DuPont Qualicon

Company Overview
DuPont Qualicon, a subsidiary of DuPont & Co., provides innovative, science-based products for microbial diagnostics to reduce the impact of pathogens and other unwelcome organisms in food and pharmaceuticals. These practical solutions use speed and accuracy to deliver measurable business value for customers worldwide. Products include the BAX detection system, a DNA-based method for detecting bacteria in raw ingredients, finished products and environmental samples; and the RiboPrinter microbial characterization system, which combines automation with the power to accurately identify and track sources of contamination at the strain level to gain control of process and environment.

Quick Facts
DuPont Qualicon
3531 Silverside Road
Wilmington, DE 19810

Featured Solutions

• Product quality's hidden opponents might be easier to beat than ever by DuPont Qualicon
  In this case study, DuPont Qualicon helps a leading producer of a food and pharmaceutical dry powder use the RiboPrinter system to track down and eliminate a mineral that was the source of bad batches.
  
  
• What's in a name? Using definitive DNA typing by DuPont Qualicon
  In this case study, DuPont Qualicon uses its RiboPrinter microbial characterization to definitively identify a wide range of bacteria.
  
  
• Eliminating bacteria from infant formula by DuPont Qualicon
  In this case study, DuPont Qualicon helps a European company isolate a microbe that was consistently contaminating batches of infant formula at three of its factories.
  
  
• Drug developers can't leave identification of potentially lethal organisms to... by DuPont Qualicon
  In this case study, DuPont Qualicon uses its RiboPrinter Microbial Characterization System to identify an organism in a pharmaceutical company's new asthma inhaler.