Company Announcements

Denator completed a fifth round of financing in November 2010, raising SEK 12 million ($1.7 million).

Denator appointed Mårtin Winge, former CEO of Proxeon, as vice president for Business Development.

Porvair Sciences, a manufacturer of microplates and microplate products, announced that international sales grew 9% in the fiscal year ending November 30, 2010.

Alfa Aesar appointed VWR Singapore as its main distributor for Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

In January, Medline Industries, a health care supplies manufacturer and distributor, acquired the assets of O’Mara Scientific, a distributor of lab supplies and safety-related products.

Techcomp announced in January the acquisition of the remaining 25% equity interest of HCC for €650,000 ($866,000) in cash. HCC is the holding company of Froilabo, Frilabor and Craponne Tolerie (see IBO 8/15/09).

Avantor Performance Materials (formerly Mallinckrodt Baker) named Jean-Marc Gilson CEO in January. He was previously executive vice president and general manager of Dow Corning’s Specialty Chemicals business.

Venture capital firm Frazier Healthcare acquired Laboratory Supply Company (LABSCO), a supplier of diagnostic instrumentation and clinical lab products, in February.

In February, Eppendorf licensed patents covering electronic pipettes and their operation from Gilson. The patents’ technology is used in Eppendorf’s Research pro electronic pipettes.

Product Introductions

Büchi launched the F-Series chillers, consisting of five models, which connect to a rotary evaporator and can be controlled from the evaporation system’s vacuum controller.

Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the Thermo Scientific Sorvall RC BIOs centrifuge system for batch bioprocessing applications, which can spin up to 15860 xg.

Thermo Fisher Scientific released the Thermo Scientific Heratherm heating and drying benchtop ovens available in three different models: General Protocol, Advanced Protocol and Advanced Protocol Security.

ELGA LabWater, a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company, launched the PURELAB flex 3 and 4 Type 1 ultrapure water purification system.

Mettler-Toledo introduced the Excellence XA line of two analytical and six precision balances for academia.

Labconco released the compact CentriVap micro IR vacuum concentrator.

Grant Instruments launched the GLS Aqua Plus series linear shaking water baths, consisting of 12 L and 18 L models, designed for molecular biology applications.