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Issued: October, 2010

If you tried to contact me this July you would have found a message that said I was overseas walking and difficult to get a hold of. Of course, at PETNET Solutions, I can be contacted regardless, as there was a contact number for business emergencies, but I really was a long way off!

With two friends, we walked over 93 kilometres of the Kungsleden trail which runs south from Abisko in the far North of Sweden in the area known as Lapland. I have included a photo or two of this amazing place for those with an enquiring mind who may wonder why I would willingly make such a journey. You can see the wonder of this arctic wonderland with the abundant water and amazing scenery. And, you can imagine, the importance of trust in friends in such an inhospitable environment where survival is dependent on combining knowledge and working as a team. There is one real advantage if you are a bit slow though, the sun shines for 24 hours every day. However, no respite when you want to sleep, it just bores in through the tent or the windows, but with so much fresh air and exercise, sleep is easy, so too is eating your food - nothing left on plates here.

The hills and dales added another two thousand metres of climbing as did the descents, some of which were really challenging as we traversed the U shaped valleys and moraine mounds that are almost unchanged from the end of the last ice age. The eye plays tricks too, with some of the giant cubes of rock the size of houses left in places that make them look like current dwellings. Lakes are a challenge as well with three boats provided for the traveller to ensure that there is always one left on each side of the lake, just like a puzzle. Thank goodness we always had two on our side!

The lesson is well made for business too where the team here at PETNET Solutions rely on robust processes and methods that give confidence in GMP. Everything from the first catch of the radio frequency field in the cyclotron to the final quality control sign off is a team effort that resembles a ballet within the manufacturing suite, laboratory, vault and dispensing/despatch. We start each day now around 00:00 hours and most everything is completed by the time you have breakfast. Certainly most deliveries are made by that time anyway.

Hope you enjoy the photos!

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have about PETNET Solutions. I am more than happy to answer these as well as discuss your current or future needs for PET biomarkers.

Kind regards,

John Hodder | General Manager | PETNET Solutions

March 2010
June 2010

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