Milford, MA 6/25/15—Waters has appointed Christopher J. O’Connell as president, CEO and a member of the Board, effective September 2015. Most recently, he served as president of the Restorative Therapies Group at Medtronic. Current CEO Douglas A. Berthiaume will continue to serve as chairman. “From the outset, Waters’s Board of Directors focused on identifying a […]
Company Announcements In March, GE Healthcare opened an Innovation Village in Cardiff, Wales, which will support 8–10 businesses. Quantum Analytics named Marty Kaloostian as president and CEO in March. Most recently, he led Merger & Acquisition and Technology Licensing deals for Agilent Technologies. Under an April strategic relationship, Becton, Dickinson will provide additional grant funding […]
Billerica, MA 5/20/15—Bruker has announced that Executive Vice President and CFO Charles F. Wagner, Jr. will resign effective June 12. He will become CFO of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, beginning in late June. “Charlie has been a key architect of our Innovation & Transformation strategy, and has helped Bruker strengthen its leadership, processes and systems,” stated Bruker […]
Company Announcements In 2014, sales for Modern Water’s Monitoring Division fell 22.9% to £2.7 million ($4.4 million) to make up 98% of revenues due largely to slower Chinese sales. The firm’s adjusted operating loss widened 5.0% to £5.1 million ($8.4 million). In March, Tintometer acquired UK-based Droptestkits.com, trading as DTK Water, a manufacturer and supplier […]
Improved economic conditions and stronger financial results elevated executive compensation in fiscal 2014 (FY14) as a majority of presidents and CEOs in IBO’s Laboratory Instruments and Products Stock Index (including Sigma-Aldrich) (Lab Index) recorded double-digit pay increases. For the 24 presidents and CEOs of companies in the Lab Index, who have served in their respective […]
Tokyo, Japan 4/20/15—Shimadzu, a provider of analytical and measurement instrumentation, has named Teruhisa Ueda, PhD, as president and CEO. Dr. Ueda currently serves as senior managing executive officer, and general manager, Analytical & Measuring Instruments Division (AMI). He will replace Akira Nakamoto, who will become chairman. The approval of the change is expected to be […]
Company Announcements In January, Shimadzu opened a subsidiary in Malaysia with 44 employees. The company also plans to establish a manufacturing facility for Analytical and Measuring Instruments and an applications lab at the location. The new plant is expected to begin operation in December 2016. Local distributors will still be utilized for XRF spectrometers, optical […]
Santa Clara, CA 3/18/15–Agilent Technologies has elected president and COO Mike McMullen as CEO, effective March 18, as part of a previously announced transition (see IBO 9/30/14). Former CEO William (Bill) Sullivan will serve as an advisor until October 31. “We are well positioned to capture new opportunities in our life sciences and diagnostics markets, […]
Company Announcements BioMérieux 2014 Industrial Applications revenue declined 0.9%, up 0.8% on a like-for-like basis, to €327 million ($436 million) to represent 19% of sales. Sales for Industrial Applications rose in all regions except China. R&D-related revenue was flat at €7 million ($9 million). GE Healthcare announced on its quarterly conference call that 2014 Life […]
Waltham, MA 1/21/15—Repligen, a provider of consumables products for manufacturing biological drugs, has appointed COO Tony J. Hunt as CEO, effective May 21. He succeeds Walter C. Herlihy, PhD, who will retire as president and CEO. “We are delighted to promote our COO, Tony Hunt, a seasoned and successful bioprocessing-industry executive, to the position of […]
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