Baesweiler/Aachen – m2p-labs reaches break-even point, thanks to a strong demand for technology in 2010. Strengthened by good sales figures, long-standing investors are now investing in the company?s growth: the Seed Fund for the Region of Aachen GmbH & Co. KG, the KfW with the ERP Start-Up Fund and the High-Tech-Gründerfonds (business start-up fund), as […]

BOULDER, COLO. – Dr. Michael Routh, chief executive of GE Analytical Instruments, a division of GE Water & Process Technologies based in Boulder, Colorado, has announced his retirement, effective September 2011. Dr. Routh was appointed president of Sievers Instruments, an operating division of Ionics, in 2000. Sievers Instruments was subsequently renamed GE Analytical Instruments following […]

MADISON, Wis. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced enhancements to its Antaris Industrial Gas System (IGS) that improve performance, speed, ease-of-use and sensitivity. The Antaris IGS now offers faster scan speeds (to 5 Hz at 0.5 cm-1 resolution) and enhanced electronic and communication capabilities to support more rapid […]

Pittsburgh, PA – MAX QCi Quadrupole Control and MAX CS Command System The new MAX QCi fitted with the MAX CS form the heart of Extrel’s premier line of research grade mass spectrometer systems, the MAX Flange Mounted MS products. The QCi can be used with Extrel’s 9.5 mm and 19 mm tri-filter quadrupole mass […]

Goettingen, Germany and Helmbrechts, Germany – Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), an international leading pharma and biotech supplier, and RAUMEDIC, a leading worldwide OEM manufacturer of medical- and pharmaceutical-grade polymer components and systems, announced the signing of a global partnership agreement. This covers arrangements concerning the mutual development of innovative fluid systems and marketing of single-use […]

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) has expanded its environmental and emissions monitoring capabilities by adding systems using X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) technology to identify airborne metallic particles. Xact* systems monitor single or multiple metals in on-stack and ambient applications such as incinerators, coal-fired power plants, smelters, cement kilns, and air quality monitoring units. The […]

Needham Heights, MA – Polestar Technologies, a leading provider of sensor systems for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical (biopharma) industries and Harvard Bioscience, Inc. a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of tools for life science research and regenerative medicine, have formed a partnership to bring new biosensing technologies to the regenerative medicine and tissue engineering marketplace. […]

KARLSRUHE/BINZEN, Germany – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a collaboration with integrated process technology provider Glatt GmbH to deliver continuous twin-screw granulation and drying solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. Together, the two companies provide a one-stop solution for satisfying customer demands from powder handling to tablet production. “To […]

Shanghai, China — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA* of Germany, today opened its state-of-the-art Biopharmaceutical Technical and Training Center in Shanghai, China. The 2,500 square meter facility will provide support, training and validation services to EMD Millipore’s biopharmaceutical customers with operations in China. “We are responding to China’s commitment to strengthen […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Advanced Photonix (API) today announced that it has received a second order from a major manufacturer of extruded web plastic products for a T-Ray 4000® system to be deployed on a factory line for online process control. This further validates the increasing market acceptance of API terahertz systems in for factory […]