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Blue Line expands in the NordicsBlue Line is proud to announce that the company is expanding its presence in the Nordics with the launch of subsidiariesin Norway and Sweden. This strategic expansion marks a significant milestone and will strengthen Blue Line’s connectionwith customers and partners in these regions.Strengthening presence in Norway and SwedenLast year, Blue Line relocated its headquarters to a new facility toensure continuous delivery assurance, increased warehouse capacity,and room for more resources in R&D and administration. Thisexpansion has created opportunities for further growth, resulting inthe establishment of new offices in Norway and Sweden, as well asan expansion of the organization in Denmark to enhance engagementwith customers and partners in these regions.Nils Olav Gjørvad and Lars Dammen lead Blue Line Norge AS, whileLars Virdeby and Pontus Eriksson lead Blue Line Sweden AB. Thesesubsidiaries are fronted by highly experienced employees with solidindustry knowledge and Nordic cooperation knowledge, which willcontribute to a strong local presence and improved customer service.Focus on improved customer serviceand increased accessibilityAt Blue Line, we are confident that this expansion will result in improvedcustomer service and increased accessibility. The goal is tobetter and more efficiently meet customers‘ specific needs and requirements,and the company believes that the new local offices willsignificantly contribute to this purpose.CEO, Niels Pedersen, says:„Blue Line’s DNA has always been associated with a strong customerfocus, and with our new offices in Norway and Sweden, we haveopened the opportunity to better serve our customers within someof the growing industrial and product areas. Therefore, shareholdersand management have decided to establish new offices in Norwayand Sweden, which will provide increased resilience in relation tothe growth we predict for the company. This will enable us to meetthe increasing demand for IT hardware solutions from both our currentand future customers. At the same time, we are creating the frameworkfor a more attractive workplace for an increasing number ofemployees.“Exciting new industrial and product areasThe expansion with our new offices in Norway and Sweden hasalso opened up the opportunity to better serve our customers withinsome of the growing industrial and product areas. This includesareas such as Automation, Maritime, Transportation, Defense,Telecom & Datacom. We look forward to serving customers in thesesectors and offering our expertise and solutions to these demandingcustomers and markets.Blue Line A/SKappa 8DK 8382 HinnerupPhone: +45 8678 5000email: NP@blue-line.comInternet: http://www.blue-line.comwww.reinraum.de | www.cleanroom-online.com NEWSLETTER | Edition EN 04-2024page 30/35
From data glasses to robotic arms– labs enter the digital ageThe same developments happening in the rest of the worldare also reshaping laboratories: the increasing use of technology,digital tools and, of course, robots and artificial intelligence(AI). All these trends often go hand in hand witha greater awareness of environmental issues. In this trendreport, we present a summary of the fruits these developmentsare already bearing and will bear in the future.The laboratory landscape is constantly changing. Whereas until themiddle of the 20th century people used their mouths to suck upsamples when pipetting, today‘s laboratories are equipped with theappropriate technical aids to protect laboratory staff and make theirwork easier. However, development has obviously not stopped withpipettes and is now progressing rapidly, especially in the areas of automation,digitalisation and robotics. We take a closer look at thesemajor laboratory trends and how they can also benefit sustainability.In the beginning was automationIt almost seems like a relic of a bygone era: in the 1970s, as the thirdindustrial revolution (Industry 3.0) pushed the working environmentmore and more towards automated processes. This led to anincrease in production output and created new opportunities in manufacturingand engineering. At the same time, laboratories beganto move away from routine manual work towards more mechanicalsupport. However, it was not until the Fourth Industrial Revolution,in the wake of digitalisation, that the formal breakthrough occurred.Since then, progress in this area has been promoted and discussedunder the buzzword Laboratory 4.0.The combination of basic tasks such as stirring, tempering, dosing,etc. in automated processes laid the foundation for faster andmore repeatable laboratory work. Nowadays, virtually every piece oflaboratory equipment is at least partially automated – from the HPLCsystem with pump unit and autosampler, to the fermenter with preciselycontrolled temperature technology and media supply, to theelectronic pipette with support function for predefined workflows.When we talk about automation in the laboratory today, it is inextricablylinked to digitalisation. „It is important to remember thatdigitalisation alone is not enough – especially in the laboratory, automationalso includes a strong hardware component,“ says Prof. DrKerstin Thurow from the Centre for Life Science Automation (CELI-SCA) at the University of Rostock. Without suitable equipment andsystems for handling samples and labware, she says, it is not possibleto automate laboratory processes. „This is often overlooked or takenfor granted in today‘s discussion,“ she notes.Ideally, a device combines automation and digitisation, as manyworkstations do. These devices are usually equipped with their ownsoftware that allows users to save their own workflows without theneed for programming skills. For example, pre-defined steps can bedragged and dropped into the system to develop drug screens on aPC, which are then automatically performed by a pipetting station.This gives users more time for complex laboratory tasks such asplanning and evaluating experiments.From automats to auto-armsIn addition to workstations, which usually fulfil a narrowly definedtask, robotic arms, familiar from industrial applications, are increasinglybeing used in the laboratory. „In addition to classic Cartesianliquid handling robots, various types of robotic arms are used whenhighly complex systems consisting of several devices need to beconnected,“ explains automation expert Thurow. This type of roboticarm, which is most commonly associated with automotive manufacturing,can perform flexible movements that would otherwiseonly be possible by a human arm – and it can do so with the precision,endurance and repeatability of a machine. This is useful forsample transfer or preparation, for example, and particularly in project-basedenvironments where workflows and tasks change morefrequently and require a more flexible solution.To accommodate a robot assistant in the laboratory, which isusually already constrained by a lack of space, modern robot arms© shutterstock/586533194/Kitreel © iStock/1140779713/gorodenkoffwww.reinraum.de | www.cleanroom-online.com NEWSLETTER | Edition EN 04-2024page 31/35
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