Product Notifications

We make product improvements to better meet market requirements. Occasionally, we
discontinue products because they no longer fit most customer needs. Whenever possible, we will suggest replacement products.

Product Changes/Updates

Current Year

Last Year

Transwell® Permeable Support Inserts and Plates – New Membranes | September 2011
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Product Change Notification - Corning® Synthemax^TM Plates/Flasks | August 2011

Prior Years

New Design upgrade of Corning Coliform Water Test Sample Containers | October 2010
Corning Microcentrifuge Tubes | July 2010
Corning 96 Well Clear Round Bottom Polypropylene Not Treated Microplate, Individually Wrapped, with Lid, Sterile, Center Notch | April 2010
Product Notification - 96 and 384 well Poly-D-Lysine Microplates | September 2009
Costar® 60 mm Center Well Culture Dish (Cat. No. 3260) - Important Product Notice | June 2009
Product Name Change - to Costar 60mm Center Well Culture Dish | June 2009
50mL Reagent Reservoirs | April 2009
Corning Filter System Upgrade Notice - New Printing and Color | March 2009
Product Conversion - 96 and 384 Well Poly-D-Lysine Microplates | February 2009
Changing Base Resin from PZero to Cyclic Olefin (COC) for Protein Crystallization Microplates | December 2008
Erlenmeyer Flasks Easy Grip cap style change | January 2008
New format for expiration dates on product labels | May 2007
Price reductions up to 75% on Pronto!™ Microarray Products! | August 2006
Corning Premium Quality Centrifuge Tubes with the all new CentriStar™ Cap | April 2006
Vent cap appearance change from a multi-circle design to a concentric circle design | February 2006

Product Discontinuations & Suggested Replacements

Current Year

Corning Synthemax-R Surface 6 Well Multiple Well Plates (Catalog No. 3979XX1) | January 2012

Last Year

Corning Element™ Centrifuge Tubes | November 2011
Ulta Low Attachment Microplate - (Catalog No. 3827XX1) | October 2011
Synthemax-R T-75 Flask (Catalog No. 3984XX1) | October 2011
Corning Small Cell Scraper with Pink Handle (Catalog No. 3009) | October 2011
Corning CellBIND® Cell Culture Flask (Catalog No. 431346) | June 2011
Costar 12mm Snapwell™ Insert with 3.0µm Pore Polycarbonate Membrane, Sterile | June 2011
Equipment Accessories | March 2011
96 Well Clear Polystyrene Medium Bind Low Volume Stripwell™ Microplate (Catalog No. 2480) | March 2011
FiltrEX^TM 384 Well Filter Plates | March 2011

Prior Years

Costar Stripettor Pipetting Aid Kits (Catalog No. 4910, 4910EURO, 4910UK) | November 2010
Disposable Sample Containers | October 2010
Corning CellBIND Surface RoboFlask™ Cell Culture Vessel for Automation, 10/Pk, 50/Cs | July 2010
Polypropylene PCR Microplates (Cat. No. 3751, 3755) and Polystyrene Carbo-BIND™ Stripwell™ Microplate (Cat. No. 7014) | July 2010
Lambda® Single Channel Pipettor (Catalog No. 4960 and 4961) | May 2010
Lambda Single Channel Pipettor | March 2010
1536 2µl Lid | February 2010
1536 Well Microplates Clear, Black, White | January 2010
Transwell Permeable Support | November 2009
HYPERFlask Cell Culture Vessel (Catalog No. 10010) | October 2009
Glass Fiber Prefilters | August 2009
Corning 96 Well Clear Round Bottom Polypropylene Not Treated Microplate | July 2009
Ultra-Web™ Synthetic Surfaces | July 2009
Pipettor Single Channel Lambda Corning® 96 Well Microplate Storage I and II | April 2009
Corning Lambda 100µL to 100µL Single Channel Pipettor and Stand | March 2009
Corning 115 mL Vacuum Filter, 60mm Diameter .22µm and .45µm Pore CA Membrane, Sterile, 24/Case | January 2009
Corning 850cm² Polystyrene Roller Bottle with Easy Grip Cap, 20 per Bag, 80 per Case | December 2008
96 Well PZero Protein Crystallization Microplates | December 2008
Corning 100mm Culture Dish with Ultra-Web™ Synthetic Surface | September 2008
Corning 96 Well Flat Clear Bottom Black Polystyrene Poly-D-Lysine Microplates | September 2008
Costar Octapette^® Fixed Volume 8 Channel Pipettor | July 2008
Corning 500mL Disposable Spinner Flask, Sterile (Catalog No. 3154) | July 2008
90mm Fiberglass prefilters (Catalog No. 431352) | June 2008
384 Well High Bind Microplate (Catalog No. 3703, 3708) | May 2008
Corning High Temperature Cap and Shorty Disposable Glass Serological Pipets | April 2008
384 Well PCR Microplate (Catalog No. 3735) | Fabruary 2008
Corning 33mm Polyethylene cap, CellStack; 1750 Roller Bottle with Easy Grip Cap | June 2007
Transwell Permeable Support (Catalog No. 3403) | June 2007
384 Solid Black & White Microplates | May 2007
Costar µ-Star^® Syringe Filters, 0.45µm CA Membrane (Catalog No. 8112) | April 2007
Costar µ-Star Syringe Filters, 0.22µm Pore CA Membrane (Catalog No. 8110) | February 2007
Item accessories for Hot Plates, Stirring Hot Plates | October 2006
Costar Cryogenic Vials with O-rings | July 2006
Corning 100 and 230 Volt Analog Hot Plates and Stirrers | June 2006
Corning Square Dish DW Spillguard, 245mm x 245mm | June 2006
Corning 120 Volt Analog Hot Plates and Stirrers | May 2006
Corning 75cm² Canted Neck Flask | April 2006
Corning 96 Well PCR Plate, Black | September 2005
Corning 15mL Centrifuge Tube, PET, Flat Top Cap | December 2004
Corning 75cm² Flask | November 2004