SAN JOSE, CA – RAE Systems Inc. (NYSE Amex: RAE), a leader in delivering innovative sensor solutions to serve industrial, energy, environmental, and government safety markets worldwide, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its 70 percent interest in the RAE Fushun joint venture (the “Joint Venture”) to the Shenyang Research Institute of […]
Männedorf, Switzerland, and Stockholm, Sweden – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) and Attana AB today announced that they have signed an exclusive distributor agreement under which Tecan will distribute Attana’s biosensor instruments and assay technology in North America. The agreement covers the Attana 100, 200 and Cell 200 instruments along with biosensors and […]
Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Fisher Scientific, Inc., part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, to distribute the GeneAtlas(TM) System and its related consumables through the Fisher Scientific channel throughout the United States and Canada. The GeneAtlas System is the first personal microarray solution to meet the demand among […]
Männedorf, Switzerland, and Stockholm, Sweden – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) and Attana AB today announced that they have signed an exclusive distributor agreement under which Tecan will distribute Attana’s biosensor instruments and assay technology in North America. The agreement covers the Attana 100, 200 and Cell 200 instruments along with biosensors and […]
Two global technology leaders to provide most advanced tools available in laser-based imaging for biomedical research MELVILLE, N.Y. – Nikon Instruments Inc., an innovator of advanced optical instruments, today announced an agreement with Agilent Technologies, the world’s premier measurement company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences, electronics and communications, for distribution in […]
Combination Enhances Illumina’s Sample Preparation and Enzyme Portfolio SAN DIEGO – Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it has acquired Epicentre Biotechnologies, a leading provider of nucleic acid sample preparation reagents and specialty enzymes used in sequencing and microarray applications. A key component of the acquisition is direct access to Epicentre’s proprietary Nextera(TM) technology for […]
LAKE FOREST, Ill. & NEWTON, Mass. – IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Microfluidics International Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: MFLU) for $1.35 per share, net to the seller in cash, and subject to adjustment as provided in the merger agreement. The transaction is expected […]
Jena – Analytik Jena subsidiary AJ Blomesystem GmbH, which specializes in laboratory information management systems (LIMS), has taken acquired 55.0% of the shares in the Hamburg software company comicon GmbH. In particular, comicon develops special software modules in the field of lipid chemistry for laboratory use to supplement the range of products offered by AJ […]
WALTHAM, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced the expiration of the mandatory, pre-merger waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), relating to its offer to acquire Dionex (NASDAQ: DNEX). The company is in the process of seeking […]
Jena – Analytik Jena AG (Frankfurt DE0005213508, Prime Standard: AJA) has increased its stake in subsidiary AJ Innuscreen GmbH to 100.0% and is now its sole owner. Thus, the Jena-based manufacturer of analytical instrumentation technology is continuing its strategic course of stepping up its life cycle business. “With its high level of investment in the […]
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