both our current and future customers the tools they need for success."
About VWR International, LLC
VWR International, LLC, headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, is a global laboratory supply and distribution company with worldwide sales of $3.5 billion. VWR enables the advancement of the world's most critical research through the distribution of a highly diversified product line to most of the world's top pharmaceutical and biotech companies, as well as industrial, educational and governmental organizations. With 150 years of industry experience, VWR offers a well-established distribution network that reaches thousands of specialized labs and facilities spanning the globe. VWR has 6,500 associates around the world working to streamline the way researchers across North America, Europe, and Asia stock and maintain their labs. In addition, VWR further supports its customers by providing onsite services, storeroom management, product procurement, supply chain systems integration and technical services.
For more information on VWR International, phone 1-800-932-5000, visit www.vwr.com, or write, VWR International, LLC, 1310 Goshen Parkway, P.O. Box 2656, West Chester, PA 19380-0906.
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