Laboratory Products

Company Announcements

Alfa Aesar Research Chemicals purchased the 49% interest of its partner in a Chinese catalog joint venture for €5.2 million ($6.6 million).

CP Lab Safety announced earlier this year that after producing goods in China for more than seven years, it has begun to manufacture its line of more than 80 products in the US.

VWR announced in June that Gregory L. Cowan, vice president and corporate controller, was named senior vice president and CFO.

Air Liquide acquired Al Khafrah Industrial Gases in July. Based in Saudi Arabia, Al Khafrah had over $20 million in sales in 2008 and has around 100 employees.

LGC Promochem India was awarded exclusive distribution rights by ChromaDex for the sale of its phytochemical reference standards in India.

LGC Standards opened its first Russian office in St. Petersburg in September.

In July, INTEGRA Biosciences AG and Viaflo merged to become INTEGRA Viaflo Holding AG and will use the INTEGRA brand name.

The Ohio Business Journal reported in September that 55 employees at EMD Chemicals’ Norwood distribution facility, one-third of the staff, would be laid off.

Product Introductions

Hamilton Storage Technologies introduced the low-throughput -20°C Sample Access Manager, a cold storage system for compounds and biological samples.

Millipore launched the Milli-Q Reference water purification system for ultrapure (Type 1) water.

Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the Thermo Scientific Sorval General Purpose 3L Centrifuge Series, consisting of the ST40 for every day sample preparation and the Legend XT for high-throughput processing.

Thermo Fisher Scientific released the Thermo Scientific Revco PLUS HD ultra-low temperature upright freezer range.

Binder launched the CB 53 Incubator, featuring a 1.9 cubic-foot capacity and hot-air chamber sterilization.

SANYO launched the MCO-19AIC CO2 Incubator for cell culture and regulated applications, featuring a newly designed CO2 sensor and control system.

Mettler-Toledo released the NewClassic balance range, replacing its Classic portfolio.

Mettler-Toledo introduced XP6U and XP2U ultra-microbalances and the XP6 microbalance with up to 6 g capacity and 0.1 µg or 1 µg readability.

Spectrum Chemical introduced three new pure solvents and four solvent blends for LC/MS.

New Brunswick Scientific launched the Galaxy line of CO2 incubators with a fanless design and seamless one-piece chamber.

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