“We’re proud to offer high-quality, comfortable products made here, in North Carolina, that celebrate one of our greatest treasures, the Outer Banks,” Stacy Menzies, company president, said.

An attractive design on the back of each shirt shows the various communities making up the history-rich vacation destination popular for its beaches, seafood, boating, surfing, outdoor activities, wildlife, laid-back attitude and natural beauty.

“Anyone blessed with time spent in the Outer Banks knows what a truly special place it is and what happy, welcoming people call it home,” Menzies said, adding, “Our clothing is a way for visitors who can’t stay to keep the beach within their reach.”

Complimentary to any body type, the OBX Outfitters™ Find Your Happy Place™ casual tees feature an attractive, tapered neck construction with hemmed bottom and sleeves and an athletic cut for ease of movement when working out or just hanging out. The shirts are manufactured and screen printed in North Carolina, contributing to the economic vitality of the state.

OBX Outfitters™ apparel is available online at Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company offering Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon was chosen as an OBX Outfitters™ online marketplace for its reliability, security, and easy access for the millions of Outer Banks visitors from Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Virginia and North Carolina.

A link to the OBX Outfitters™ store on Amazon.com is available by visiting www.obxoutfitters.com. For more information, email info@obxoutfitters.com.

About OBX Outfitters
OBX Outfitters™ is a casual apparel and activewear company created to provide a way for people who love the Outer Banks to keep a piece of this special place close to their hearts. We are a North Carolina company using North Carolina vendors to produce our products right here, Made in the USA. Every dollar a customer spends on one of our products stays here in the United States and will eventually find its way back to supporting the economic and environmental strength of the Outer Banks. Through this type of support, our customers can rest assured they are helping to preserve this special place for generations to come. We are dedicated to contributing to the economic and environmental strength of our state, supporting the communities in which we do business, donating time and a portion of our profits to local civic groups and nonprofits. Keep the beach within your reach today. For more information visit www.obxoutfitters.com.

Participants will test the wireless technology at their locations across the country for three months and provide feedback to Evatran. Installations focus on commercial partners who have the Nissan LEAF or Chevrolet Volt in their fleets. Evatran is working with Yazaki North America™, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, to develop the prototypes for the trial.

The event will include comments from the Governor, announcement of the final set of Apollo Program participants, and a demonstration of the wireless charging technology on a Nissan LEAF. Attendees will also have the opportunity to test drive electric vehicles.

Thomas Hough, chief executive officer of Evatran, commented, “This is an important moment in time for the electric vehicle. We believe that the widespread adoption of these cars requires enabling technologies, like Plugless Power, to come to market.” He continued, “Bringing these technologies to all electric vehicle owners, however, requires industry leaders to step forward to trial prototypes – we are excited to celebrate the involvement of these partners during our Apollo Launch Event.”

Evatran welcomes all attendees and encourages RSVPs to info@evatran.com. The inclement weather location for the event will be just inside the building at the same address. Visit www.pluglesspower.com for additional details.

About Evatran
Plugless Power™, developed by Evatran™, is the first electric vehicle (EV) charging system on the market to offer customers a simple way to charge their EVs with the ease of wireless technology. In addition to aftermarket distribution, Evatran is currently working with automotive manufacturers to integrate the Plugless Power technology into mass-market EVs and signed a Joint Development Agreement with Yazaki North America, a major Tier 1 automotive supplier in May 2011. The company signed an installation agreement with Sears Home Services in December 2011 to support the installation of Plugless Power systems nationwide. The Apollo Launch Program, an initiative started by Evatran in 2012, follows industry leaders such as Duke Energy, Clemson University, and Hertz, as they trial the Plugless Power technology on their own EVs. To learn more about Plugless Power or to reserve a wireless charging system for your own EV, visit www.pluglesspower.com.

“This was our first time accepting an animation challenge, and we have been deeply appreciative of the opportunity to continue to expand our capabilities,” said Ty Hagler, Principal at Trig® Innovation, adding, “We can now generate marketing assets for greater commercial viability, without sacrificing details in design along the way.”

The resulting animation is being used by Mustard Tree Instruments® as part of a major nationwide educational outreach program to showcase the company’s at-line and in-line materials verification testing products. The animation is shown on Mustard Tree’s YouTube channel, YouTube.com/MustardTreeTV, as well as at tradeshows and prospect presentations.

Industrial Designer Patrick Murphy, who joined the Trig® Innovation design team in the spring of 2011, took the lead on the animation project, a virtual demonstration of the VTT-1000. The product uses Raman spectroscopy, a non-contact, optical laser technology used for the rapid verification of raw materials and finished products.

Spearheading the delivery of client animation needs, Murphy was tasked with generating an elegant animated movie using Bunkspeed and SolidWorks, migrating designs seamlessly between the two software environments. He was able to create an animation piece capturing the internal mechanism of the VTT-1000 in a way that is easy for viewers to understand the technology at work, as well as the product’s value toward helping manufacturers solve specific quality and business problems such as reducing manufacturing lead time, increasing yield, decreasing sample analysis cost and avoiding costly recalls which result in dangerous drug shortages.

According to the FDA, the number of drugs classified as being “in shortage” tripled from 61 in 2005 to 178 in 2010, with more than half of current drug shortages due to manufacturing quality problems.

“We have great admiration for the character and commitment to excellence represented by the folks at Mustard Tree and the important work they are doing with tools like the VTT-1000, which can have an impact on a great number of people,” Hagler said.

To see the Mustard Tree Instruments® VTT-1000 in action, visit YouTube.com/MustardTreeTV or www.mustardtree.com. To learn more about Trig® Innovation, visit www.triginnovation.com or email TyHagler@trig-in.com.

About Mustard Tree Instruments®
Mustard Tree Instruments® accelerates the QC process by bringing testing from the lab to the production line (www.LAB2LINE.com). Mustard Tree Instruments® is redefining pharmaceutical manufacturing testing with unique at line or real time devices, the VTT-1000 and VPS-1000. Using Raman spectroscopy technology for enhanced accuracy, their instruments quickly verify raw material identity to final form dosage in solid, powder, and liquid product samples within seconds. The rapid and simple-to-set-up analytics significantly reduce testing time and start-up costs while mitigating manufacturing risks associated with bad product batches. Mustard Tree Instruments is committed to fully engaging customers from purchase through implementation. For more information, visit www.mustardtree.com.

About Trig® Innovation
Trig® Innovation is a Research Triangle, NC-based innovation management consulting firm dedicated to delivering a toolkit of strategies and expertise for the development of new products and services for inventors and corporate product and brand teams. With practice areas focusing on the development and branding of products for the home improvement, medical device, and housewares industries, Trig® Innovation draws upon a well of leading experts in industrial design, intellectual property law, mechanical engineering, and marketing strategy to bring new client products to market. Led by Principal Ty Hagler, a seasoned product developer from his start in marketing and product development at The Home Depot in 2004, Trig® Innovation services clients throughout the United States from its base in Durham, NC.

Paul Spinak, president of The Marketing Machine, will be sharing insight on the important marketing functions and strategies for attracting and keeping new customers and how to tie-in those functions with sales efforts.

“Sales and marketing independent of one another don’t work,” Spinak said, adding, “There are some obvious ways the two are tied together, and some other ways to approach both simultaneously to realize the greatest return on investment for time and money.”

The Marketing Machine recently finished an ambitious, innovative rebranding project for an international pharmaceuticals company and continues to service small, medium, and large businesses in multiple industry sectors in the Triangle, across the U.S. and overseas. The company is located in Morrisville’s Perimeter Park and is an active Chamber member dedicated to sharing best practices to help businesses grow.

Late last year The Marketing Machine published the first in a series of educational podcasts on best practices for advertising, marketing, branding and public relations with “Tradeshows 101” available online at www.themmachine.com. The podcast covers aspects of marketing within tech industry sectors which carry with them a heavy dependence on trade shows for business development. Tradeshow marketing is one area of expertise of The Marketing Machine, which produces exhibit designs, collateral marketing material, and email marketing to help support event participation.

The Marketing Machine manages marketing, advertising, and public relations for a number of companies across a myriad of industries including pharmaceutical manufacturing, software and engineering. The firm boasts award-winning resources for branding, graphic design and marketing collateral materials as well as public relations and website development.

A new series launched this year by the Morrisville Chamber, the Business Tool Box workshops provide small businesses with information that can be taken back and applied in the workplace for immediate results.

To register for the event, visit www.morrisvillechamber.org. To learn more about The Marketing Machine services, visit www.theMmachine.com.

About The Marketing Machine
The Marketing Machine is the Triangle’s leader in effective and innovative corporate branding and customer communication, providing full-service marketing, advertising, and public relations to businesses of all shapes and sizes. The Marketing Machine is conveniently located minutes from RDU and RTP, and is a proud member of the Morrisville Chamber of Commerce. For more information, visit www.theMmachine.com.

“Raman spectroscopy is non-destructive and only requires a low volume of inexpensive, common material samples for testing with zero prep time,” Blonshine explained.

The Pittcon presentation comes on the heels of Mustard Tree Instruments® successful participation in the 26th International Forum and Exhibition Process Analytical Technology (Process Analysis and Control) (IFPAC) conference in Baltimore, Md. in late January. The analytical instrumentation leader used the highly respected conference on trends in technology, standards, and controls to unveil the latest addition to its game-changing toolset for identification and composition testing of raw and blended materials, the Mustard Tree Verifier™ Process System 1000 (VPS-1000).

Rugged and powerful, the VPS-1000 — about the size of laptop — is specifically designed to fit in the most compact pharmaceutical and chemical processing locations.  The unit performs sensitive real-time testing of liquids, powders, solids, gels, suspensions and emulsions in a variety of harsh conditions and hygienic environments. The Mustard Tree Verifier™ Tri-Test 1000 (VTT-1000) multi-variant testing device, released in May 2011, performs non-destructive chemical identification, size, and color analysis in benign environments.

According to Mustard Tree Instruments® Chief Technical Officer and IFPAC attendee Brian Garrett, the event’s focus on the applications of spectroscopy and chemical imaging within pharmaceutical, chemical, food, and petrochemical market sectors fit perfectly with the intended uses of both the VPS-1000 and the VTT-1000 instruments.

“Our toolset simplifies complex decision making processes for both at-line and in-line materials testing in a multitude of continuous manufacturing scenarios,” Garrett explained.

The world’s largest annual conference and exposition for laboratory science, Pittcon 2012 will offer the latest technology and instrumentation from nearly 1,000 exhibitors, a diverse Technical Program of more than 2,000 technical presentations, 90 plus Short Courses and networking sessions.

Todd Blonshine’s presentation at Pittcon will revolve around his submitted paper, “Multi-Variant Technology Combining Machine Vision with Raman Spectroscopy for Rapid Assessment of Pharmaceutical Drug Product Formulation and Dosage Strength” which he co-authored with his company’s Science Officer Brisco Harward, Ph.D.

“With over 17,000 attendees, Pittcon is an important event for our company to meet and partner with innovative industrial and scientific professionals to continue in redefining the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry with a purpose,” Blonshine said.

For more information about the Mustard Tree Instruments® and their products, please visit www.mustardtree.com or email info@mustardtree.com. To view the educational video, “What is Raman Spectroscopy?” visit YouTube.com/MustardTreeTV.

About Pittcon
Pittcon is the world’s annual premier Conference and Exposition on laboratory science. It is organized by The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, a Pennsylvania not-for-profit educational corporation which is comprised of the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP). For more information on Pittcon 2012, visit www.pittcon.org.

About Mustard Tree Instruments®
Mustard Tree Instruments® accelerates the QC process by bringing testing from the lab to the production line (www.LAB2LINE.com). Mustard Tree Instruments® is redefining pharmaceutical manufacturing testing with unique at line or real time devices, the VTT-1000 and VPS-1000. Using Raman spectroscopy technology for enhanced accuracy, their instruments quickly verify raw material identity to final form dosage in solid, powder, and liquid product samples within seconds. The rapid and simple to set up analytics significantly reduce testing time and start-up costs while mitigating manufacturing risks associated with bad product batches. Mustard Tree Instruments is committed to fully engaging customers from purchase through implementation. For more information, visit www.mustardtree.com.

“We’re known for our experience in product design and prototyping of metal-based products across a multitude of industries, and these additions to our in-house workshop will enable us serve our clients in a new and valuable way,” said Montie Roland, company president.

Providing design flexibility, rotomolding allows for the creation of prototypes with consistent wall thickness, strength and durability, stress-free parts, and low initial tooling costs. Rotationally molded products are highly sought-after in a wide range of industries such as agricultural and industrial; material-handling; and recreational and sporting goods.

Montie Design has just completed its first rotationally molded prototype for an anti-fog device used in snowmobile helmets. The parts were recently sent off for client testing and evaluation.

“The ability to quickly and inexpensively create prototypes using the rotomolding process opens up new design directions for client projects; there are very few companies in the U.S. that offer rotomolding on a prototype basis. Initially, we embarked on this addition to our services as a way to serve one client, but the lack of vendors that are capable of using the rotomolding process to prototype parts indicates an under-served market,” Roland explained.

The Montie Design toolset offers core competencies in mechanical engineering, industrial design, prototyping and product commercialization. The firm is active in numerous design and engineering groups and organizations throughout North Carolina as well as the North Carolina Defense Business Association.

Additionally, Montie Design is hosting a Winter 2012 Student Design Contest for aspiring product designers in community colleges, four-year colleges, or high schools from North Carolina and Virginia. Contest participants will be tasked with developing outdoor, shooting, hunting, archery, and camping products.

For more information on Montie Design, visit www.montie.com.

About Montie Design
Montie Design is an innovative concept-to-marketplace product design and development firm with core competencies in mechanical engineering and industrial design. Implementing a collaborative approach to partnering with clients, Montie Design balances vision with usability in realizing products that are economical to manufacture, elegant and robust. The firm operates out of the Southeast’s innovation hub, the Research Triangle region of North Carolina, with its wealth of industry-leading technology, resources and customers. For more information, visit www.montie.com.

“We set out to make a very advanced, highly sensitive fit-to-purpose process instrument radically different from other products,” said Stan Ayers, engineering manager for the VPS-1000.

“Our whole criteria across the board was to make it really tough, hence its rugged waterproof enclosure housing the instrument’s sensitive Raman spectrometer usable for qualitative and quantitative testing,” he explained.

Raman spectroscopy has proven to be an accurate method of measuring the purity and composition of raw materials and maintaining the desired mix levels in pharmaceutical processing. Mustard Tree Instruments® is a noted innovator and advocate in the use of Raman spectroscopy within analytical instrumentation, going so far as to produce a YouTube channel, YouTube.com/MustardTreeTV, with a six-minute educational video on applications of the technology in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

According to Ayers, the VPS-1000 excels in both pharmaceutical and chemical processing due to its environmental toughness, reliability, remote operation, and ability to operate in high temperatures and within hygienic environments due to its easy cleaning. Another plus is its size:  in direct contrast to cumbersome 95+-pound systems from competitors that come with bulky cooling systems, the VPS-1000 weighs in at just 12 pounds and is easy to install and operate in most any materials processing environment.

The VPS-1000 simplifies complex decision making processes similar to Mustard Tree Instruments® VTT-1000 at-line material verification testing tool for benign environments. Both instruments are in the same class of pricing and pay for themselves quickly with low implementation costs, forming a unique, essential toolset to help drug manufacturers solve specific quality and business problems such as reducing manufacturing lead time, increasing yield, and decreasing sample analysis cost.

“With the VTT-1000 and now the VPS-1000, Mustard Tree Instruments® has closed the gap in testing tools needed to assure quality products being made with fewer recalls,” said Chief Technical Officer Brian Garrett.

The American Medical Association recently went on record saying the rising number of critical drug shortages constitutes a “national public health emergency” requiring a swift and sophisticated response to address the roots of the crisis. According to the FDA, the number of drugs classified as being “in shortage” tripled from 61 in 2005 to 178 in 2010.  The FDA further states more than half of current drug shortages are due to manufacturing quality problems.

“Rapid testing with Mustard Tree instrumentation takes the guess work out of quality control and provides our customers with intuitive, easy-to-use tools to assure fact-based decision making versus producing at risk,” Garrett added.

Using a non-destructive laser technology to see through a sight glass (no sample contact), the VPS-1000 eliminates the need for human or instrument exposure to potent materials. The instrument is adaptable for the use as an in-line probe or on-line flow cell. Designed for hazardous location use it has an approved laser safety rating.  It is cGMP configured and 21 CFR Part 11 and EU Annex 11 compliant. The device features calibration with NIST traceable and ASTM defined standards and lifetime factory-calibrated sensors.

For more information about the VPS-1000 or Mustard Tree Instruments® please visit www.mustardtree.com or email info@mustardtree.com. To view an educational video on Raman spectroscopy, visit YouTube.com/MustardTreeTV.

About Mustard Tree Instruments®
Mustard Tree Instruments® accelerates the QC process by bringing testing from the lab to the production line (www.LAB2LINE.com). Mustard Tree Instruments® is redefining pharmaceutical manufacturing testing with unique at line or real time devices, the VTT-1000 and VPS-1000. Using Raman spectroscopy technology for enhanced accuracy, their instruments quickly verify raw material identity to final form dosage in solid, powder, and liquid product samples within seconds. The rapid and simple to set up analytics significantly reduce testing time and start-up costs while mitigating manufacturing risks associated with bad product batches. Mustard Tree Instruments is committed to fully engaging customers from purchase through implementation. For more information, visit www.mustardtree.com.

“Many people in Africa affected by endemic diseases such as malaria, typhoid and HIV are illiterate. Danadams wanted to redesign its packaging to help patients more easily identify the different types of drugs and dosage levels, and to help the healthcare professionals dispensing the medicine” said Greg Fawcett, VP of client relations for The Marketing Machine, adding that the healthcare system in parts of Africa is completely different than what patients see in the U.S.

“What we would call a regular pharmacy over there is a 10-by-10 outdoor stand with stacks and stacks of drugs on top of each other. With the number of generic drugs flooding into Africa in nondescript cartons and poor quality labeling, Danadams wanted to ensure its drugs were packaged in the best possible way,” he said.

According to Fawcett, his firm had to come up with an iconic system for people to understand how the many different Danadams drugs were supposed to be used, creating a way of determining things such as what age group the drugs were intended for.

“We had seven different drugs to deal with, for patients ranging from infants to adults, and we needed a way to highlight who each drug was for right on the box,” Fawcett said.

The project management and design teams at The Marketing Machine researched each individual drug, drug class, and dosage, and developed individual icons and colors for each to help patients understand which drugs they needed, regardless of their ability to read.

“In terms of product colors we wanted each class of drug to be easily identifiable; since the Ghana colors are vibrant, we wanted to mirror that, using the colors that are in their national flag, but have them different enough to avoid confusion,” Fawcett explained.

Similar to work the firm has done with other consumer healthcare and pharmaceutical manufacturing clients, The Marketing Machine functioned as a virtual creative design and marketing arm of Danadams, in this particular case working directly with a contractor hired by Danadams who would travel between South Africa and the U.S. The rebrand took the better part of a year from concept-to-marketplace, with The Marketing Machine creating everything from the ground-up on the new drug packaging, as well as developing the Danadams brand, logo design, pocket folders, envelopes, business cards and website. The firm also helped Danadams set up its fledgling design studio, ensuring that its impact would persist in the company even after the project ended.

Danadams is Ghana’s leading manufacturer in the health sector and is ranked 6th overall on Ghana’s prestigious Club 100 list. The company was named West Africa International Magazine’s Most Innovative & Multipurpose Pharmaceutical Company in West Africa in 2011. In Europe, the company was recognized with the International Arch of Europe 2011 Gold Award for Demonstrated Excellence and Sustainability, as well as the Majestic Five Continents Award for Quality and Excellence in 2011.

More information is available online at www.danadamsgh.com.

The Marketing Machine manages marketing, advertising, and public relations for a number of companies across a myriad of industries including pharmaceutical manufacturing, software and engineering. The firm boasts award-winning resources for branding, graphic design and marketing collateral materials as well as public relations and website development.

To learn more visit www.theMmachine.com.

About The Marketing Machine
The Marketing Machine is the Triangle’s leader in effective and innovative corporate branding and customer communication, providing full-service marketing, advertising, and public relations to businesses of all shapes and sizes. The Marketing Machine is conveniently located minutes from RDU and RTP, and is a proud member of the Morrisville Chamber of Commerce. For more information, visit www.theMmachine.com.

The company’s initial activewear line is targeted at runners and outdoor enthusiasts, reflecting the background and interest of the founders of OBX Outfitters. Both the athletic tees and casual tees are designed to promote our North Carolina’s natural beauty and outdoor activities in and around the Outer Banks.

The small, educational microsites are designed to drive foot traffic to www.OBXOutfitters.com as well as Amazon.com, helping to increase sales and reinvest profits right back into the Outer Banks economy. The sites include:

www.outerbanksapparel.biz
www.outerbanksapparel.info
www.outerbanksapparel.us
www.outerbanksshop.com
www.outerbanksoutfitters.co
www.shopobx.biz
www.shopobx.info
www.obxshopping.info
www.obxapparel.biz
www.obxapparel.info
www.obxstore.biz
www.obxstore.info
www.obxtees.biz
www.obxtees.info
www.obxtoday.biz
www.shopouterbanks.biz
www.shopouterbanks.info
www.outerbanksobx.info
www.outerbanksobxshop.com
www.obxouterbanks.info
www.obxouterbanksshop.com
www.obxonline.info
www.outerbanksonline.info

Made from innovative, moisture wicking 100% microdenier polyester to keep individuals comfortable and dry, the Find Your Stride (TM) line of activewear is designed for year-round gym workouts as well as serious marathoners and other outdoor enthusiasts. The polyester micro fibers draw moisture away from the skin to speed up the evaporation process, helping to regulate body temperature when it rises and keeping the shirt drier, lighter, and more comfortable than regular cotton materials. The line was launched in November at the 2011 OBX Marathon, an annual event in Nags Head drawing more than 6,000 runners from across the country.

The Find Your Happy Place (TM) casual tees were also designed with a nod toward keeping cool, made from a lightweight 50/50 poly/cotton blend and featuring a tourist-friendly geographic representation of the Outer Banks, showcasing its many different communities from Corolla to Nags Head to Ocracoke.

All tees from OBX Outfitters (TM) are available on Amazon.com by typing “OBX Outfitters shirts” in the main search bar at the top of the page. Additionally, a link to the OBX Outfitters (TM) store on Amazon.com is available by visiting www.obxoutfitters.com.

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices.

For more information, email info@obxoutfitters.com or visit www.obxoutfitters.com.

About OBX Outfitters
OBX Outfitters (TM) is a casual apparel and activewear company created to provide a way for people who love the Outer Banks to keep a piece of this special place close to their hearts. We are a North Carolina company using North Carolina vendors to produce our products right here, Made in the USA. Every dollar a customer spends on one of our products stays here in the United States and will eventually find its way back to supporting the economic and environmental strength of the Outer Banks. Through this type of support, our customers can rest assured they are helping to preserve this special place for generations to come. We are dedicated to contributing to the economic and environmental strength of our state, supporting the communities in which we do business, donating time and a portion of our profits to local civic groups and nonprofits. Keep the beach within your reach today. For more information visit www.obxoutfitters.com.

“We’ve taken the complex science of Raman spectroscopy and applied it to solving a major problem in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry,” CEO Todd Blonshine said.

“Raw material identity verification is required per good manufacturing practices. The steady increase in the importation of raw materials from non-USA sources as well as FDA oversight is putting more of a strain on quality control resources, which is where the application of Raman spectroscopy can make a difference” Blonshine explained. “Mustard Tree Raman spectroscopy is easy to use, non-destructive and only requires a low volume of material for testing with zero prep time.”

YouTube.com/MustardTreeTV Channel features a six-minute educational video hosted by Blonshine on the applications of Raman spectroscopy in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, using humor and even a little magic to break-down the technology in a way everyone can understand.

The four additional videos currently on the YouTube channel explain features of Mustard Tree’s VTT-1000 multi-variant testing device which utilizes highly accurate Raman spectroscopy to determine material identity and purity. Using a small yet powerful sensors and multi variant approach, the VTT-1000 determines each sample’s molecular fingerprint, which is matched in a matter of seconds against established data to detect any discrepancies in the material tested.

In addition to revamping www.mustardtree.com and launching its YouTube channel, Mustard Tree Instruments® senior leadership has been busy advocating on the subjects of Raman spectroscopy and drug shortages at industry events. Todd Blonshine recently addressed pharmaceutical and life sciences professionals at a well-attended Innovation in RTP event hosted by the Research Triangle Park (NC) Foundation, while Mustard Tree’s Science Officer Brisco Harward Ph.D. addressed members of the NY Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.

The recent presentations and YouTube channel launch are a continuation of outreach efforts on behalf of Mustard Tree Instruments® to be at the forefront of the changing dynamics of pharmaceutical manufacturing industry which is seeing the highest number of product recalls in history, contributing ideas and solutions to help solve quality control issues.

For more information about the VTT-1000 or Mustard Tree Instruments® please visit www.mustardtree.com or email info@mustardtree.com. To view the company’s YouTube channel, visit www.YouTube.com/MustardTreeTV.

About Mustard Tree Instruments®
Mustard Tree Instruments® accelerates the QC process by bringing testing from the lab to the production line (www.Lab2Line.com). Mustard Tree Instruments® is redefining pharmaceutical manufacturing testing with a unique multi-variant analytic instrumentation. Using Raman spectroscopy technology for enhanced accuracy, this easy to use at-line and in-line instrumentation quickly verifies raw materials to final dosage forms in solid, powder, and liquid product samples within seconds. The rapid analytics of Mustard Tree Instruments significantly reduce testing time and set-up costs while mitigating manufacturing risks associated with bad product batches. Bringing the “lab to the line” means faster, better and less expensive quality decisions.

Mustard Tree Instruments is committed to fully engaging customers from purchase through implementation. For more information, visit www.mustardtree.com.