PulpFixin®, a supplies science firm centered on changing single-use plastics in life science laboratories, will debut a slate of latest automation-ready, compostable lab merchandise on the 2026 SLAS Worldwide Convention and Exhibition in Boston, increasing its footprint throughout liquid dealing with, pattern identification and chilly storage workflows.
The announcement builds on the corporate’s latest launch of the world’s first totally paperbased automation pipet tip rack engineered for Agilent Bravo automated liquid handlers.
That product has been chosen by SLAS as a finalist for its 2026 New Product of the 12 months Award, with the winner to be introduced throughout the convention. The success of this product offers a basis upon which different automation appropriate pipet tip racks may be constructed.
Along with the automation pipet tip rack, PulpFixin will formally introduce AutoSleeve™ tube adapters and the 2D AutoBox™ pattern storage system, each designed to modernize pattern monitoring and stock administration whereas eliminating pointless plastic from laboratory operations.
Labs should not have to decide on between automation efficiency and sustainability, Every of those merchandise was designed to combine instantly into current workflows, not disrupt them. That is how actual change occurs in science – by making higher supplies the simpler selection.”
Chad Jenkins, CEO, PulpFixin
From liquid dealing with to pattern storage
For many years, laboratories have relied on polypropylene racks, bins and labeling techniques which might be troublesome to recycle resulting from contamination and restricted infrastructure. Tens of millions of those parts are discarded annually, contributing considerably to laboratory waste streams throughout biotech and pharmaceutical analysis environments.
PulpFixin’s paper-based automation pipet tip rack addresses some of the persistent sources of plastic waste in automated liquid dealing with. The rack is manufactured solely from paper supplies and is totally recyclable via commonplace paper and cardboard streams, in addition to industrially compostable. It serves as a direct substitute for conventional plastic racks used with Agilent Bravo techniques, requiring no tools modifications.
The rack is sealed with FeatureFilm™, PulpFixin’s proprietary moisture-resistant coating, which encapsulates paper fibers to offer structural integrity, sturdiness and particulate management whereas sustaining compatibility with automated techniques.
The corporate’s newly introduced AutoSleeve™ and 2D AutoBox™ merchandise lengthen that very same materials science strategy into pattern identification, pattern administration and chilly storage. AutoSleeve™ adapters enable laboratories to assign sturdy, distinctive serialized 1D and 2D barcodes to straightforward 1.5- to 2.0-milliliter conical backside microcentrifuge tubes with out counting on plastic labels or pricey pre-barcoded tubes. The sleeves pair with the 2D AutoBox™, a compostable, ANSI-SLAS commonplace footprint storage field designed for normal microplate freezer racks and automatic barcode studying.
Each merchandise are moisture resistant, appropriate with 2D and 1D barcode readers and validated to be used in excessive chilly storage circumstances, together with liquid nitrogen environments.
Recognition from SLAS
SLAS’ collection of the automation pipet tip rack as a New Product of the 12 months finalist underscores the rising curiosity in sustainable options that don’t compromise efficiency in high-throughput laboratories.
“Being named a finalist by SLAS is a significant validation of the work our group is doing,” Jenkins stated. “It indicators that sustainability and automation can transfer ahead collectively – and that the business is prepared for higher supplies.”
Availability and convention particulars
All three merchandise – the paper-based automation pipet tip rack, AutoSleeve™ and 2D AutoBox™ – can be showcased at SLAS2026 in Boston, Feb. 7-11. PulpFixin will exhibit at Sales space 1856.
The automation pipet tip racks can be found starting Feb. 7, 2026. AutoSleeve™ and AutoBox™ merchandise can be accessible following the SLAS convention in February.
