NETZSCH INSTRUMENTS NORTH AMERICA, LLC (NETZSCH) and PolymerOhio, Inc. (PolymerOhio) are pleased to announce a joint collaboration for thermal analysis and thermal properties contract testing and training services. NETZSCH will provide contract testing services to PolymerOhio members as well as provide training services regarding thermal analysis techniques. The NETZSCH Thermal Analysis Applications Laboratories (Burlington, MA) […]

The University of Texas at Arlington offers students a new level of experience with the most sophisticated scientific instrumentation this fall with the opening of two new teaching laboratories as part of the Shimadzu Institute for Research Technologies. The newly-opened labs and the Center for Bio-Molecular Imaging, which will open Nov. 15, are part of […]

CHELMSFORD, Mass. — Spectro Inc., a leading Chelmsford, Mass.-based developer and manufacturer of analytical tools and software for the industrial performance fluids market, today announced it has purchased Wilks Enterprise, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Wilks, based in Norwalk, Conn. and established in 1995, specializes in the development and manufacture of mid-infrared (mid-IR) application specific […]

Eden Prairie, Minn. – MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high performance test systems and position sensors, today announced its release of the next generation of MTS Echo™ Software. The software gives MTS customers the ability to remotely monitor equipment activity throughout their lab from anywhere. Released in 2012, MTS Echo […]

Spectris plc (“Spectris” or the “Company”) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire NanoSight Limited (“NanoSight”), a leader in the design and development of particle size measurement instrumentation, for a debt and cash-free net consideration of £15 million. The consideration will be met from […]

Boulder, CO — Particle Measuring Systems is pleased to announce the purchase of Naneum Ltd. This latest acquisition expands their broad suite of products and strengthens their experience related to key emerging technologies, supporting the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS). Addition of Naneum’s technologies to their extensive experience in micro-contamination monitoring promises major advancements […]

Amesbury, UK — NanoSight Ltd, an innovative nanoparticle characterization company has been acquired by a leading global provider of instrumentation and expertise for materials and biophysical characterization, Malvern Instruments Ltd (Malvern, UK). The acquisition was completed on Friday 27th September. NanoSight has developed and commercialized a unique and patented technology, Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA). The […]

Malvern, UK: The effects of excipients on the viscosities of protein formulations are examined in a new application note published by Malvern Instruments in which low volume viscometry was performed with the recently launched Viscosizer 200. This benchtop system performs automated viscosity measurements on very low sample volumes over a wide range of concentrations, which […]

CHELMSFORD, MA – Spectro Inc. has introduced a rugged, portable expeditionary fluid analysis system that gives field operators the capacity to perform comprehensive, laboratory quality, lubricant analysis. The multipurpose Q5800 combines the ability to perform abnormal wear metals analysis, particle counting, viscosity and lubricant condition and contamination tests in a compact, field-based system. The battery-powered […]