Company Announcements Calculus Capital announced in April a £2.25 million ($3.17 million) investment in Duvas Technologies, a developer of UV absorption spectroscopy systems. VUV Analytics announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Wasson-ECE Instrumentation to distribute its VGA-100 GC detector integrated with Wasson-ECE’s enclosures and process chromatography technology to provide fully automated process analyzers into hazardous […]
Company Announcements In fall 2015, Endress+Hauser named Instrumentation and Controls as its exclusive representative for Arizona and parts of New Mexico. Ovizio Imaging Systems and Pall Life Sciences announced a long-term global supply agreement for Ovizio’s iLine S microscope in October 2015. It will be commercialized as part of Pall’s Xpansion cell production platform. JP3 […]
Currency fluctuations and economic turbulence not only produced a shift among IBO’s 2015 list of the top 30 analytical and life science instrument, aftermarket and lab product companies, but also yielded a calendar year sales decline when translated into US dollars. Total sales for the top 30 companies (see page 6) as reported in US […]
Mullheim, Germany/Tustin CA 3/1/16—Optical solutions and components manufacturer Hellma has announced the acquisition of Axiom Analytical, a provider of optical precision modules for online spectroscopy in process industries. The company will be known as Hellma Axiom. “With the Axiom Analytical acquisition, we will ensure profitability in the industrial sector of the Hellma Group and in […]
Andover, MA 2/23/16—MKS Instruments, a provider of instrument, subsystems and process control solutions, has agreed to acquire Newport, a supplier of advanced technology products, for $23 per share or approximately $980 million in cash. This is a 52.9% premium over Newport’s closing price on February 22. The combined company will have $1.4 billion in pro […]
Company Announcements Anzu Partners acquired Axsun Technologies from Volcano, a Royal Philips subsidiary, in October 2015. Axsun’s management team remains in place. In October 2015, Finesse Solutions announce the establishment of a branch office in Leicester, UK. GE Healthcare Life Sciences announced in November 2015 a collaboration to integrate Emerson’s DeltaV distributed control system with […]
Company Announcements AMETEK Process Instruments named Belilove Company-Engineers as its exclusive representative for Northern California. Metrohm announced a new brand, Metrohm Process Analytics, for its Applikon wet chemistry process analyzers and Metrohm NIRSystems instruments. Endress+Hauser opened a sales firm in Finland in July. In September, Endress+Hauser named Forberg Scientific as its exclusive representative for Wisconsin […]
Aubagne, France and Goettingen, Germany 7/2/15—Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) has acquired Cellca for an undisclosed amount. Cellca provides process-development services for biopharmaceutical and biosimilar companies. Based in Germany with around 30 employees, Cellca posted 2014 revenues of €6 million ($8 million = €0.75 = $1). “Together with our single-use products, media and testing services, we […]
Company Announcements BlueSens gas sensor and TRACE Analytics established in March the ABS Analytical Bioprocess Solutions network for PAT sensors. Environnement 2014 sales grew 16.3% to €62.1 million ($82.8 million). Operating income increased 53.3% to €6.9 million ($9.2 million). Export sales rose 9.1% to make up 65% of sales. Asian sales grew 17%, and US […]
On-line process GC (PGC) systems are permanently installed instruments used to analyze complex mixtures in real time. Like all GC systems, including laboratory and portable systems, a PGC instrument is comprised of three functional components: a sample-handling system, a chromatograph oven and controller electronics. One of the largest application areas for PGC systems is the […]
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