Company Announcements

Genedata, HighRes Biosolutions and Titian Software announced in January a partnership to automate an end-to-end screening solution for sample logistics for automation to analysis and back. HighRes’ Cellario platform has been integrated with Genedata Screener, which is already integrated with Titian’s Mosaic sample management solution.

Teledyne Technologies’ 2017 revenues for its Environmental Instruments business grew 16.4% to $314.4 million, or 33% of the company’s Instrumentation business segment.

Danaher announced in an SEC filing that Robert J. Hugin retired from the Board, effective February 19, in connection with his candidacy for the US Senate.

In February, Bio-Rad Laboratories announced in an SEC filing that John Goetz, executive vice president and COO, will retire, effective March 30.

Merck KGaA announced in February a $47 million investment over two years in manufacturing and distribution in Asia. The company plans to open a new 109,000 ft² (10,126 m²) facility in Incheon, South Korea, in the fourth quarter of 2019 that will include infrastructure to supply customers in the country as well as advanced cell culture media manufacturing capabilities. The company will also open a new 129,000 ft² (11,984 m²) manufacturing and distribution center in Mumbai, India. In 2018, Merck KGaA will invest in a Mobius single-use manufacturing facility in Wuxi, China, to reduce lead time by 50%.

In February, Merck KGaA Life Science announced nine new or expanded partnerships with nonprofit organizations to accelerate scientific research and education.

In February, Bruker announced that Senior Vice President and CFO Anthony L. Mattacchione will resign effective March 16. He has accepted a position as CFO of Albany Molecular Research.

Bruker named Gerald N. Herman as interim CFO, effective March 17. Mr. Herman is the company’s principal accounting officer.

In March, Illumina appointed Dr. Phil Febbo as Chief Medical Officer (CMO), effective March 26. He will be responsible for developing and executing on the company’s medical strategy to drive genomic testing into healthcare practice. Most recently, he served as CMO of Genomic Health, which develops genome-based diagnostic tests.

Product Introductions

In February, Agilent Technologies announced on its quarterly conference call that it has launched Agilent Care to expand solution support past the traditional period of the first 90 days of ownership. The company also expanded its CrossLab Service Guarantee to its multivendor service business, which will replace a non-Agilent instrument that cannot be repaired with an Agilent instrument. The company also highlighted the launch of its ValueLab line of consumables in China.

Sales and Orders of Notes

In March, Northern Illinois University announced that its Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships has launched a five-year equipment-purchase program with Shimadzu Scientific Instruments. The University will receive the instruments at a discounted rate, a suite of software, and technical support and maintenance through the Shimadzu Partnership for Academics, Research and Quality of Life initiative. Instruments covered under the agreement are an XRF spectrometer, GC/MS system, and triple quadrupole and MALDI TOF MS systems.