OTS - Berlinger resolves medium-term withdrawal from the doping control kit business but pledges to help prevent interim shortages
2018. March 12. 09:28
Ganterschwil, Switzerland, 12 March, 2018 (APA/OTS) - The Board of
Directors of Berlinger Special AG has resolved that the company
will cease production of its doping control kits in the medium
term. To avoid jeopardizing current anti-doping activities, the
company will continue to supply its present customers at their
request for a transitional period, in agreement with the World
Anti-Doping Agency.
Eastern Swiss technology company Berlinger Special AG has been
manufacturing doping control kits featuring special security
containers since the 1990s. The kits are used all over the world,
and Berlinger's involvement reflects a long-standing commitment to
ensuring fair and clean sporting competition.
Increasingly institutionalized forms of doping malpractice have
steadily raised and changed the demands on these anti-doping kits
over the years. "These developments are not only damaging to sport:
they have become increasingly incompatible with our corporate
values and core competencies," says Chairwoman of the Board Andrea
Berlinger. "And in view of this, we have taken the strategic
decision to make an orderly withdrawal from this business segment
over the next few months, and to focus on the high-tech core
business of Berlinger & Co. AG."
No doping control vacuum
Berlinger Special AG recently ceased supplying its doping
control kits, following cases of breakages of the glass bottles
used at a small number of laboratories and in materials tests
conducted by the bottle supplier and the EMPA Swiss federal
materials testing institute. The test results confirmed, however,
that the risk of such breakage is a manageable one.
In view of this, in agreement with the World Anti-Doping Agency
(as the regulatory body) and at the request of existing customers,
Berlinger is willing to meet the continued demand for the
BEREG-Kits used at the recent PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games for
as long as stocks last. This will ensure - inasmuch as Berlinger is
able to do so - the continued conducting of doping controls in the
immediate future, and the avoidance of any gap therein.
The Board of Directors of Berlinger Special AG will decide on
the concrete arrangements for the company's withdrawal from the
doping control kit segment in due course. Toggenburg-based
Berlinger & Co. AG will in future specialize on its core high-tech
cold chain monitoring business activities.
Further information:
Berlinger Special AG
c/o KMES Partner I Klaus
Hans Klaus
Basteiplatz 7
8001 Zurich
Switzerland
Phone: +41 43 544 17 44
eMail: office@kmespartner.com
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