PORTLAND, Ore. – February 15, 2005 – Northwest Analytical, Inc. (NWA), the leading provider of statistical process control (SPC) software, announced today that the company has selected ICR3 Cientifica to distribute its SPC software in South America. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, ICR3 Cientifica will provide localized sales, training and support for all NWA SPC software solutions in South America. Through this agreement, manufacturers and laboratories in South America will now have a single source for all their quality and laboratory automation needs.
ICR3 Cientifica is a leading provider of laboratory automation and instrumentation to the petrochemical, pharmaceutical and tobacco industries in Brazil. ICR3 is also the South American distributor for LabWare LIMS. The partnership with NWA will allow ICR3 to deliver more value to its customers by expanding its business to provide complete laboratory automation solutions.
ICR3’s customer’s include AmBev, ANP, Bayer, Cargill, Coca-Cola, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, Copene, Copesu, Esso, ExxonMobil, Furnas Centrais Eletricas S.A., General Motors, Pepsi, Petrobras Transporte S.A. - Transpetro, Repsol, Roche, Souza Cruz (BAT Brazil), Shell, Stiefel, Texaco and Volkswagen.
NWA’s SPC software enables manufacturers to improve process efficiency and product quality, reduce manufacturing costs, automate quality data collection, improve enterprise and supply chain communication and demonstrate compliance with customer and regulatory quality requirements." As the economies in South America improve and exports grow, manufacturers are under considerable pressure to meet increasing demand while maintaining a high level of quality. The synergies between ICR3's and NWA's complementary solutions will support the needs of manufacturers as they adopt more sophisticated manufacturing methodologies to satisfy this demand," said Tom Fiske, senior analyst at ARC Advisory Group.
"The partnership will help customers improve production and laboratory efficiency as well as product quality - all from a single source." “The partnership with NWA is a step forward in our strategy of providing a complete laboratory automation solution to our customers,” said Rogério Perez, sales and support manager for ICR3 Científica. “NWA solutions help us meet an increasing demand in our market to provide quality control in our customers’ production plants.” “NWA values the localized sales and support that ICR3 can provide to NWA customers in South America,” said Darlene Stoll, global channel manager for Northwest Analytical.
“We look forward to partnering with ICR3 to provide SPC solutions to all manufacturers in South America.”
About ICR3 Cientifica
ICR3 is a leading provider of laboratory instrumentation in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical and tobacco industries in South America. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, ICR3 specializes in laboratory automation and instrumentation. The company has been recognized for its technical support and customer-driven solutions.
For more information, contact ICR3 Cientifica call +55 11 6931 6969; or visit www.icr3.com.br/ .
About Northwest Analytical
Northwest Analytical (NWA) is the leading provider of SPC software with more than 50,000 licenses shipped to over 5,000 companies worldwide. NWA software is used as a global SPC solution by international firms such as Dow Chemical, Unilever, and Crown Cork & Seal. NWA software is recognized for its power, ease-of-use, and its simple, tight integration with other manufacturing systems. The NWA SPC software suite includes products for quality analytics, plant-floor quality data collection and monitoring, SPC charting, enterprise reporting and real-time, embedded SPC.
For more information, contact Northwest Analytical at [email protected] ; call 888-692-7638 or 503-224-7727; or visit www.nwasoft.com .
