Martin Madaus Joins Mettler Toledo Board of Directors
June 22 2009 - 9:40AM
PR Newswire (US)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mettler-Toledo
International Inc. (NYSE:MTD) announced today that Dr. Martin D.
Madaus has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective July
1, 2009. Dr. Madaus is Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL), a life sciences
company serving the bioscience research and biopharmaceutical
manufacturing industry. Prior to joining Millipore in 2005, he was
at Roche Diagnostics Corporation where, as President and Chief
Executive Officer, he was responsible for the North American
operations. Robert F. Spoerry, Chairman of the Board, stated,
"Martin brings very relevant experience to our Board. His
background and insights into the life sciences market will be
invaluable, as this market is an important area of growth for us.
Martin has an excellent leadership track record, both in developing
effective strategies and in achieving results. We welcome him and
look forward to a close collaboration." METTLER TOLEDO is a leading
global supplier of precision instruments and services. The Company
is the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of weighing
instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing
applications. The Company also holds top-three market positions in
several related analytical instruments and is a leading provider of
automated chemistry systems used in drug and chemical compound
discovery and development. In addition, the Company is the world's
largest supplier of metal detection and other end-of-line
inspection systems used in production and packaging and holds a
leading position in certain process analytics applications.
Additional information about METTLER TOLEDO can be found at
"http://www.mt.com/." Statements in this discussion which are not
historical facts may be considered "forward-looking statements"
that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of these
risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual events or results
to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements,
see "Factors affecting our future operating results" in Part I,
Item 1A, of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2008. The Company assumes no obligation to
update this press release. DATASOURCE: Mettler-Toledo International
Inc. CONTACT: Mary T. Finnegan, Treasurer / Investor Relations,
+1-614-438-4748, Fax: +1-614-438-4646 Web Site: http://www.mt.com/
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