Jena, 20 November 2009 — Analytik Jena AG was able to gain an important new customer on the growth market of France with Université de Franche-Comté in Besançon. Thru the sales partner Serlabo Technologies the 100th SPECORD^® was sold to the French university for use in biotechnology research.

"France provides Analytik Jena with a growing sales potential. We will be more involved on this market in future" said Klaus Berka, chair of the board of Analytik Jena AG. "We already successfully cooperate in this region with our sales partner Serlabo Technologies since 2005.

As a single and double beam photometer for the spectral range from UV to NIR the SPECORD^® series offers the right solution for innumerable applications – from routine analysis to the special use in chemistry, pharmacy, medicine, food control, environment, life science and many other areas. With more than 150,000 photometers from Jena installed worldwide, the SPECORD^® is a classic and already has a tradition of 50 years.