LONDON (UK) – Smiths Detection today announced the official opening of its new UK centre of excellence for trace detection, located in Hemel Hempstead. The new facility, which is located approximately 11 miles from its previous location in Watford, provides improved and more efficient customer operations; new amenities for employees; and the opportunity for future […]
– Leader in the Design and Manufacture of Explosives Trace Detection (ETD) Systems and Sensors for Homeland Security and Defense Markets – NEW YORK — L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) announced today that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement (APA) to acquire certain assets of Implant Sciences Corporation (Implant) for $117.5 million in cash, plus […]
IMSPEX Diagnostics Ltd and Jinan Hanon Instruments Ltd announce the acquisition of a strategic controlling interest by the Chinese company in the Welsh technology start-up. Undisclosed consideration representing a several times multiplier on IMSPEX’s initial funding round Significant return for IMSPEX investors, plus involvement in business going forward Access to Chinese market for IMSPEX’s high-tech […]
Acton, MA – Excellims Corporation (Excellims), a leading provider of high performance ion mobility spectrometers (HPIMS), announced that the Company has entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Washington State University for a new instrumental method to interface an Ambient Pressure Ion Mobility Spectrometer (APIMS) to a Mass Spectrometer (MS). This new agreement is […]
Watford, UK, – Smiths Detection’s IONSCAN 600 trace detector has been enhanced to detect and identify narcotics, in addition to its existing capabilities for explosives. Extending the library of threats to include narcotics will provide customers in the aviation, ports and borders or critical infrastructure markets with a more comprehensive solution to their detection needs. […]
Edgewood, MD – Smiths Detection Inc. (SDI) announced a $17.2 million follow-on production order from the U.S. Army under the Department of Defense’s Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) program. The JCAD is based on Smiths Detection’s Lightweight Chemical Detector (LCD) product line of advanced, easy-to-use and lightweight threat detection devices that are handheld or easily […]
Paris, April 21, 2016 – Safran (Euronext Paris: SAF) announced that it has reached an agreement to sell Morpho Detection LLC, a US-based subsidiary of Safran, and other detection related activities to Smiths Group plc for an enterprise value of $710 million. Headquartered in Newark, California, Morpho Detection provides solutions for detecting and identifying chemical, […]
Smiths Group plc (“Smiths Group” or the “Group”) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Morpho Detection (“Morpho Detection” or the “Business”), a California-based detection and security solutions company, from Safran S.A. (“Safran”) for an enterprise value of $710 million (£493 million1) (the “Acquisition”). The closing of the Acquisition is subject to […]
With today’s heightened threat of terrorism, security professionals at nuclear power plants, embassies, high-risk facilities, transportation, and government agencies are exploring explosives trace detection, which also can be used to detect narcotics, as part of a sound security strategy to help protect the public and vital infrastructure from threats. By detecting a wide range of […]
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Implant Sciences Corporation(OTCQB: IMSC), a leading manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) solutions forDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) applications, today announced that it has shipped $1.3 million of its QS-B220 desktop explosives and drugs trace detectors and QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detectors to customers worldwide since the beginning of 2016. The previously […]
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