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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has established a new partnership with Alta Tecnologia to extend its informatics offerings in Chile
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has established a new partnership with Alta Tecnologia to extend its informatics offerings in Chile.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, MA) hasestablished a new partnership with Alta Tecnologia toextend its informatics offerings in Chile. The new distributionagreement allows Alta Tecnologa to support salesactivities in Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia for theThermo Scientific portfolio of informatics products.
Thermo Scientific informatics solutions have beendeployed throughout the life sciences and process industriesof the Latin American and Caribbean region formore than 20 years. The company operates offices inChile, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina and has an extendednetwork of authorized partners in Peru, Ecuador,Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Colombia.
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