December 1, 2011 – Baltimore, MD. The Athena Enzymes System Group™ of AthenaES® announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Knauer GmbH. The agreement gives Athena the exclusive rights to distribute Knauer’s Bioline™ Bio-chromatography Systems and their Biofox™ Chromatography Resins and Columns in the United States.

The Bioline™ Chromatography Systems were developed to provide researchers with a highly flexible, scalable system to improve the purification of proteins. Building on Knauer’s more than 50 years of experience with high performance liquid chromatography instruments, the Bioline™ instruments are precision engineered using performance-driven design criteria aimed at protein separations. The result is a modular instrumentation system that allows researchers to custom design the optimum system for their needs. This modular design concept provides for a highly flexible and readily scalable chromatography platform that begins with an affordable starter system which can be built upon by adding individual components as needed. Thus, a Bioline™ Chromatography System can be assembled to handle protein separations from analytical to process scale. To learn more go to www.athenaes.com/Bioline-Chromatography.

August 15, 2010: Athena Environmental Sciences, Inc. announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Scientific Industries, Inc. The agreement gives Athena the rights to sell the complete porfolio of Genie® Products manufactured by Scientific Industries. Since its foundation in 1954, Scientific Industries has provided rugged, reliable laboratory instruments for vortexing and mixing. The most notable device is the world-famous Vortex-Genie® mixer, which over the years, has become an essential piece of equipment for any type of laboratory. With a vast array of accessories, the Vortex-Genie® permits convenient mixing in any type of container. Expanding on it expertise in mixing, Scientific Industries has designed and build an array of versatile instruments for vortexing and mixing containers from microplates to 38 liters with and without precise temperature control. All of the Genie® products are proudly made in the USA.

August 1, 2009: Athena Environmental Sciences, Inc. announced today that the Athena Enzyme Systems business unit was awarded a $100,000 Phase I SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation. The project is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of developing an integrated production production system for the production and purification of recombinant proteins. Based on the company's proprietary YebF Export System expression system, the envisioned instrument would permit the hands-free production of recombinant proteins.