FULLERTON, Calif. – Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE:BEC) announced today that Arnold A. Pinkston has been named senior vice president, general counsel effective November 15, 2005, and secretary, effective December 1, 2005 pending Board approval. Pinkston succeeds William H. May who is retiring after 30 years of service as general counsel and an officer of the […]

WEST CHESTER, PA – October 18, 2005 – VWR International, Inc., a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. (CD&R) portfolio company and a leading global provider of scientific supplies, today named John M. Ballbach Chief Executive Officer. He replaces James W. Rogers, a CD&R operating partner, who will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board. […]

Oliver Schmitt will move from Malvern Instruments GmbH to the company’s headquarters in the UK, to take up the role of Business Line Manager-Process Systems. Oliver Schmitt’s first experience of the industrial relevance and benefits of the Insitec on-line particle size analyzer was gained when he worked at WR Grace, before moving to Malvern in […]

Waltham, MA-Thermo Electron Corporation announced that effective immediately, Ken Berger will become president of the company’s Process Instrument Division, which offers online measurement and analytical instruments and associated services to global manufacturers. In his new role, Berger will be responsible for the divisions $450 million business and will oversee its 2000 employees. Berger will be […]

The Chief Executive of Spectris plc, Hans Nilsson, has resigned. The Board wishes to acknowledge the positive contribution made by Mr Nilsson to the strategic positioning of the business for growth. To take full advantage of this positioning, the Board considers that a change in management style is now needed, with a different balance between […]