Waltham, MA 3/20/07; Dusseldorf, Germany 3/20/07—Thermo Fisher Scientific and Gerresheimer have announced a joint venture to manufacture glass labware for scientific laboratories. Gerresheimer will hold a 51% in the joint venture, which will be named Kimble/Chase Life Scienceware and will be based in New Jersey. Kimble/Chase Life Scienceware will include Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Chase Scientific, […]
Company Announcements Labtronics named Axion Control Systems a reseller of its LimsLink Suite. Labtronics appointed Katálysis as an authorized distributor of the LimsLink Suite for Brazil. In March, Symbion Systems partnered with Labtronics to offer solutions combining Symbion’s DX, RX and LX spectroscopic data software and Labtronics’ LimsLink. LabVantage Solutions established an office in Mumbai, […]
Company Announcements AAPPTec appointed Presearch to distribute its peptide and organic molecule synthesis instruments. Biotage AB announced in February that due to the “unsatisfactory” profitability of its Chemical Development business, it will gradually close the business. Biotage AB and McMaster University’s Institute of Applied Radiation Sciences signed an agreement to develop a new chemistry platform […]
Basel, Switzerland 3/29/07; Branford, CT 3/29/07—Roche has signed a definitive agreement to purchase 454 Life Sciences from CuraGen for $140 million in cash and up to $14.9 million in cash upon the exercise of stock options and warrants. Roche has exclusively distributed 454’s DNA sequencing systems since May 2005. In 2006, 454’s product revenue grew […]
Company Announcements Affymetrix promoted James Gibson, vice president of accounting and corporate controller, to principal accounting officer in December 2006. In January, Illumina signed a collaborative agreement with the Mayo Clinic to codevelop molecular diagnostic tests for the study of complex diseases. Partek’s Genomics Suite achieved GeneChip-compatible status for analysis of SNP association studies using […]
West Chester, PA 3/29/07—VWR International has acquired the remaining 76% of KMF Laborchemie Handels GmbH, effective April 1. Based in Germany with 70 employees, KMF generated 2006 revenues of approximately $45 million. According to VWR, KMF’s areas of emphasis are chromatography, microbiology and life science products.
Company Announcements Datacolor and China Textile Information Center partnered to provide training and color certification programs in digital color management. TeraView appointed Dr. Barrie Thorpe, formerly executive vice president of Operations for AstraZeneca, and Dr. Andrew Carr, formerly director of Amersham, to its Board in 2006. Perten Instruments set up a fully owned Chinese subsidiary […]
Company Announcements Germany’s Molnar-Institut acquired DryLab chromatography modeling software and the MethodMatch and ColumnMatch software from Rheodyne in 2006. Dionex established a European customer support center in 2006 in Olten, Switzerland. It joins the company’s other support centers in the US, China and Thailand. Dionex opened a new North American sales and service facility in […]
Integromics SL, a provider of software solutions for genomic and proteomics data management and analysis, joined Microsoft’s BioIT alliance in November 2006. Text-mining software company Clarabridge joined Microsoft’s BioIT alliance in January. Bioinformatics provider CLC bio became a member of Microsoft’s BioIT alliance in January. Thermo Fisher Scientific joined Microsoft’s BioIT alliance in January. GNI […]
Company Announcements In January, eGene entered into a distribution agreement with Fisher Scientific Canada for the HAD-GT12 system. eGene entered into a three-year distribution agreement with Gene Company for China. Under a value-added reseller agreement, Picometrics SA will provide Agilent Technology’s capillary electrophoresis system coupled with its laser induced fluorescence detector. In February, Advanced Analytical […]
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