Company Announcements

Nova Capital Management sold Dynalab, which supplies value-added packing and fabrication services for plastic lab supplies, to Martin Davies and Kathleen DeWitt in fall 2009.

Kewaunee Scientific opened its first manufacturing plant outside the US in Bangalore, India, in October 2009. The company has 175 associates in the country.

Biohit established a subsidiary in India in late 2009.

EMD Chemicals named Deon Vos president and managing director, effective January 1. He was formerly managing director of Merck KGaA in South Africa.

Honeywell signed a multiyear distribution agreement in December 2009 with Pro-Lab Laboratuar Teknolojileri to distribute its Burdick & Jackson high-purity solvents in Turkey.

Esco opened its second North America facility in December 2009 in Marietta, Ohio. The facility will serve as a technical service, training and logistics center.

Merck KGaA formed a strategic alliance with the GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) to improve lab waste management in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. Merck will introduce environmentally friendly, safe waste-disposal systems for used packaging and chemicals based on its Retrologistik expertise.

Porvair Sciences announced 20% growth in 2009 for its OEM design and manufacture business, which includes private-label deep well, assay and PCR plates.

Claind, a manufacture of gas generators, and Proton Energy Systems, a producer of on-site Proton Exchange Membrane hydrogen-generation systems, entered into an commercial and technology agreement for the analytical lab markets.

In February, BINDER GmbH appointed Uwe Ross as president of its North American subsidiary.

Lab equipment supplier Karl Kolb GmbH & Co. announced a cooperation agreement with technical training systems and specialist ELWE Technik GmbH to increase its market presence in the Middle East and Africa.

Product Introductions

Mettler-Toledo launched the XP105 analytical balance with 100 g capacity, featuring SmartSens for performing weighing operations without touching the balance.

Spectrum Chemicals & Laboratory Products introduced a new line of Spectrum branded benchtop lab equipment, which includes mixers, vortexers, dry baths and mini centrifuges.

Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the Thermo Scientific Midi 40 CO2 incubator for reliable culturing performance in a space-saving footprint.

INTEGRA introduced the six-channel Voyager electronic adjustable-spacing pipettor. Tip spacing can be adjusted from 9.0 mm to 19.5 mm.