Acquisition Adds to AMETEK’s High-End Elemental Analysis Capabilities PAOLI, Pa. — AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that it has acquired Imago Scientific Instruments, a privately held manufacturer of 3D atom probes, based in Madison, WI. “Imago Scientific Instruments significantly broadens our technical capabilities in differentiated, high-end analytical instrumentation and is an excellent addition to […]

VIENNA–Prior to the 20th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases on April 10-13, 2010 in Vienna, Bruker Daltonics and KIESTRA Lab Automation announce an expanded partnership covering co-marketing and cross-selling of their respective technologies for microbiology routine laboratories, as well as a joint research and development program for interfacing […]

BALA CYNWYD, Pa.–Law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that it is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of Symyx Technologies, Inc. (“Symyx” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:SMMX – News) relating to the proposed acquisition of Symyx by Accelrys, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Symyx shareholders would receive 0.7802 of Accelrys […]

Creates a New Leader in Scientific Informatics Software SAN DIEGO, CA and SANTA CLARA, CA–(April 5, 2010) – Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL) and Symyx Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMX) today announced that they have signed a merger agreement that will establish a new leader in scientific informatics software. The merger, structured as a tax-free, all-stock merger […]

GOTHENBURG, Sweden–Regulatory News: “The stem cell area is experiencing strong growth, not least since President Obama lifted the restrictions on federal funding for research on new stem cell lines” Through the signing of the licensing agreement, Vitrolife (STO:VITR) secures exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and sell culture media for pluripotent stem cells. The contract […]

RICHMOND, Va.–Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. (“CBI”) (CBTE.OB) is pleased to provide this market update about its planned acquisition of Shanghai-based GL-Biochem and its associated businesses (collectively the “GL Group”), one of the largest global suppliers of research-grade peptide products and peptide reagents. On completion of the transaction, CBI believes it will be the largest supplier of […]

WALTHAM, Mass. & INDIANAPOLIS–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, and biopharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), announced today that they have expanded their clinical trial materials supply chain relationship. As part of a new five-year agreement, the Fisher Clinical Services business of Thermo Fisher will take over […]

Partnership brings state-of-the-art training in key Sigma biological technologies to the research community ST. LOUIS — Sigma® Life Science, the innovative biological products and services brand of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq:SIAL – News), today announced details of a corporate partnership with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Advanced Training Centre, based in Heidelberg, Germany, that officially opened […]

Presentations featured overviews of company’s operations, technology and plans for the future AUSTIN, Texas — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) , the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, presented new strategic initiatives at its Annual Investor Day, which was held today at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York, NY. The event featured presentations from scientists and company executives […]

Leading analytical X-ray company PANalytical (Almelo, the Netherlands) has entered a strategic alliance with neutron generator based analyzer specialist SODERN (Limeil-Brevannes, France). The result will be the long-term, exclusive, worldwide distribution and support of SODERN’s neutron based cross-belt analyzers by PANalytical. Cross-belt analyzers are used in the cement, minerals and coal industries for critical applications […]