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Premix Oy, Inc.

ASPR's IBx Portfolio


Product: Pipette Tips

Description of Project: Premix Oy, Inc. opened a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Dallas, North Carolina to increase domestic production of pipette tip materials – essential components for diagnostics and life sciences – and create 40 jobs.

Unique Impact: The new state-of-the-art facility will produce 1,210 tons of Carbon Black per month. Carbon Black is a high-performance, medical-grade compound engineered for chemical resistance, dimensional stability, and clean, contaminant-free processing. It is specifically formulated to meet the rigorous standards required in life sciences and diagnostics applications.

Pipette tips are essential tools used daily by diagnostics and life sciences professionals for disease testing, blood sample analysis, and drug development. Ensuring a stable, domestic supply of pipette tips, and the raw materials used to produce them, is vital to the national healthcare system and to national security. 

Base Award Amount: $79.9 million

Category: Testing Capacity and Raw Materials