Tewksbury, MA 2/12/16—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired INEL, a French-based real-time XRD supplier. Financial details were not provided. “INEL offers a range of XRD instruments, from simple benchtop instruments for routine applications to sophisticated platforms for analysis of nano-materials, pharmaceuticals, coatings and other advanced materials,” commented Michael Shafer, president, Chemical Analysis at Thermo. INEL will […]
Company Announcements Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation announced that under a partnership with Imdex and Olympus, its Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre developed Lab-at-Rig technology, which allows for the chemistry and mineralogy of drill-hole rocks to be analyzed within minutes of drilling. REFLEX, a division of Imdex, a mining technology firm, will […]
X-ray diffraction (XRD) is a nondestructive technique designed to probe the properties of crystalline materials. More commonly associated with the analysis of powders and single crystals for compounds and proteins of pharmaceutical interest, the technique is also used for residual-stress measurements in metals, advanced ceramics and other rigid samples. Residual stress is a measurement of […]
Company Announcements Under a mutual distribution agreement signed in July, Rigaku Reagents will promote and sell MiTeGen’s crystallization, crystal harvesting, data collection and other product lines worldwide, and MiTeGen will promote and sell Rigaku’s Wizard product lines of matrix screens and other products in the US. In August, Oxford Instruments appointed Hillsborough General Trading as […]
Hydride generators are accessories used with atomic spectrometers for more sensitive analysis of certain elements. Particular techniques that benefit from hydride generation include atomic absorbance, atomic fluorescence (AFS), ICP and ICP-MS spectroscopy. Generators are specific to each analysis technique, but the underlying processes and results are similar. Yields improve for elements that form hydride compounds, […]
Instrument Design Awards: New Ideas The annual IBO Design Awards recognize advances in the industrial design of lab instruments, lab equipment (page 6) and portable instruments (page 7). To be eligible, products must have begun commercial shipments between August 1, 2014, and July 31. Criteria include innovation, functionality and utility. Gold Award Fluidigm’s Juno SNP […]
Company Announcements In March, SPECTRO Analytical Instruments appointed Quantum Analytics as the exclusive distribution and financing partner for its elemental analyzers in the US. In April, Bruker Elemental announced a marketing cooperation agreement with XGLab, developer of the ELIO portable XRF system. The system joins Bruker’s US portfolio of products for art conservation. In June, […]
Orpington, UK 4/21/15; London, UK 4/22/15—Private equity firm Foresight and company management have acquired Specac, a supplier of spectroscopic accessories, from Smiths for £2.8 million ($4.2 million = £0.67 = $1). Specac revenues have grown 35% in the last four years, with 80% of sales outside the UK. Products include the Quest ATR diamond and […]
Pittsburgh, PA 4/15/15—Cianflone Scientific Instruments, a manufacturer of lab and portable x-ray spectrometry instruments for on-site chemical analysis and coating thickness measurements, has been acquired by Main Line Equity Partners. The purchase price was not disclosed. “This acquisition presents an opportunity for us to help Cianflone further capitalize on existing business today, while also serving […]
With the completed acquisition of Life Technologies (see IBO 2/15/14) in 2014, Thermo Fisher Scientific further solidified its number one position among IBO’s list of the top 30 analytical and life science instrument, aftermarket and lab product companies. All sales and sales growth figures in this article are based on IBO’s calculations of companies’ revenues […]
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