Company Announcements Hichrom announced in March the acquisition of the Partisil and Partisphere HPLC column consumables product line from Whatman, a division of GE Healthcare. In March, Novasep completed a €310 million ($410 million) recapitalization, including €30 million ($40 million) from Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement (see IBO 11/15/11). Product Introductions Thermo Fisher Scientific launched the Thermo […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Elvatech introduced the ElvaX Mobile portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument. It is controlled by a PDA and is currently shipping. PG Instruments released a new version of its most recent atomic absorption system, the AA500, which was released in mid-2011. The new version includes an embedded PC. The AA flame can run on […]
Atomic Spectroscopy LECO introduced new configurations for its latest generation of inorganic and organic elemental analysis systems. Late last year, sulfur and oxygen analyzers were released for the CHN628 analyzer. Each option has a price of about $8,000 to $10,000. In May, a sulfur option will become available for the TruMac series at an additional […]
At Pittcon, IBO sees many new products, which are defined as products released within six months of the show. From these products, each year IBO selects three that it feels are the most noteworthy for their innovation, technical achievements and commercial potential. This year, IBO has chosen instruments that meet these requirements in three different […]
Company Announcements ChromaCon granted Knauer a semi-exclusive license in fall 2011 for the Contichrom lab-scale preparative chromatography unit for use in discovery, process development and small-scale production. Bruker disclosed in a fall 2011 SEC filing that it acquired Michrom Bioresources for $3.8 million (see IBO 2/28/11). LabLogic Systems appointed SI Healthcare as a representative for […]
Continuing its momentum from 2010, the separations market experienced another year of solid growth. The separations market, which accounts for 17% of the total analytical and life sciences instrumentation industry, increased 8.9% to $7.3 billion in 2011. Like 2010, sales in 2011 were driven by strong demand for initial systems, which posted double-digit sales growth. […]
Company Announcements In June, Boval Company, a manufacturer of cell culture and diagnostic biological raw materials, acquired Chata Biosystems, a supplier of custom solutions that specialized in HPLC media. Coloradoan.com reported that Boval acquired the name and instruments business, and that the remainder of the firm was renamed CHD Bioscience. In October, Novasep entered into […]
The 84th annual Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conferences, more commonly known as WEFTEC, was held in Los Angeles, California, on October 15–19. Attendance declined 4.7% to 16,691 from last year’s show, which was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The number of exhibiting companies also declined, falling 6.2% to 923. The exhibition was […]
It is just six months since Pittcon, and IBO’s last review article on new product introductions (see IBO 3/31/11, 4/15/11), and already there is a new and lengthy list of notable new products. In this article, IBO highlights some of the product launches of the last six months based on their potential commercial and technical […]
Company Announcements In April, Showa Denko transferred its HPLC instrument business to Shoko Scientific and stated it will concentrate on its Shodex HPLC columns business. In April, Phenomenex opened an office in Hyderabad, India, for directly serving the Indian market. YMC announced in April the establishment of YMC Korea. In June, BAC announced a strategic […]
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