Unique in the world: High-Throughput Screening system
After five years of planning, a globally unique digital laboratory is commissioned at the Wesel headquarters in May 2022: The High-Throughput Screening (HTS) system, a system manufactured by a Swiss specialist company according to BYK's requirements for 15 million euro, is started up. It mixes, applies and carries out measurements fully automatically – and does so at an immense speed.
The HTS system produces and tests up to 220 samples per day. By way of comparison, a well-trained paint technician produces a maximum of ten samples a day. Because the HTS system relieves laboratory staff of small routine tasks, they have more time for research.
The results are also easier to reproduce. Unlike even the most experienced laboratory specialists, the system works consistently and does not deviate by a milligram when weighing samples, for example. The digital laboratory also has added value for customers: BYK can relieve them of a lot of work with fully automated series tests and support them in the formulation of new paints.
