Company Announcements

Vapourtec named Gaia Science as a distributor for Singapore.

D. Michael Parker, senior vice president, CFO, treasurer and secretary of Kewaunee Scientific, announced his plans to retire by year end.

Wheaton added Labscoop as a distributor.

Peak Scientific opened a new Indian office in New Delhi, which will serve as its headquarters for the country.

In August, LGC acquired South Africa–based Thistle QA, a provider of over 35 proficiency testing schemes, mainly to the clinical segment.

Sigma-Aldrich signed an agreement with Public Health England to manufacture and supply bacterial and fungal NCTC/NCPF Certified Reference Materials in LENTICULE disc format for use as controls in food, water, environmental and clinical testing microbiology labs.

Effective September 1, AFAB Lab changed its name to ReGen Lab Equipment.

In October, German lab furniture firm Köttermann acquired the rights to the UK-based Mach-Aire range of fume cupboards and local exhaust ventilation systems.

VWR announced in October the resignation of Peter Schuele, senior vice president and president, EMEA-APAC Lab and Distribution Services.

Healthrow Scientific named Douglas C. Reed as president in October. Most recently, he served as vice president and general manager for North America at Leica Microsystems.

Product Introductions

Porvair Sciences launched in July the Ultravap Levante nitrogen blow-down sample concentrator and evaporator, featuring rapid programmable dry down of samples dissolved in common chromatography solvents.

Mettler-Toledo introduced the MS-TS touchscreen analytical and precision balances, featuring a 7 in (18 cm) display and operable through gloves.

Peak Scientific released the Precision Zero Air 7L and Air 18L GC gas generators.

In September, Peak Scientific introduced the cost effective Precision Hydrogen Trace 250 generator.

Sigma-Aldrich announced the release by its Cerilliant brand of reference solutions for qualitative evaluation of drug interferences in a testing lab’s analytical methods. They each consist of seven multicomponent solutions.

Herolab launched the Hi Cen GR centrifuge, a large-volume, floor standing, refrigerated centrifuge with a maximum capacity of 4 x 1000 mL and speed up to 18,000 rpm.

In October, Hanson Research launched an on-line UV dissolution testing system, based on its Vision line of dissolution testers and autosamplers, utilizing Shimadzu’s UV-1800 and Solvias’s ARGUS/Dissolution software.