Herisau, Switzerland 3/4/16—Metrohm, a manufacturer of chemical analysis instruments, has acquired a majority of Snowy Range Instruments (SnRI), a provider of handheld Raman spectroscopy systems, for an undisclosed amount. The firms have worked as partners in the development of the systems. US-based SnRI will now be known as Metrohm Raman and will remain based in […]
Companies continue to sharpen their focus on integrated solutions and workflows to increase lab productivity and differentiate themselves in the marketplace. At this year’s Pittcon, IBO spoke with executives at MilliporeSigma, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Each company has recently reorganized executive responsibilities to reflect an emphasis on the integration of workflow […]
After a five-year absence from Atlanta, Georgia, Pittcon returned to the city this year from March 6 to March 10. Attendance figures as of the end of the day on March 9 showed that conferee attendance declined 14.9% to 6,890. Exhibitor attendance was down 12.6% to 5,064. With Europe’s largest analytical instrument show, Analytica, taking […]
Stockholm, Sweden 2/29/16—Perten Instruments, a PerkinElmer company, has acquired Delta Instruments for an undisclosed amount. Based in the Netherlands, Delta manufactures analyzers and testing equipment for milk and dairy products, including IR analyzers and somatic cell counters. “Together our two companies offer the most complete range of milk and dairy analyzers,” commented Perten Managing Director […]
Terahertz spectroscopy has surmounted many of the technological challenges that have prevented its wider acceptance, and while most of the interest in terahertz is research oriented, industrial applications are also developing in niche areas. Complete commercial systems came onto the market about 15 years ago, and the vendor base is also expanding, helping to evolve […]
Company Announcements In October, Tornado Spectral Systems named Dr. Andrew Boorn, who currently serves as chairman, as CEO. He previously served as president of Bruker’s Chemical and Applied Markets Division. TeraView announced a new investment, sponsored by Samsung Ventures, to support the expansion of its products for the development and manufacturing of advanced integrated circuits […]
Company Announcements Sage Analytics announced in July the appointment of Herzog Scientific as its US West Coast sales representative. In September, Princeton Instruments named Delta Optics, part of Irida Iberica, as its new sales representative for Spain. Agilent Technologies named DKSH as a spectroscopy solutions distributor for Vietnam, covering marketing, sales and after-sales services. Product […]
Brookfield, CT 9/1/15; Boston, MA 8/31/15—Unity Scientific has been purchased by private equity firm Union Park Capital from majority owner Joseph Platano. Unity manufactures NIR, automated wet chemistry and sample preparation instruments for in-line, online and benchtop applications in applied markets, including food and dairy, agriculture and environmental. The acquisition is the first for Union […]
This year’s winners of IBO’s Design Awards for portable instrument utilize industrial design to integrate portability and utility. These battery-powered, instruments are designed for transport and use outside a lab. Gold Award The 2015 Gold IBO Design Award for portable instrumentation goes to DetectaChem’s SEEKERe colorimetric system for explosives and narcotics detection. The 2.6 x […]
Company Announcements MR Solutions announced in March that it now provides maintenance and upgrade support for existing Agilent Technologies MRI preclinical imaging systems. ASD, a PANalytical company, named PT Multi Teknindo Infotronika as an Indonesian distributor. In May, Spectro Scientific announced a joint marketing agreement with Wärtsilä Services Switzerland to develop a specialized version of […]
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