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“Indian Customer Will Continue To See New Product Development”

Bio Spectrum

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September 2017

SpectrumLabs.com is a global player in membrane separation technologies for the pharmaceutical, bioprocess, diagnostic and research industries. Spectrum focuses on two core technologies, Single-Use Hollow Fiber Tangential Flow Filtration and Tubular Membrane Dialysis.

“Indian Customer Will Continue To See New Product Development”

Spectrum’s early accomplishments include the invention of cellulosic dialysis membranes in a wide range of molecular weight cut-off’s for the gentle purification of proteins, desalting enzymes and sample preparation. Sold under the trade name Spectra/Por, dialysis membranes and accessories lead the market with sales in more than seventy countries.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, with additional US facilities located in Dallas, TX, Houston, TX and Las Vegas, NV, has international sales offices located at Breda, Netherlands; Paris, France; Brussels, Belgium; Frankfurt, Germany; Loughborough, UK; Copenhagen, Denmark; Shanghai, China; Ritto-City, Japan; Bangalore, India and Seoul, South Korea. Spectrum products are also represented and sold through a network of distributors throughout the world.

Anthony MacDonald, who joined the company as president in September 2004, brings to Spectrum over 18 years’ experience in sales and marketing of filtration and separations related products. BioSpectrum spoke to Anthony MacDonald about the market opportunities and trends in filtration and separations related products in India.

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