Tokyo, — On November 14, Hitachi Ltd. (TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) and Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd. (“Hitachi Plant Technologies”) signed an agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz University (KAU) (President, Prof. Osama S. Tayek) for joint research on water quality monitoring technology to be used in seawater desalination facilities. The joint research will […]

Temperature dependence is one of the most important factors in determining viscosity so a minute variation can possibly lead to significantly erroneous results. With the advent of microVISC TC, microVISC is now capable of offering accurate viscosity measurement which would eliminate any uncertainty and allow users to adhere to the most stringent requirements. The Peltier-based […]

BERWYN, Pa., — AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced the election of David A. Zapico as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective January 1, 2013. “I am very pleased to announce Dave Zapico’s appointment to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Dave has played an instrumental role in the success of AMETEK […]

Renowned laboratory equipment supplier Lab Synergy has recently launched a new website, offering a lot more benefits to its customers spread all over the North America. The company is trusted across industries as a provider of high quality products for analysis and measurement in the lab. The most popular products and applications from Lab Synergy […]

Schwerzenbach, Switzerland —— METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to announce the launch of its latest Excellence Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer DMA 1. This highly flexible analyzer offers six different deformation modes to more accurately gauge materials performance. As one piece of equipment is able to handle multiple dynamic and static measurements to characterize viscoelasticity, glass transition, softening, […]

Malvern, UK: In December 2012, in support of continued, strong business growth in South America, materials characterization company Malvern Instruments opened a new applications and demonstration laboratory in Brazil. Located at the São Paulo facility of Malvern’s parent company Spectris, the new laboratory will provide pre- and post-sales support to customers across all of Malvern’s […]

Houston, TX., USA –– ASTM recently published its latest version of the ASTM D975-12 Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils, which included an alternate distillation method, ASTM D7345. This alternate method achieves significant response time improvements compared to the conventional ASTM D86 method. PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical nstruments for laboratories and […]

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech), as reported in an earlier release titled, “Hitachi High-Tech Signs Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Acquisition and Subsequent Consolidation of SII NanoTechnology Inc.,entered a basic agreement on May 24, 2012 with Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) to acquire all shares of SII wholly owned subsidiary SII NanoTechnology Inc. (SII NanoTech). […]

Malvern, UK: Dr Kikuo Okuyama of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University in Japan, was the first customer to take delivery of a Zetasizer Nano ZSP, the new top-of-the-range dynamic light scattering system from Malvern Instruments. In Dr Okuyama’s work the objective is to find alternative materials for […]

CHELMSFORD, MA – Industries in which high value equipment assets are used such as in mining, military, oil and gas, transportation, and construction, will benefit from the latest software release from Spectro, Inc. SpectroTrack, Version 2.0, is an information management system (IMS) that provides a comprehensive, historical view of fluid conditions for a single piece […]