PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 22 — Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI – News) announced today its new high-performance, high-capacity vacuum gauge rack controller that provides cost effective monitoring and control of multiple roughing, high vacuum and ultra high vacuum gauges in a standard half-rack package. The XGS-600(TM) replaces Varian’s widely used controllers, the MultiGauge(TM) and SenTorr(TM) […]

Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ: IVGN) and Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE: ABI) today announced the divisional structure and the executive leadership team for the combination of the two companies. The new structure will become effective upon close of the proposed merger, which is conditional upon shareholder and European Commission approvals. The new company’s four business divisions, focused […]

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 15 — Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI) today announced that its Board of Directors has promoted Sean M. Wirtjes, Vice President and Controller, to a new position, Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, effective September 15, 2008. Wirtjes assumes the Treasurer position from G. Edward McClammy, who continues as the Company’s Senior Vice […]

Halma, the leading safety, health and sensor technology group, announces the acquisition of the trade and assets of Fiberguide Industries Inc (‘Fiberguide’) for an initial cash consideration of $14.5 million (£8.2 million). Fiberguide, based in Stirling, New Jersey designs and manufactures complex optical fibre cables and assemblies, predominantly custom designed for OEMs. They sell into […]

EAST HILLS, N.Y.–Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL – News), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, announced today the purchase of GeneSystems, a privately held French biotechnology company that has developed a unique, easy-to-use and cost-effective molecular diagnostics platform. The acquisition of GeneSystems, with its patented approach to rapid microbiological detection equipment and disposables, expands […]

OKLAHOMA CITY–Cytovance® Biologics LLC, a biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing company specializing in mammalian cell culture, today announced the completion of a collaboration with Invitrogen’s PD-Direct® Bioprocess Services. Cytovance Biologics has successfully completed the process transfer and scale-up to 100 L of a fed-batch bioreactor production process using Invitrogen’s new CD OptiCHO™ Medium and CHO CD EfficientFeed™ […]

TURBOVAC SL Line Offers Extreme Reliability and Durability TOKYO, Sep 02, 2008 — Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum GmbH, a leading supplier of advanced vacuum systems for use in manufacturing and analytical processes, today introduced to the Asian market TURBOVAC SL, a new line of high-reliability mechanical turbomolecular vacuum pumps designed for industrial, instrumentation and research and […]

The Bioreactor system manufacturer Applikon Biotechnology B.V. (Schiedam, The Netherlands) has today announced a Management Buy Out of the company in a deal designed to enable the business to continue to build on its existing growth as a major supplier to the global biotechnology and pharmaceutical market. The Applikon Biotechnology directors heading the buy-out are […]

– Caliper Screens Compounds to Detect Toxicity – HOPKINTON, Mass., Aug. 19 — Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP – News) today announced that it has received a $1.1 million task order under the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ToxCast(TM) screening program. This task order was issued pursuant to a contract that Caliper was […]