Re: coverslips for cell culture

Posted by Glen MacDonald-2 on
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Erie Glass, which sells under their own label as well as sells to other companies, actually owns Menzel.  
The glass sold by both is now made by Erie Electroverre in Romont, Switzerland.   Erie has other plants
around the world and is now part of Thermo-Fisher.

How long before there are only 2 corporations left in the world?

Regards,
Glen

Glen MacDonald
Core for Communication Research
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
Box 357923
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7923
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Stephen Cody wrote:

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> I suspect Menzel and Assistent  (Hecht) are the only manufacturers of coverslip glass. I suspect other
companies buy the glass, perhaps cut it, and rebrand it.  This is certainly what Lomb in Australia do,
they are quite open about it. If there are other manufacturers of coverslip glass I'd be happy to be
corrected. So if you buy from a particular company or supplier, I suspect is is probably Menzel or
Assistent glass anyway, and you need to put a little pressure on your supplier to contact their
manufacturer and order the correct thickness.

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> Does anyone know of a US source for these?  When I this came up earlier
> on the list I did some searching for a US distributor but came up empty
> handed.  I agree that if you can get these it would be a big improvement
> on using #1.5 coverslips.
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> Kurt
>> Both Menzel and Assistent (Hecht Glaswarenfabrik [Thanks Beat]) sell a better standard thickness

for confocal microscopy it is called:

>> "170 +/- 0.01mm"
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