Each year, IBO compiles a list of new products on display or introduced at Pittcon. New products are generally defined as those that started shipping since winter 2015 or later. More new products will appear in the March 31 issue. The list is not all inclusive. Atomic Spectroscopy SciAps announced new versions of its Z […]
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 […]
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 […]
The annual American Society for Cell Biology meeting was held in San Diego, California from December 12 to December 16. The conference presentations and exhibit were abuzz with research results made possible by new technology developments, most notably super-resolution microscopy and single-cell analysis. Super-resolution microscopy techniques improve the spatial resolution of optical microscopy. Sunday kicked […]
Company Announcements In October, FEI announced the acquisition of DCG, a supplier of electrical fault characterization, localization and editing equipment serving process development, yield ramp and failure analysis applications. FEI paid $160 million in cash. For the year ending January 31, DCG generated $76 million in sales. In November, TESCAN ORSAY announced the opening of […]
Electron microscopy offers numerous advantages to researchers working on the micro- and nanoscale. All of these benefits can be used for applications involving the analysis of particles, and vendors have developed particular software packages for these analyses. For particle analysis, SEM is the most common form of electron microscopy used, and it is generally coupled […]
Company Announcements TESCAN USA announced a partnership with the Colorado School of Mines to create an electron beam analytical facility on the Golden, Colorado, campus. In September, TESCAN, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Texas A&M University announced a nanotechnology collaboration agreement. ZEISS opened its new China headquarters building in the Shanghai Pilot Free […]
Oberkochen, Germany 9/25/15—ZEISS Microscopy has announced a restructuring plan that includes development, production, sales and marketing. One hundred thirty jobs will be eliminated and 150 relocated. Changes will also be made at all Microscopy sites. All activities at the business’s Göttingen site except production will be transferred. Production at the site, consisting of 240 employees, […]
Company Announcements ZEISS announced in June a public-private partnership with the University of California at Berkeley as part of the Brain Microscopy Innovation Center. In July, Nikon Instruments opened a Center of Excellence within the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. Leica Microsystems named Markus Lusser as president and director in July. Previously, he […]
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