Company Announcements In March, Halma acquired Wagtech’s Water Technology Division for £3.0 million ($4.9 million). The Division, which supplies water test kits and arsenic test kits, was merged with Palintest. Esco named XQ Lin CEO in March. He previously served as president of the North American subsidiary. Biohit announced in March a net sales target […]
High-throughput electroporators employ a microplate format, which allows simultaneous transfections of up to 384 wells. Electroporation introduces nucleic acids into cells by exposing the cells to a rapid pulse of voltage that causes the pores in the cells’ membranes to open temporarily. Unlike other transfection methods, there is no limit to the size of DNA […]
Company Announcements In January, RainDance Technologies closed a Series D financing round of $37.5 million, coled by Mohr Davidow Ventures and new investor Quaker BioVentures. Precision System Science entered into a supply and distribution agreement with IntegenX for its SX-8G Compact Automated Nucleic Acid Extractor, which will be cobranded as the Apollo 324. In February, […]
Radnor, PA 4/18/11—Laboratory distribution and supply company VWR International has agreed to acquire Anachemia Canada and its affiliates for an undisclosed amount. Based in Montreal, Canada, Anachemia Canada is a distributor of chemicals, laboratory supplies and equipment in the US, Canada, Latin America and Mexico as well as a worldwide exporter. “VWR’s acquisition of Anachemia […]
Phillipsburg, NJ 4/26/11—Laboratory chemical provider Avantor Performance Materials (formerly Mallinckrodt Baker) has agreed to acquire Polish lab chemical and equipment supplier POCH from Kulczyk Holding for an undisclosed amount. POCH manufactures products for use in instrument analysis, filtration and microbiology, including high-purity and anhydrous solvents. The company also sells lab equipment and lab glass products. […]
While instruments that measure the size and distribution of individual particles in a powder form a significant market, there is also an interesting but smaller market for instruments that measure the bulk properties of powders. These measurements are largely motivated by problems in industrial processing, where the behavior of powders passing through hoppers and bins, […]
Atomic Spectrometry LECO introduced two elemental analyzers for applications involving metals, alloys and other inorganic samples: the CS844 for carbon/sulfur measurements and the ONH836 for measuring oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen. Improvements in the combustion furnace, detector systems and cleaning automation have been combined with touch-screen control. The CS844 is priced at $65,000 and began shipment […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker’s S8 Dragon wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (WD-XRF) system combines a conventional array of wavelength detectors dedicated for elements of particular interest with a multielement energy dispersive detector (the Bruker XFlash, more commonly used for energy dispersive spectrometry [EDS] microanalysis) to provide simultaneous measurement of the remaining elements. A complete run takes […]
Company Announcements Denator completed a fifth round of financing in November 2010, raising SEK 12 million ($1.7 million). Denator appointed Mårtin Winge, former CEO of Proxeon, as vice president for Business Development. Porvair Sciences, a manufacturer of microplates and microplate products, announced that international sales grew 9% in the fiscal year ending November 30, 2010. […]
Company Announcements Spark Holland appointed Separations Analytical Instruments and Sercolab as value-added partners for the Benelux region in fall 2010. Spark Holland named iBiosys Solutions as a value-added partner for the UK and Ireland. Roche and Fluidigm entered into a copromotion agreement in October 2010 for their respective sequencing and amplicon sample preparation platforms. Caliper […]
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