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Research and development lie at the core of SPT’ s day-to-day operations and form a key part of its ethos. For SPT, the R & D process doesn’ t end once a product hits the market; the company is constantly utilizing customer feedback to assist in the continuous development and improvement of all its products, and firefly ® + is a great example of this.
“ The key aspect of R & D is truly understanding the customer. We spend a lot of time working alongside our customers to help them improve their workflows on a dayto-day basis. Our R & D teams – which includes engineers, product managers, developers, and applications specialists – work in close collaboration with our customers to identify their pain points and generate solutions. We can then start to develop prototypes and MVPs( minimum viable products) in some cases, which can be tested at our customers’ sites for them to supply feedback,” Rob highlights.“ We’ re also working heavily to improve our production facilities. We’ re spending a lot of time implementing lean manufacturing across all of our sites worldwide. This focus will drive an even higher bar of efficiency, quality, and capacity, which will ultimately allow us to scale up our volumes in a way that allows us to keep up with customer demand and expectations.”
One of SPT’ s most recent developments of late is its increased expansion into cryo- EM( cryo-electron microscopy), which is being supported by the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Germany. Cryo- EM is a technique that involves scientists freezing proteins down to-150 o so that their shapes and structures can be accurately assessed through an electron microscope,
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