WEST CHESTER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- VWR International, LLC, a leading global laboratory supply and distribution company, announced today that it has acquired LABART SP. Z O.O., a scientific laboratory supply distributor headquartered in Gdansk, Poland.

LABART was founded in 1996 and is one of Poland’s largest independent suppliers of laboratory equipment and consumables. LABART is recognized for its technical products and service-oriented approach to its customers in the industrial, pharmaceutical and tertiary scientific education market segments, as well as the public sector. LABART’s core business of supplying instrumentation, consumables and services complements VWR’s European offerings.

Manuel Brocke-Benz, VWR Senior Vice President and Managing Director of European Operations, said, “This acquisition demonstrates our continued commitment to Central and Eastern Europe and our intention to expand our product and service offerings globally. LABART has a strong reputation in Poland providing a wide range of laboratory products and services to the scientific community. We are very pleased to welcome the talented team at LABART to the VWR organization.”

About VWR International, LLC

VWR International, LLC, headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, is a global laboratory supply and distribution company with worldwide sales in excess of $3.5 billion in 2009. VWR enables the advancement of the world's most critical research through the distribution of a highly diversified product line to most of the world's top pharmaceutical and biotech companies, as well as industrial, educational and governmental organizations. With 150 years of industry experience, VWR offers a well-established distribution network that reaches thousands of specialized labs and facilities spanning the globe. VWR has over 6,500 associates around the world working to streamline the way researchers across North America, Europe, and Asia stock and maintain their labs. In addition, VWR further supports its customers by providing onsite services, storeroom management, product procurement, supply chain systems integration and technical services.

For more information on VWR, phone 1-800-932-5000, visit www.vwr.com, or write, VWR International, LLC, 1310 Goshen Parkway, P.O. Box 2656, West Chester, PA 19380-0906.

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