Horiba Acquires SPR Company
Dr. Mariton told IBO that SPRi’s microarray format enables multiplexing and that, “we also expect that the Genoptics team will help us to come closer to the many bioscience researchers that could become users of our related fluorescence, Raman and ellipsometry technologies.”
Longjumeau, France 4/20/09—Horiba Jobin Yvon has acquired GenOptics, a provider of surface plasmon resonance imaging technology (SPRi) for label-free detection for an undisclosed amount. “In the coming years we will see the merging of biotechnology and microtechnology to create combinations of ultra integrated devices on a molecular scale” stated Dr. Michel Mariton, HORIBA Scientific segment leader. Horiba Scientific has distributed GenOptics’ SPRi products since 2007. Established in 2001 and based in France, GenOptics has 11 employees.
