Thar Instruments Completes the Acquisition of Berger SFC(R) Business from METTLER TOLEDO

Thar Instruments, a global leader in the design, development and
manufacture of Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) systems
announced the acquisition of Berger SFC(R) division of METTLER TOLEDO.
Berger SFC(R) is a pioneer in the development of SFC and a world
leader in SFC Analysis and Purification. The combination of the top
two supercritical fluid technology companies will enable the
advancement of new technologies and applications, and expand
capabilities in the support and service of its customers in
pharmaceutical drug discovery and development globally.

"We are pleased that we have completed this acquisition," says
Thar CEO, Dr. Lalit Chordia. "Berger SFC brings a global reputation
and deep experience in the development of Supercritical Fluid
Chromatography. We are excited about future advancement to broaden the
scope of SFC technology as a result of this acquisition.

"We continue to believe that the SFC market represents an exciting
opportunity. The combination of Berger SFC and Thar Instruments will
result in a fully integrated SFC instrumentation company that will
have the necessary critical mass to further penetrate the rapidly
developing analysis and purification market, while providing competent
support and service to customers around the world."

SFC is at least three to five times faster than HPLC. The high
resolution of SFC makes it ideal for the separation and purification
of difficult chemical samples, such as chiral enantiomers and natural
products. SFC is generally known as normal phase chromatography,
thereby offering a complimentary selectivity to HPLC but much greener
because it reduces solvent usage by an average of 80%.

Sometimes referred to as "green chromatography," SFC is now used
in every major pharmaceutical drug discovery lab to support the
analysis and purification of potential new drug compounds. The use of
SFC is expanding quickly, once viewed as a specialist technique only
used in the US, UK and France, now chromatographers all over the world
are using this fast, green technique. After the merger of the two
technology and markets leaders, most of the world's SFC design and
fabrication expertise will be under one roof including important
patents on the instrumentation. For more information, visit
www.thartech.com.

About Thar Instruments

Thar Instruments is a global leader in the design, development and
manufacture of analytical and preparative SFC and SFE (extraction)
systems. Thar's expertise has been applied to a wide variety of
research in industries including petrochemicals, food, flavors,
pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and fine chemicals. In recent years,
Thar has developed applications for separating compounds that cannot
be resolved using traditional techniques such as HPLC and GC. Apart
from pharmaceutical compounds, other products analyzed by SFC include
pesticides, food contaminants, engine fuels, polymers and peptides.

About METTLER TOLEDO

METTLER TOLEDO develops and manufactures precision instruments for
weighing, analytical chemistry and materials characterization,
chemical discovery and development, process analysis, metal detection
and other end-of-line inspection requirements. With more than 10,000
employees, METTLER TOLEDO sells and supports its products and services
world-wide to customers in the life science, food processing and
packaging, retailing, specialty chemicals and cosmetics,
transportation, logistics, metals and electronics industries. For more
information visit www.mt.com.