Milpitas, CA and Minneapolis, MN 1/21/04—Nanometrics and August Technology have entered into a merger agreement to form August Nanometrics, which will have pro forma 2004 revenues of $140 million. “We join two strong product lines with little overlap, and bring to market a better fab-wide solution with advanced macro inspection, critical dimension (CD) and film […]
Freeman Technology Limited (Welland, UK) and the Sysmex Corporation (Kobe, Japan) have entered into an agreement whereby Sysmex will have exclusive distribution rights in Japan for Freeman’s FT4 Powder Rheometer. The conclusion of this deal follows successful trials of the FT4 in the Japanese marketplace. The FT4 utilizes novel technology an a patented design to […]
Wilmington, MA (January 12, 2005) — Cirrus Atmospheric Pressure Gas Monitoring system is ideal for the on-line monitoring and analysis of gases and gas mixtures including solvet vapors, hydrocarbons, inorganic gas species (including corrosives), freons and noble gases. It’s compact design and flexible control front-end make the cirrus system suitable for a broad range of […]
Malvern, UK—Malvern Instruments has secured a multi-year contract with Brazilian company Votorantim Cimentos to supply Insitec on-line particle size analyzers for at least 30 of their cement production lines throughout North and South America. Votorantim is the largest cement producer in Brazil and a significant player in the cement industry throughout the Americas. Its decision […]
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. has acquired HF Scientific, inc. located in Fort Myers Florida in a stock purchase transaction. HF Scientific, Inc. manufactures and distributes a line of instrumentation equipment, test kits and chemical reagents used for monitoring water quality in a variety of applications. HF Scientific has approximately $5 million in annual revenue. HF […]
Montreal, Quebec-Invensys Validation Technologies and Mathis Instruments signed a memorandum of understanding aligning their expertise to offer a complete package for monitoring and automating drying control for the pharmaceutical and life science industries. This new initiative will provide a system for on-line moisture monitoring during drying and will also provide automated control of the fluid […]
The Swiss Endress + Hauser Group (process automation) finalizes its strategic collaboration with Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Milwaukee/USA). Together the two companies will provide comprehensive solutions for plant engineering, operation and management to customers with hybrid automation tasks (production and process automation), utilizing the measurement devices of Endress + Hauser and the integrated control, communication and […]
HORIBA Ltd. will begin sales of the AP-370 series of Trace gas analyzers. These instruments perform online monitoring of continuous nano-level measurements of the concentrations of Nox, SO2, CO, HC, and O3 in the atmosphere, and are used in the evaluation of the effectiveness of photocatalysts, or are implemented in such places as clean rooms.
WILTON, CT-GE Infrastructure, a unit of General Electric Company, and Ionics, Inc. announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement for GE’s acquisition of Ionics in an all cash merger for $44 per share, valuing the transaction at approximately $1.1 billion plus the assumption of existing debt. Ionics is a global leader in desalination, […]
CHARLOTTE,NC-SPX Corporation announced a definitive agreement to sell its Edwards Systems Technology (EST) business to General Electric for $1.395 billion in cash. The sale is subject to antitrust clearance and customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2005. EST’s products and services include networked and standalone fire alarm […]
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