Company Announcements Takashi Nishijima, director and senior vice president of the Industrial Automation Platform Business, was named representative director and president of Yokogawa Electric, effective April 1. SICK acquired in April Ação Solucão, its Brazilian distributor. Ação Solucão has more than 30 employees. SICK’s 2012 revenues rose 7.6% to €971.3 million ($1,245 million) (see page […]

Company Announcements In February, Chromatotec opened a new office in Beijing, China. In 2012, revenue for MKS Instruments Analytical Solutions Group grew 2.4% to $62.8 million, or 10% of sales. In February, MKS Instruments named Gerald Colella president and COO. He previously served as vice president and COO. SensoTech opened a US subsidiary in February, […]

Company Announcements Yokogawa Electric expanded its distribution agreement for SICK process analytical instrumentation, making them available worldwide. ABB announced it is working with system integrator Zenith Technology to develop and implement automation solutions for life science customers in China and India. Hamilton announced in October 2012 the addition of Memosens sensors to its product offerings. […]

Company Announcements Great Holdings and KFP Partners acquired SpectrAlliance from Expo Technologies in March and renamed the company Prozess Technologie. Advanced Photonix entered into a value added reseller agreement in April with Automation and Control Technology for its T-Gauge measurement system. Process NMR Associates and Quantum Tessera Consulting entered into a strategic partnership in May. […]

Cleveland, OH 8/22/12—Parker Hannifin has acquired SciLog, a provider of single-use technologies and systems for the biopharmaceutical market, including sensor technology for process monitoring and control. “The addition of SciLog perfectly complements our existing core strengths in filtration and disposable assemblies for the biopharmaceutical market,” commented Dr. Mike Brailsford, general manager of Parker Hannifin’s Process […]

Company Announcements IONICON Analysis named Omega Scientific as a distributor for Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. In March, CAMO Software partnered with Optimal Industrial Automation to offer together their respective Unscrambler X and synTQ Lite software for life science. In April, Guided Wave named Susan Foulk, vice president of Operations, president. In May, MKS Instruments appointed […]

Company Announcements Endress+Hauser established a joint venture in Saudi Arabia with Anasia (Abudawood Group), with which it has collaborated for 10 years. The joint venture’s sales center operates from three locations and has 35 employees. In February, Sartorius Stedim Biotech signed a private-label agreement with Trace Analyzers, giving Sartorius exclusive rights to market, distribute and […]

Houston, TX 3/6/12—PAC, a Roper Industries–owned supplier of analytical and online process instrumentation, has acquired Cambridge Viscosity for an undisclosed amount. Cambridge Viscosity provides small-sample fluid viscosity measurement systems utilizing electromagnetic-based sensor technology. “With over 25 years of experience, Cambridge Viscosity has served the oil and gas, paint, ink and coating, pharmaceutical and chemical industries […]

Company Announcements IONICON Analytik opened a North American subsidiary in October 2011 in New Jersey. Perten Instruments Americas formed in November 2011 a dedicated process instrumentation department. In November 2011, Scientific Industries acquired Fluorometrix and its license from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and related sublicenses for $260,000 in cash, 135,135 shares of common […]

Held in Long Beach, California, from October 31 to November 4, was the BioProcess International, a conference and exhibit organized by IBC Life Sciences. Focused on biologics manufacturing, the presentations for each day were grouped according to four tracks and largely featured case studies. For example, on November 1, the day IBO attended the show, […]