ERA Acquires Analytical Products Group, Inc.

ERA is very pleased to announce the acquisition of Analytical Products Group, Inc. (APG) of Belpre, OH. The acquisition is the culmination of efforts from both companies that span many months, and the result is a company redefined as the industry leader in proficiency testing and quality control products and systems. We are excited for all ERA and APG customers, who will benefit on many levels important to their businesses.

Strategic
Long recognized as providing industry-leading regulatory business focus, ERA’s acquisition of APG brings a new emphasis on quality improvement through proficiency evaluation and the tools necessary to make our data management system work for you. Uniting these complementary market focuses makes the new ERA your comprehensive quality system partner.

Advantage and Continuity
All of our customers gain significantly through expanded availability of products, access to the most innovative and secure data system in the industry and the assurance of industry-leading regulatory and quality systems tools. Simply put; our goal is to provide an unsurpassed customer experience.

• Data System – All of your data residing in one world-class data system. Ours is the only system capable of providing laboratory performance mapping, z-score trending, method performance review, direct EDD uploading and director-level regulatory and quality management tools.
   
• Products - ERA now offers our customers the largest array of technically superior PT and QC products. More products, with the most convenient study dates, encompassing the largest class of participants of any PT provider.
   
• Technical and Customer Support - Our team of chemists is unsurpassed in the industry and each is experienced doing just what you do every day. We are committed not simply to shepherding you through the PT process, but to helping you extract information that will help you improve your businesses.

ERA is taking your PT experience to a new level in 2009 as we streamline your regulatory compliance and increase the return on your PT investment with a powerful suite of quality management tools. If we don’t get to you first, please contact us to find out more about what we have planned for our customers.