Superficially porous columns (SPCs), which consist of a non-porous core fused with a porous outer layer, has been around for nearly as long as other analytical HPLC column-packing technologies. However, in the past several years, the superficially porous column technology has reinvented itself for the ultra-performance HPLC (UHPLC) era. SPCs are used for smaller particles, […]
Company Announcements Novasep and instrAction entered into a strategic alliance to provide API-selective stationary phases and large-scale chromatography processes for purifying synthetic and semi-synthetic compounds. Chiral Technologies Europe entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with the University of Vienna, Austria, for exclusive manufacturing and marketing rights for novel Cinchona alkaloid-based zwitterion-exchange type chiral stationary phases. […]
Company Announcements Agilent provided Stemina Biomarker Discovery with its 1290 Infinity UHPLC, 6530 Q-TOF MS and Mass Profiler Professional software to help accelerate Stemina’s metabolomic analysis of stem cells for the discovery of biomarkers for use in drug screening and development. Shimadzu Scientific Instruments partnered with Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD) to bring together LCMS-IT-TOF MS […]
Company Announcements Bio-Works agreed to provide agarose-based chromatography gels for use with Knauer GmbH’s BioFox line of separations columns for protein purification. Bio-Works will provide prepacked columns and bulk media. PAC and Metrohm are working together to develop combustion IC applications using their respective MultiTek and IC systems. Product Introductions Gilson launched the PLC 2020 […]
Company Announcements Six-month revenue for INFICON AG’s Emergency Response and Security segment rose 51.9% to CHF 11.7 million ($6.3 million), primarily due to military sales in Asia, to represent 8% of company sales. The company disclosed that it paid $3.5 million to acquire Agilent’s Micro GC business in May (see IBO 3/31/10). Alpha MOS announced […]
Billerica, MA 5/19/10—Bruker has completed the acquisition of Varian’s ICP-MS, laboratory GC and triple quadrupole–GC instrument product lines (see IBO 3/15/10), which make up the new Chemical Analysis Division (CAD), part of the Bruker Daltonics MS business (see IBO 4/15/10). More than 250 former Varian staff have joined Bruker as a result of the acquisition. […]
When one thinks of comprehensive GC (GCxGC) systems, Zoex is likely one of the first companies that comes to mind. The Texas-based company was established in 1993 as a result of the work of Edward B. Ledford, Jr., Zoex’s founder, with the inventor of GCxGC, John B. Phillips. Zoex is a premier provider of GC […]
Company Announcements Phenomenex voluntarily dismissed its complaint against Thermo Fisher Scientific (see IBO 12/31/09). UK-based Hichrom acquired Beckman Coulter’s Ultrasphere HPLC column product family. Chiral Technologies Europe signed a distribution agreement with Hichrom for the UK. Armen Instruments sold its flash chromatography business to Interchim in January. BAC BV added a new bioprocess affinity chromatography […]
Company Announcements SLS Micro Technology GmbH introduced the compact GCM Micro Box. Available in four models, it features the GCM 5000 micro GC module, which is a printed circuit board with an injector, thermal conductivity detector and fixed separation column. As part of a resale agreement, Alpha Omega Technologies, which supplies custom analyzers to the […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker AXS launched the D8 DISCOVER X-ray diffractometer. The D8 DISCOVER further increases ease of use with real-time component detection, plug-and-play functionality and fully integrated two-dimensional X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) capabilities. These capabilities allow the user to switch between all materials research XRD applications, including reflectometry, high-resolution diffraction, grazing incidence diffraction and small angle […]
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