Villiers-le-bel, France (April 21, 2016)—Gilson announced today that its newly redesigned and expanded line ofelectronic pipette PIPETMAN^® M, received the Red Dot Product Design Award 2016in the Life Science and Medicine product category for its unique features,design and performance. Recently launched, the pipettes now include guaranteedperformance in repetitive pipetting mode and a programmable custom mode,enhancing results and reliability.

Winning products were chosen by a panel of41 judges composed of renowned specialists: outstanding products designers,respected design professors and specialized journalists, from all over theworld. Evaluation criteria includes degree of innovation, ergonomics,functionality, durability, and quality. This year’s Red Dot competitionreceived a record number of 5,214 entries from 57 countries, across 31categories.

Gilson now guarantees accuracy andprecision of the PIPETMAN^® M in repetitive pipetting mode and ensures reliableperformance from the first to the last aliquot. In the absence of ISOrecommendations for repetitive pipetting mode for air-displacement pipettes,Gilson volumetric specifications for the repetitive mode are within ISO 8655-2recommendations for standard pipetting.

PIPETMAN^® M is easy to use and with onlytwo buttons you can reach all menu options including five pipetting modes:Pipet (standard mode), Reverse, Repetitive, Mix, and Custom. The new custompipetting mode lets researchers create their own multi-step pipettingprotocols, using the simple PIPETMAN M Software interface.