Welcome BioOhio Members

OffWhite is a corporate member of BioOhio, a bioscience development organization focused on networking and services to Ohio's 800 biotechnology firms. Founded in 1987 as Edison BioTechnology Center, BioOhio is a non-profit organization designed to build and accelerate bioscience industry, research, and education. According to OffWhite CEO Bill White, "Support of BioOhio is consistent with our longstanding involvement in technical marketing and integrated communications programs for clients in Ohio and around the world."

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Since 1985 OffWhite has earned a reputation in the life sciences and laboratory equipment industry as one of the leading integrated marketing resource firms. Our experience in developing marketing, sales and technical support  programs is represented through a broad range of products, markets and distribution channels used by large and emerging grown companies worldwide.

 

Bill White is a charter affiliate of Design Services Network, a research and development initiative of Emerson Climate Technogies, Emerson (NYSE: EMR).

 

• Partial Client List, Current and Previous Companies
• Areas of Technical Expertise and Communications
• Technical Product Literature, White Papers, Sales and Training Development
• Life Science, Laboratory and Technology Case History Reviews (Lo-Res PDF)
• Here's What We Can Do For You

Partial Client List, Current and Previous Companies

• ACC Sales, Chapel Hill, NC, independent sales representatives
• Actimed, Inc., Burlington, NJ, blood separations system, cholesterol screening kits;
• Analytical Products Group, Belpre, OH, lab reference chemicals;
• ASEPCO, Hayward, CA, sampling valves; fermentation pilot plant components
• B.W. Biotec, Toyo Engineering, Chicago, IL, contract pharmaceutical engineering;
• Baxter, McGaw Park, IL, laboratory supply distributor
• Biocrystal, Inc., Westerville, OH, cell culture production products
• BioScience Managers, Ltd., London, UK; venture capital services
• BioWhittaker, Walkersville, MD, cell culture media;
• Caltec, Ltd; Edmonton Alberta, CN; incubators;
• Caron Products, Inc., Marietta, OH; environmental chambers and temperature controlled cabinets
• CD Medical, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL; hollow-fiber bioreactors and controls;
• Clonetics, Inc., San Diego, CA, cell cultures;
• Consolidated Stills and Sterilizers, Boston, MA; pulse-vacuum sterilizers/autoclaves and controllers
• Design Innovation Group, LLC, Westerville, OH; consulting engineering
• Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc., Athens, OH, transgenic cell culture viral detection kits; cell cultures
• Drug Discovery News, Old River Publications, LLC, Rocky River, OH; industry publishers and editorial
• Eagleson Institute, Inc., Sanford, ME; biosafety educational services
• Elpro Services, Inc., Marietta, OH; data acquisition and monitoring products and services
• Emerson Climate Technologies, Copeland, Sidney, OH, reciprocating and orbital compressors;
• Emerson Climate Technologies, Design Services Network, Sidney, OH, consulting engineering and technical marketing
• Emerson Retail Services, Atlanta, GA, data monitoring and predictive maintenance services
• Environmental Specialties, Inc., Raleigh, NC, testing chambers;
• ESBE, Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; laboratory equipment distribution
• Esco Biotech, Inc., Houston, TX; laboratory equipment distribution
• Esco Micro Pte. Ltd., Singapore; laboratory equipment
• Esco Technologies, Inc., Hatboro, PA; laboratory equipment distribution
• Farrar Scientific, Inc., Marietta, OH; ultra-low temperature refrigeration systems
• Fibercell Systems, Inc., Frederick, MD; hollow-fiber bioreactors and cell culture systems
• Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA, lab supply dealer;
• Flow Laboratories, McLean, VA, liquid handling systems;
• Flowtronics, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, neurological monitoring systems;
• Floyd Brown Associates, Marion, OH; architectural engineers
• Forma Scientific, Inc., Marietta, OH, lab equipment;
• GelTech, Inc., Salem, OH, gel electrophoresis systems;
• Genetic Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc., Buffalo, NY; commercial genetic testing services
• Greiner America, Lake Mary, FL, high-throughput screening labware;
• Grimm Scientific, Inc., Marietta, OH; sports hydrotherapy and cryotherapy systems
• GTS Scientific, Rockville, MD, manufacturers' representatives
• Helmer Laboratories, Inc., Noblesville, IN; blood storage systems and equipment
• IKA Works, Wilmington, NC; laboratory supplies
• Information Technology Alliance of Appalachian Ohio, Athens, OH; technology databases
• Jencons, Ltd, UK; liquid handling products; FTS Systems, Inc., Stone Ridge, NY; lyophilization systems;
• Jewett Company, Buffalo, NY, blood bank products, morgue/autopsy equipment;
• Kendro Laboratory Products, Inc., Asheville, NC; laboratory equipment
• Kinetics Group, Inc., Stone Ridge, NY; ultra-low cooling systems, probes and chillers
• L.P. Moquin & Associates, Montreal PQ Canada, independent sales firm;
• Labequipco, Hayward, CA, independent sales firm;
• Leica Microsystems, Inc., Buffalo, NY; refractometers and laboratory measurement instrumentation
• LH Fermentation, Hayward, CA; fermentation systems and controllers;
• Lindberg/Blue M Corporation, Asheville, NC; laboratory ovens and furnaces
• Mettler-Toledo, USA, Columbus, OH; laboratory instrumentation and equipment
• New England Scientific, Salem, NH, independent manufacturers’ reprsentative
• Nuaire, Inc., Plymouth, MN, lab equipment;
• Ohio Valley Specialty Chemicals, Marietta, OH, HPLC columns;
• Perkin Elmer Life Sciences, Gaithersburg, MD; cell culture systems
• Polymicro Technologies, Phoenix, AZ, fused-silica capillary tubing (HPLC), catheterization systems;
• Poly-Temp Scientific, BV, The Netherlands, independent marketing firm.
• Porton International, Porton Downs, UK; bioreactors;
• Queue Systems, Inc., Parkersburg, WV, lab equipment;
• R&D Scientific, Inc., Flanders, NJ; FDA-21CFR compliance data monitoring systems and services
• REM Automation and Custom Engineering, Inc., Baltimore, MD; automated storage and retrieval systems
• Revco Scientific, Inc., Asheville, NC; ultra-low temperaute and refrigeration products
• Scimetrics, Inc., Houston, TX, independent sales firm;
• Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Incl, Columbia, MD; instrumentation systems
• Stembanc, Inc., Kirtland, OH; cord blood stem cell processing and repository
• Sunpower, Inc., Athens, OH; free-piston Stirling engines, cryocoolers and power supplies
• Baker Company, Sanford, ME, biological safety cabinets and air management systems;
• VWR Scientific, PA, clinical, research and industrial laboratory supply dealer

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• Cell culture systems and multiplex three-gas incubators (above and below ambient O2 environments)
• Automatic CO2 incubators
• Fermentation and mammalian cell culture bioreactors (airlift and stirred vessel),
• Sensors and microprocessor-based controllers
• Class 1, II, Type A2, B2, Class III biological safety enclosures for robotic and automated process systems
• Biological safety cabinets (Class I, II and III), total containment systems, glove boxes and barrier isolators
• Custom manufactured, hybrid biological containment and cell culture systems
• Vertical lift, automated storage and retrieval integration into environmentally controlled enclosures
• Cascade and mixed-refrigerant autocascade cooling systems, ultra-low temperature freezers, cryogenic storage systems, reciprocal and orbital compressor systems
• Furnaces, ovens, water baths, centrifuges, autoclaves and microwave moisture analyzers
• Freeze dryers and lyophilizers
• Laboratory animal research products, enclosures and mobile platforms
• Blood separation, collection, fractionation, cataloging and storage products
• Fiber optics, including research grade fused silica, and fiber optic byproducts such as polyamide catheterization tubing
• Refractometers
• HPLC capillary columns
• Humidity cabinets, stability testing and plant growth chambers and walk-in rooms
• Clinical genetics cytology screening and reporting
• Transgenic cell cultures and diagnostic systems for clinical virology
• Anaerobic microbiology systems
• Positive and negative pressure cytotoxic isolators and barrier isolators
• Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) thermal cyclers for DNA amplification
• Web-based alarm, monitoring and data management systems for compliance with U.S.FDA (21) CFR pharmaceutical development
• Ducted and ductless fume hoods,
• Laboratory furniture, fixtures and casework

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• Stem cell acquisition, processing, long-term storage, archival technologies and marketing
• Use of narrow bandwidth ultraviolet light and copper-enriched stainless steel to achieve active background contamination control in a cell culture incubator.
• Adaptation of mechanically refrigerated vacuum cold trap refrigeration (process) to biological archives (storage)
• Development of single compressor, mixed-refrigerant autocascade technology to replace liquid nitrogen vapor and conventional cascade (multiple compressor) systems for ultra-low and cryogenic cooling
• Biological and cellular significance of glass transition temperatures (ice re-crystallization) at -130°C
• Integration of scroll compressor to replace conventional reciprocating compressors in mixed-refrigerant, autocascade cooling systems
• Development and application of architectural louvers, sun blades and ventilation components
• Integration of microprocessor-based controllers to monitor, accumulate and report internal performance and status of interstage heat exchangers in cryogenic and cascade cooling systems
• Anaerobic microbiology incubation and transfer systems to include interchange sequence techniques and use of palladium catalysts to maintenance of optimum atmospheres
• Development of innovative multiplex gas control systems using adjustable flow meters to create accurate in vitro models of the in vivo environment (Queue Multiplex Three-Gas Incubator)
• Application of microprocessors, mechanical switches and optical sensors to locate, energize and control electro-magnetic drive systems for orbital shaker applications
• Inventory management, security, access control and documentation of high value biologicals in the cryopreserved environment
• Security considerations related to access to pathogenic organisms in repository freezers
• Microprocessor-based control and monitoring of airlift and stirred vessel bioreactors with PID (proportional, integral and derivative) controls
• Comparative function of biological safety cabinets, Class I, Class II and Class III containment systems
• Design and marketing of programmable glassware washing and sterilizing systems
• Development of computer-based liquid handling systems for high throughput compound screening
• Development and branding of Legaci™ integrated cascade refrigeration systems using Copeland reciprocating compressors and DuPont Suva refrigerants
• Development of ergonomically-enhanced biological safety cabinets
• Free piston Stirling engine satellite batteries deployed for deep-space exploration
• Launch of wireless broadband technologies and services
• Development of a digital refractometer using Optimatrixx™ dual-array light sensor technologies
• Development of server-based refrigeration systems for use in non-distributed commercial cooling applications in supermarkets and convenience stores
• Application of EnergyBalance™ approach to theoretical design of ultra-low temperature servers for pharmaceutical, blood component and electronic testing.

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• The Baker Company, Animal Products Group, Sanford, ME (pdf) 
• The Baker Company, Integrated Marketing Communications, Sanford, ME (pdf) 
• Drug Discovery News, Old River Publications, Rocky River, OH (pdf) 
• Esco Micro Pte. Ltd., Singapore (pdf) 
• Farrar Scientific, Inc., Marietta, OH( pdf) 
• SANYO Biomedical, Osaka, Japan (pdf) 
• SANYO Commercial Solutions, Bensenville, IL (pdf) 
• Sunpower, Inc., Athens, OH (pdf) 
• Lindberg/Blue M, Asheville, NC 
• Revco Scientific, Asheville, NC