The group's principal activity is to produce and market fluid materials processing systems. The systems are used for a variety of grinding, dispersing, milling and blending applications across a variety of industries and for use in numerous applications within those industries. Microfluidizer(R) a fluid processing equipment is used to formulate stable emulsions, dispersions and liposomes, used in general for deagglomeration and for cell disruption for the biotech industry. In addition, the equipment is used in biotechnology applications to harvest through cell disruption, the cultivated product contents of plant and animal cells. The group markets its products in the United States, Europe and Asia.