Company Announcements CAMO Software named Pål Bråthen CEO in March. In June, IONICON Analytik appointed Lukas Märk, who was previously responsible for marketing and sales, as CEO. He replaces his father, Tilmann Märk. IONICON Analytik named MARS Bioanalytical a distribution partner for India. In June, American Micro Detection Systems signed a multi-country distributor agreement with […]

Company Announcements Tiger Optics announced in October 2010 the addition of eight European and US distributors. In November 2010, gas analysis company Servomex, part of Spectris, announced the acquisition of Delta F for $25 million. Delta F manufactures premium, trace and ultratrace oxygen and moisture analyzer technologies. H2scan announced that its core sensor technology will […]

Company Announcements Applied Research & Photonics and the SAIC-Frederick entered into a collaboration to assess terahertz spectrometry for the analysis of structures and materials supporting biopharmaceuticals manufacturing. Stratophase announced in January that it secured £2.5 million ($4.0 million) in follow-on funding. InProcess Instruments named Dr. Andreas Pickuth managing director in February. In February, Thermo Fisher […]

The environmental market for process Total Organic Carbon (TOC) instruments is substantial, and is expected to continue to experience robust growth in the near future. There are several traditional analytical methods for TOC analysis, although actions by the US EPA have now allow for much more rapid innovation. The same technology employed in laboratory TOC […]

Company Announcements Polestar Technologies appointed Hanley Measurement and Control as a distributor for Ireland and the UK, and Sani-Tech West as a US distributor for California, Oregon and Washington. Sensorin named Dr. James A. Wilkins, former director of Technology Assessment and Transfer at Genentech, as chief technology officer. In November 2009, Galvanic Applied Sciences closed […]

Company Announcements Endress+Hauser’s 2008 revenues increased 8.8% to €1.211 billion ($1.781 billion). Operating profit increased 7.0% to €156.5 million ($230.1 million). In June, Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG announced a strategic partnership with company Integrated Sensing Systems (ISSYS) for the development of MEMS-based fluidic products. A $3.3 million, 15-company Enterprise Ireland research program to improve the manufacturing […]

Over the last few decades, governments and businesses worldwide have been galvanized to address the threat of global warming. In December, 170 countries will meet in an attempt to pass the Copenhagen Protocol, the successor to 2005’s Kyoto Protocol. Set to expire in 2012, the Kyoto Protocol calls for a 5.2% yearly reduction in emissions […]

Company Announcements Innovatis AG and Bayer Technology Services GmbH signed a marketing and sales agreement for the BaychroMAT system. Bristol-Myers Squibb licensed MTT Multantiv Oy’s methods for multivariate calibration, based on Science-Based Calibration, for calibrating multivariate measurement instruments. Endress+Hauser opened a subsidiary in Doha, Qatar, in February. BioTector Analytical Systems, a maker of online liquid […]

Company Announcements Hamilton Sundstrand Applied Instrument Technologies established a sales and marketing office in Moscow, Russia, in November 2008. Emerson Process Management opened a 12,500-square-meter Asia Flow Technology Center in Nanjing, China, in November 2008 for flow metering and measurement. Yokogawa opened a sales and service office in Dublin, Ireland, in December 2008. Process control […]