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Promega UK Announces Winners of the 2019 Helix Sustainability Awards
                              publication date: Jun 27, 2019 | author/source: Promega UK
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Promega UK, the life sciences company, based on the University of
Southampton Science Park in Hampshire, has announced the winners of this
year’s Helix® Sustainability Awards.
The Promega Helix On-Site Stocking System is an automated, onsite RFID (Radio
Frequency Identification) inventory management system used to support scientists in their
laboratories. Helix tracks product use in real time, ensuring that customers have
uninterrupted access to reagents and assays whilst also reducing emissions through
precise consolidated restocking shipments.

The awards were given to recognise the organisations from across the public and private
sectors in the UK who gained the most environmental benefit from using the Helix On-Site
Stocking System. Calculations were made after considering the number of individual
shipments saved as well as the associated packaging costs, including dry ice use.

The three winners are:

1. The University of Manchester (Gold)
2. The University of Edinburgh (Silver)
3. Newcastle University (Bronze)

By using Helix, the top five organisations saved over 1000 deliveries combined, reducing
the need for dry ice as well as saving carbon emissions through transport.

“We are delighted that The University of Manchester has been awarded 1st place in the
Promega UK’s Helix Sustainability Awards and even more delighted to have moved up from
3rd place last year,” said Paul Carter, Senior Procurement Officer at the University of
Manchester.

Colin Miller, Procurement Manager of University of Edinburgh, said Helix supports his
organisation’s goal of taking a net-positive approach to procurement to maximise the
positive social, environmental and economic impacts gained through University purchases,
and to minimise those that are negative.

“We are delighted to have won the Silver Promega UK Helix Award in 2019,” said Miller.
“The University of Edinburgh is committed to environmental sustainability and really value
our partnerships with key suppliers like Promega. It has been a pleasure to accept this
award on behalf of the University. Once again it recognises the efforts put in by our locally
based Procurement and Stores teams to reduce the environmental footprint in meeting the
research needs of our life scientists.”

Helix cabinets, fridges and freezers are supplied free of charge by Promega to store
products onsite. Researchers simply swipe a card, or use a phone app, to access what is
needed for their work, even in the middle of the night. Each item has a ‘RFID’ tag on it for
replenishment purposes to keep the system working efficiently.
“Convenience and sustainability are really important in today’s labs,” said Rob Holmes,
Helix Channel Manager at Promega UK. “Helix cabinets, fridges and freezers offer our
customers the opportunity to save time and money as well as helping the environment.”

more about the Promega Helix On-Site Stocking System

About Promega

Promega Corporation is a leader in providing innovative solutions and technical support to
the life sciences industry. The company’s 4,000 products enable scientists worldwide to
advance their knowledge in genomics, proteomics, cellular analysis, drug discovery and
human identification. Founded in 1978, the company is headquartered in Madison, WI, USA
with branches in 16 countries and over 50 global distributors.

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