April 19, 2022 marks an important company milestone. Today, the company is commemorating with its employees the 20th anniversary of its founding in 2002. This day kicks off an anniversary year of reflection and celebration as the company looks forward to future opportunities and pioneering progress in biotech. Tezalon President & CEO, David Wolfer remarked on the company’s milestone anniversary.

Then and Now

Tezalon was founded in 2002 by engineers David Wolfer and Ben Gough. Originally named Innovative Engineering Systems (IES), the company began by providing quality automation and electrical engineering services to industrial clients with a heavy emphasis on the oil & gas industry. In the years that followed, the company grew rapidly.  In its second decade, through mergers and expansions into new industries, the company quickly evolved into a full-service engineering and construction firm with a reputation for quality and integrity.

In 2008, the company’s Food & Beverage division was launched. This was followed by a series of company mergers.  In 2013, the company merged with TSM (Technical Services and Management), which expanded the company’s mechanical capabilities and innovative technologies in laser scanning and 3D modeling. The company further expanded its electrical construction capabilities in 2018 through a merger with ESI (Electrical Systems and Instrumentation, Inc.) In 2020, with the recruitment of experienced biotech industry experts, the Biotech division was launched, establishing the company as a pioneering partner to the cutting-edge biotech industry.

In 2021, the company announced the launch of its new brand identity and company name, Tezalon. This change reflected the company’s legacy of agile evolution, expansion into new industries, and future vision of pioneering innovation. Today, Tezalon leverages its experience and innovations to add value in a wide range of contexts and across several core industries: oil & gas, food & beverage, biotech, and renewable energy.

In the face of a constantly changing world and worldwide challenges that include the recent global pandemic, Tezalon’s leadership remains extremely positive about the future. The company embraces challenges as opportunities to learn, grow, and explore pioneering solutions that will power possibilities for a better tomorrow. This, together with a steadfast commitment to the company’s core values will ensure future growth and success for the next 20 years and beyond.

Tezalon is pleased to announce Liquidyne as its new manufacturer’s representative in the South-Central US (TX, NM, OK, KS, CO, UT, NE). The company represents Tezalon’s full line of upstream and downstream bioprocessing technologies, including single-use tangential flow filtration and chromatography systems, as well as bioreactor control systems for lab and production environments.  

Liquidyne Process Technologies, Inc. is a leader in single-use and sanitary process equipment for fluid transfer, measurement, and control. The company helps its customers keep their fluid transfer process clean, modern, efficient, and running smoothly. It also provides custom fabricated assemblies and distributed products, including single-use components, tubing, hoses, stainless, mixers, valves, pumps, and more. Liquidyne Process Technologies, Inc. is industry renowned for providing intelligently engineered solutions for sanitary process equipment, fluid handling, and quick, responsive, and knowledgeable service.  

Phil Sanders, Tezalon Biotech Chief Innovation Officer, recently commented, “We’re excited to have Liquidyne onboard representing our single-use technologies. The team at Liquidyne has deep knowledge and experience in the biotech industry; most importantly, they have a customer-centric approach consistent with our own and are proven problem solvers, providing solutions designed to meet the specific needs of biotech customers.”  

Tezalon’s philosophy of adapting products and services to serve its customers’ long-term interests is fully supported by this partnership. Each representative of the PROAnalytics team brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the group:   

• Chris Couper, President/Founder – 35 years of experience with 15+ years specifically in upstream bioprocessing  
• Dave Couper, Business Development Director – 20+ years of experience  
• Tom Weller, Technical Sales Representative – 25+ years of experience  
• Evan Ottenweller, Technical Sales Representative – 5+ years of experience 

Tezalon is pleased to announce the opening of a regional office near the San Francisco Bay area. Strategically located in one of the leading biotech hubs, the new office will facilitate collaboration with customers in the area.

Tezalon is a pioneering partner to the biotech industry and helps to drive progress by designing and implementing state-of-the-art equipment and bioprocessing systems for biotech research labs through to full-scale production, along with providing game-changing bioprocess engineering and automation services. Close customer collaboration is at the core of the company’s product design process and the new regional office will support this process.

“We are excited to have a presence in the San Francisco Bay biotech community,” says Phil Sanders, Biotech Chief Innovation Officer. “The new regional office will provide close proximity to biotech innovators and facilitate enhanced collaboration with our customers.”

A transformative product design and engineering process is what makes Tezalon single-use technologies unique and ensures that Tezalon’s products meet the exact needs of each and every customer. A unique collaborative front-end planning and product design process with the customer is at the core of the company’s technology approach. Building a local presence near one of the largest biotech hubs in the U.S. will play an important part in the companpy’s overall growth.

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Tezalon is pleased to announce PROAnalytics as its new partner in the Southeast (VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, FL) and Midwest (MI, OH, WI, MN, IL, IN, IA, MO) regions. The company is representing Tezalon’s complete line of single-use technologies, which includes benchtop to production-scale TFF and chromatography systems, as well as best in class Bioreactor systems.

Headquartered in Fairfield, New Jersey, PROAnalytics is industry renown for providing excellent PAT (Process Analytical Technologies) solutions for GMP, pilot plant, process development and R&D operations. The company represents the highest quality product brands such as Mettler Toledo, ABER, and now Tezalon.

Phil Sanders, Biotech Chief Innovation Officer, Tezalon, recently commented, “We’re excited to have PROAnalytics on board representing our single-use technologies. The team at PROAnalytics has the technical expertise and deep knowledge of upstream and downstream processes to provide our customers with just the right solutions to meet their needs today and as they grow. They’re the perfect fit for our growing organization and will provide added value for our customers.”

Tezalon’s philosophy of adapting products and services to best serve the long-term interests of its customers is fully supported by this partnership. Each representative at PROAnalytics brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the team:

Marcelo Luftman, Managing Director/President

• PROAnalytics founder with 15+ years of experience in upstream bioprocessing
• Dedicated to general management and key accounts management
• Industrial Engineering Degree and MBA, Rutgers University

Nelson Garcia, Senior Sales and Application Engineer

• Highly technical sales engineer with 17 years of experience in biotech and pharma
• Mechanical Engineering Degree, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

Justin Lussier, Senior Sales Engineer and Key Accounts

• Highly technical sales engineer with 15+ years of experience in PAT equipment in pharma and biotech sectors
• Specialized focus on technical project management and applications engineering
• Mechanical Engineering Degree, Hartford University

Fahim Rofique, Sales and Applications Engineer

• Product champion of Lucullus Process Information Management System for highly automated data integration, centralized information management and structure automated workflows of upstream bioprocesses
• Biomedical Engineering Degree, New York Institute of Technology

Brian Trippe, Senior Sales Engineer

• Highly technical sales engineer with 15+ years of experience in upstream bioprocess technologies
• Focused on project management, technical liaise, application engineering, and key account management
• Mechanical Engineering Degree, Villanova University

Yigit Yoleri, Applications Engineer

• Dedicated to providing autosampling and workflow software solutions support, analytical sensors start up, field training and post-sales assistance
• Experienced applications engineer in  electro-optical sensing technologies and author of research publications on NIR Spectroscopy
• Electrical & Computer Engineering Degree and MSc in Medical Devices and Systems, University of California San Diego

Tezalon is pleased to announce Optimal Biotech Group as its new manufacturer’s representative for Washington and Oregon. The company will be representing Tezalon’s complete line of single-use technologies.

Headquartered in Belmont, California, Optimal Biotech has provided process measurement solutions to the biotech and pharmaceutical industries for over 12 years, representing top quality product brands such as Mettler Toledo, Microfluidics, and ABER instruments. Optimal Biotech is known for providing process measurement solutions that are tailored to the unique needs of each customer and seamlessly integrate across research and development, pilot, and manufacturing operations.

Phil Sanders, Biotech Division Manager, Tezalon, commented, “With Optimal Biotech’s expert process engineering staff, we will be able to provide Tezalon single-use technologies to a broader customer base. ” He also added, “We are proud to add Optimal Biotech to the Tezalon family and look forward to a long and healthy relationship.”

Phil Charnas, Vice President of Business Development, at Optimal Biotech commented, “We’re excited to add Tezalon single-use technologies to our existing portfolio of quality bioprocessing products.  The flexible, brand-agnostic designs are needed in the market and fit perfectly with our approach to customized process solutions.”

Tezalon customers will benefit from the expertise and customer-focused support from Optimal Biotech’s team of biotech engineers and business development professionals:

– Phil Charnas, Vice President of Business Development

– Jeremy Lee, Sr. Sales Engineer

– Andrew Jurecki, Sale Engineer