Jena, Germany — Endress+Hauser’s voluntary tender to the shareholders of Analytik Jena AG has been extended to 9 September 2015. The Group, which holds more than 95 percent of the German company, will continue to offer 14 euros a share The voluntary tender from Endress+Hauser was first initiated in July of this year. Following the […]

Franklin, Mass. – Hamilton Storage, an affiliate entity of Hamilton Company, announces the formation of Hamilton Storage GmbH, a new company based in Malans, Switzerland. The initial staff of more than 40 employees will serve Hamilton Storage customers and prospects in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. These territories were formerly managed under a […]

FREDERICK, MD — FluidX’s new Perception™ line includes the Cabriolet top-down reader, developed to aid the transition from legacy tubes, with 2D barcode labels on the lid, to modern sample storage tubes with 2D barcode etching. The Cabriolet reader decodes 100 legacy tube 2D barcodes in 1 second, using FluidX’s IntelliCode software, which deals easily […]

WINOOSKI VT, USA – Several BioTek readers have just received official Promega DLReady™ certifications. Synergy™ Neo2, Cytation™ 5, Cytation 3,Synergy H1, Synergy 2 and Synergy HTX have all now met the stringent acceptance criteria. Promega’s Dual-Luciferase© Reporter System together with BioTek microplate readers demonstrate both companies’ common commitment to maximizing the success of life science […]

Männedorf, Switzerland – Tecan has launched the next wave of innovation for the Fluent™ laboratory automation solution*, introducing a number of new hardware and software options that enable a much wider range of applications. With the addition of a new air displacement Flexible Channel Arm, Fluent now offers the choice between two pipetting technologies for […]

WINOOSKI VT, USA – BioTek’s award-winning Cytation Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Readers now have an option for laser autofocus, along with the current image-based autofocus method. The patent pending laser autofocus design puts all the required components into a single, user-installable cube that can be added at any time to a new or existing system. Laser […]

Hamburg, Germany – Thomas Bachmann became Chief Executive Officer of the Eppendorf Group on August 1, 2015. Following the departure of Eppendorf’s previous CEO, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Detmar Ammermann, had exercised the function of Spokesman of the Management Board on an interim basis in addition to his responsibilities as CFO. Bachmann, who has […]

Matsudo, Japan and Paris, France – Precision System Science, Co., Ltd (PSS) and ELITech Group Molecular Diagnostics, a leading innovator in PCR technologies and a global solution provider for Molecular Diagnostics, jointly announced the launch of ELITe InGenius system (geneLEAD XII, supplied by PSS) for IVD applications in Europe in September and the upcoming availability […]

Charleston, SC — NanoScreen, an industry leader in automated liquid handling, announced today that it’s quality management system processes have been certified as compliant under the ISO 9001:2008 standard. This certification applies to NanoScreen’s management system governing the product design, manufacturing and sales of instruments and consumables. “As one of the leading liquid handling providers, […]

Männedorf, Switzerland – Researchers at Germany’s University of Konstanz have established an innovative technique to allow more cost-effective screening of small molecules. Using the Freedom EVO® workstation’s MultiChannel Arm™ 384, the University’s Screening Center has achieved reliable liquid transfers down to just 80 nanoliters. Silke Müller, a biologist in the screening facility, explained: “We work […]