Company Announcements

New Brunswick Scientific, an Eppendorf company, laid off 184 workers in New Jersey in November 2011, according to njbiz.com.

Misonix sold its Laboratory and Forensic Safety Products business, which had fiscal 2011 revenues of $2.1 million, to Mystaire in October 2011 for $1.5 million plus a potential payment. The business provides ductless fume hoods, and laminar airflow and PCR workstations.

In November 2011, Praxair Distribution acquired American Gas Group, which has annual sales of $28 million.

IKA opened an office in Shanghai, China, in November 2011 to provide better service for Eastern China.

Case Systems in November 2011 purchased the assets of CIF Lab Casework Solutions. The purchase was a joint venture with Northeast Interior Systems.

In November 2011, LGC Standards acquired Industrial Analytical, a South Africa–based supplier of certified reference materials.

In December 2011, Tedia, a producer of OEM high-purity solvents in North America, entered into a 55/45 joint venture with Longhua Fine Chemical to operate a manufacturing plant in Asia. Tedia expects to achieve an annual capacity of at least 4,000 tons of purified acetonitrile.

In December 2011, Seal Analytical acquired Aim Lab Automation Technologies’ line of block digestion instruments and consumables.

Product Introductions

Corning launched the HYPERStack Cell Culture Vessel, with a multilayered design based on gas-permeable film technology. The HYPERStack-12 has a 6,000 cm2 growth area. The HYPERStack-36 has an 18,000 cm2 growth area.

Stirling Ultracold introduced the Model SU105U ultra-low freezer, a 105 L cabinet that delivers uniform -86°C storage on less than 200 W electrical power.

BD Biosciences introduced the BD Falcon Multi-Flask multilayer cell culture device, available in three- and five-layer designs, that provides the same footprint, reagent volumes and cell-seeding densities per unit area as single-layer flasks. It features a mixing port that allows cells and media to be mixed inside the flask.

In October 2011, Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the Thermo Scientific Matrix 2D barcoded tubes in 0.5 and 1.0 mL sizes for the protection of light-sensitive samples.

Thermo Fisher Scientific released its portfolio of Thermo Scientific Revco UxF Series ultra-low temperature freezers in five sizes with capacities from 421 L to 949 L.

Mettler-Toledo launched the Quantos powder and liquid dispensing auxiliary modules for its 0.1 mg and 0.01 mg XP Excellence Series analytical balances.

Porvair released the low-profile 96-well deep-well microplate, which has a storage volume of 1.6 mL/well and a height of 32 mm.