Invest in the Next Generation of Lab Materials

A Better Material Decision Is Becoming a Better Business Decision.

Life science companies are under increasing pressure to reduce plastic, improve material efficiency and rethink the products moving through high-volume laboratory workflows. PulpFixin is positioned at that intersection with commercial products, validated performance and strategic partnerships that can help move better materials into the systems laboratories already use.

The opportunity is not simply to replace one plastic rack. It is to build a repeatable platform that identifies where plastic is no longer necessary, engineers a better alternative and scales successful products through established life science channels.

PulpFixin has agreements with Azenta Life Sciences, Micronic and LVL Technologies to pair their established 2D tube systems with PulpFixin AutoRack® technology.

That matters because these relationships do more than validate the product—they create a pathway for PulpFixin to reach customers through companies already embedded in sample-management workflows.

At publicly listed reseller prices, AutoRack averaged 51.7% lower than six comparable plastic rack products in PulpFixin’s August 2026 benchmark. The average competitor price was $21.73 per rack compared with $10.50 for AutoRack.

This gives PulpFixin an important commercial advantage: customers do not necessarily have to choose between reducing plastic and controlling cost.

AutoRack has undergone dimensional, cryogenic, freeze/thaw, barcode and mechanical testing designed around real laboratory requirements.

Across 30 production racks, 2,640 of 2,640 dimensional measurements met the proposed tolerance, while a separate freeze/thaw program produced 480 successful barcode scans across 480 tracked cycles with zero recorded failures.

Material decisions are increasingly influenced by regulation, waste policy, procurement requirements and commodity exposure.

European producer-responsibility systems are already demonstrating that end-of-life costs can rise materially. Italy’s average plastic EPR fee increased 35.4% in 2024, with additional increases across several plastic categories in 2025. At the same time, U.S. plastics-material and resin producer prices rose 22.2% in just three months during the 2026 petrochemical disruption before partially retreating.

PulpFixin’s fiber-based platform creates a different material and supply-chain profile—one that can become increasingly relevant as customers evaluate cost, sustainability and sourcing risk together.

PulpFixin has moved beyond the question of whether better materials can work in the laboratory. The next opportunity is to expand where they work, how broadly they are distributed and how many applications the platform can address.

Three Ways the Platform Scales

Each successful application expands the portfolio and adds technical knowledge that can inform the next.

Today, PulpFixin is addressing sample management, liquid handling and cryogenic storage. The same development discipline can be applied to additional laboratory products where plastic remains the default.

PulpFixin does not have to build every route to market itself.

Strategic relationships with established life science companies can place PulpFixin products alongside technologies customers already purchase and trust. Distributor, OEM and bundled-product relationships create the opportunity to increase reach without relying solely on a direct-sales model.

The opportunity can also expand inside an existing laboratory.

A customer may begin by evaluating one rack or workflow. Successful adoption creates the opportunity to examine additional products used across sample handling, storage, automation and liquid handling.

That creates a practical expansion model:

Start with one workflow. Prove performance. Expand where the material decision makes sense.