Hudson Control Group, Inc. has entered into a non-exclusive, worldwide OEM agreement with Illumina, Inc., under which Illumina markets Hudson's Platecrane EX Microplate Robot as Illumina's AutoLoader for their BeadArray readers. The AutoLoader provides walkaway freedom of operation for loading and scanning Illumina's Sentrix ® BeadChips. Configured to load single or dual BeadArray Readers, the AutoLoader offers the improved efficiency and decreased cost of continuous unattended operation.

According to Phil Farrelly, Hudson President and CEO, "Hudson is very pleased to be working with Illumina on their new Autoloader product line. Illumina's confidence in the Platecrane EX confirms Hudson's efforts to provide the most advanced yet rugged robotic technology available to research laboratories."

Illumina's AutoLoader