Q3 2012 Results (all percentages are to comparable periods in 2011) Q3 2012 reported sales increased 2% to $639 million. Sales grew organically by 2% with Research and Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals (“SAFC”) organic sales growth of 1% and 5%, respectively. Acquisitions contributed 6% to sales growth. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates reduced otherwise reportable […]

Minneapolis — Techne Corporation’s (NASDAQ:TECH) financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 include the following highlights: – First quarter earnings were $25.7 million or $.70 per diluted share. Adjusted earnings for the quarter were $27.5 million (a decrease of 8.2% from the prior fiscal year period) or $.75 per diluted share. Earnings and […]

MILFORD, Mass.—- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) reported today third quarter 2012 sales of $450 million, a 1% decrease in comparison to sales of $455 million in the third quarter of 2011. For the quarter, foreign currency translation reduced sales growth by 3%. On a GAAP basis, earnings per diluted share (E.P.S.) for the third quarter […]

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) – Cellectis bioresearch, the specialist in genome customization and commercial subsidiary of Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), announces that it has been awarded a second contract to provide services to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and certain other government agencies. This multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, has a maximum order […]

LAKE FOREST, Ill– IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) today announced its financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012. New orders in the quarter totaled $464 million, down 3 percent from the prior year period. Sales in the quarter totaled $480 million, 1 percent higher than the prior year period. For the quarter, on […]

Indianapolis, IN — BioCrossroads announced today the finalists in a new competition to spur Indiana’s innovation economy. To accelerate entrepreneurial activity and encourage the development of early-stage Indiana life sciences companies, BioCrossroads launched the New Venture Competition, presented by the law firm Krieg DeVault, earlier this year. Altogether, eight companies qualified as finalists, out of […]

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) – Cellectis bioresearch, the specialist in genome customization and commercial subsidiary of Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), announces that it has been awarded a contract to provide services to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and certain other government agencies. This multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, has a maximum order limit […]

WATERLOO, Ontario, — P&P Optica Inc., a world leader in the design, development and manufacturing of high performance optical spectrometers, has been granted a fund of $985,000 through the Federal Economic Development Agency’s Investing in Business Innovation program. The Government of Canada investment was announced today at P&P Optica Inc. by Peter Braid, Member of […]

BERGISCH GLADBACH, Germany — RI Research Instruments GmbH, a majority-owned subsidiary of Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST), today announced the award of a contract for five radio frequency (rf) cavities for the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) project, valued at approximately $5.8 million. The contract includes design and construction of rf […]

SEATTLE, WA—(Marketwire – Stratos Genomics Inc today announced the closing of $2 million to support continued development and strategic discussions related to Stratos’ ultra low cost method of DNA sequencing called “Sequencing by Expansion™” (SBX™). The funding follows the successful demonstration of single molecule DNA sequencing of 36 base templates by SBX this past June. […]