Best results in the company’s history. Pfeiffer Vacuum to pay record dividend. Asslar, Germany, March 27, 2008. Pfeiffer Vacuum, one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality vacuum pumps, measurement equipment and complete vacuum systems, announces its full, audited results for the 2007 fiscal year. All sales and profitability numbers were able to be significantly increased. […]

NORWALK, Conn.–Applera Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors had authorized management to pursue a possible separation of the Celera Group (NYSE:CRA – News) from Applera, and had authorized the filing today of a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Completion of the proposed separation is subject to a […]

SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN – News) today announced that it has reorganized its operating structure to further leverage the synergies between its sequencing and genotyping businesses. Under the new structure, a newly created Life Sciences Business Unit will include all products and services related to the research market namely the BeadArray, BeadXpress and Sequencing product […]

BioTek Instruments announces the opening of BioTek Instruments Representative Office Singapore as of November 1, 2007. This new office, under the leadership of Mr. Dominic Herring, Technical & Business Development Manager, will support and further increase the rapid growth experienced by BioTek in the Asia Pacific region. “BioTek has always been very proactive in the […]

Continuing the company’s practice of superior customer service and support, BioTek Instruments has launched an online Customer Resource Center (CRC). Designed to provide customers with access to information about their specific BioTek microplate instrumentation and software, this website makes it easier for customers to acquire relevant and necessary information immediately. “BioTek’s Customer Resource Center is […]

September 17, 2007, WINOOSKI VT, USA – Pursuant to their global growth initiatives, BioTek Instruments announces the expansion of their coverage in the Latin American region. Mr. Carlos Montero, a certified microbiologist, joins the BioTek team as a Product Specialist, and will travel extensively within the entire Latin America region to provide technical, educational and […]

BioTek Instruments is pleased to announce the expansion of their global operations with new offices in China and India. “These countries are devoting major resources toward the rapid growth of their respective pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors,” stated Peter Weith, Vice President of Marketing & Sales at BioTek. “BioTek’s core microplate technologies will complement their associated […]

Stockholm, May 28, 2007 – Attana, a leading supplier of affordable label-free biosensor systems for real-time detection and analysis of molecular interactions, has secured financing for continued expansion. This is Attana’s significantly largest private placement to date and in addition to the existing majority owners, Carl Bennet AB and Östersjöstiftelsen, a new investor, Catella Healthcare […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Helicos BioSciences Corporation (Nasdaq: HLCS – News) announced today that it has priced its initial public offering of 5,400,000 shares of common stock at $9.00 per share. All of the common stock is being offered by the company, and the common stock will trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “HLCS.” The […]

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., May 23 — STARLIMS Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: LIMS – News) today announced the pricing of a public offering of 2,100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price to the public of $13.50 per share. All of such ordinary shares are being sold by STARLIMS. The underwriters have been granted an option for a […]