Sterlitech’s Recap of Pittcon 2019 + Special Offer

Sterlitech’s team had a wonderful time exhibiting at Pittcon 2019 last month. It was great to connect with our partners, vendors, and customers in person. We had the chance to see familiar faces at the ILDA reception and wander the expo hall among over 400 other booths. Our team also enjoyed a healthy dose of Philly cheesesteak.

Pittcon is the world’s leading annual conference and expo for laboratory science. Attendees from industry, academia, and government come from around the world to participate in the conference and exposition. At the Sterlitech booth, we were happy to see a variety of attendees that had come from Pittsburg, Colombia, and everywhere in between. Users discussed their utilization of PTFE filters for HPLC, gold-coated polycarbonate membranes for IR spectroscopy, and solvent-resistant vacuum pumps. We also observed a lot of work being done in microplastics research and characterization, which is an interesting application for track-etch membranes - they can be used in sample collection before microscopic or FTIR analyses. It was great hearing how our products are currently being used in the lab, and how we can better supply scientists with research tools.

Our membrane filters and new filtration equipment were on display and sparked some great conversations – the crowd favorite was definitely the eye-catching Lafil 300C Filtration System. This system packs a full vacuum filtration apparatus in a small, contained footprint. It features a chemically resistant vacuum diaphragm pump and an adaptor that turns any bottle with GL45 threads into a vacuum flask.

The Magnetic Series Filter Funnels were also popular: this system enables convenient one-handed assembly via two-layer magnetic design between the funnel and the base. In association with Rocker Scientific, we are still offering a 90-day free trial of the Magnetic Series Filter Funnels to our customers. If you’re interested in trying out these funnels in the lab and would be willing to provide product feedback, we encourage you to reach out to [email protected].

We hope you all enjoyed Pittcon as well and look forward to exhibiting again next year in Chicago!