Company Announcements Man-Tech added distributors in Mexico, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Portugal, Italy and Spain. Hanna Instruments opened a new sales offices and distribution center in Switzerland in April. Product Introductions Kyoto Electronics Manufacturing introduced in January the MKH-700 Hybrid Karl Fischer Moisture Titrator, featuring automated switching between measurement modes. Mettler-Toledo launched the compact, […]

Product Introductions In March, Bruker expanded its NMR CryoProbe Prodigy TCI product line to include products for 500 MHz and 700 MHz systems. Bruker released a Chemometrics Module for raw materials screening using its Assure-RMS NMR software solution. Bruker introduced the CMC 2.0 workflow and spectral interpretation software suite, featuring improved integration of automated acquisition, […]

As part of Canada’s fiscal 2014 (FY14) budget, the government will fund research partnerships between academia and industry with CAD 37 million ($37 million) in both fiscal FY14 and FY15. The amount includes CAD 15 million each year for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Strategy for […]

Research funding in Poland grew 66.7% to more than PLN 4 billion ($1.3 billion) from 2010 to 2012. The number of approved projects fell from 33% to 20% over the same time period. In 2012, 3,200 research grants were awarded, which was a 33.3% decrease from 2010 levels and a 40.7% decrease from 2011 levels. […]

According to a March report from the Eurydice Network, part of the European Commission’s Education, Audiovisual and Cultural Executive Agency, the financial crisis has led to educational (defined as primary, secondary, tertiary and adult education) budget cuts in 20 European countries/regions for which data was available in 2011 and 2012. However, nine countries increased their […]

Revenues for 598 publicly held biotech companies grew 8.1% last year to $89.8 billion, compared to 10% in 2011. R&D expenditures increased 5.4% to $25.3 billion, compared to 9% in 2011. Revenues from US public firms increased 8.3% to $63.7 billion, and R&D spending grew 7.3% to $19.3 billion. In 2011, US public firms’ sales […]

According to the International Energy Agency, the world is making little progress in producing cleaner energy. Despite the development of cleaner energy sources and more energy efficient technologies, the use of fossil fuels and coal continues to dominate. Renewables accounted for 19% of electricity generation in 2012. Among renewables, solar photovoltaic capacity grew 42% to […]

In 2012, domestic and foreign R&D spending by members of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) declined for the second year in a row to $48,485 million, a 0.3% decrease. Domestic expenditures increased 1.2%, and spending abroad dropped 4.9% to account for 76% and 24% of PhRMA members’ R&D spending, respectively. As a […]

Wetzlar, Germany and São Paulo, Brazil 4/23/13—Leica Microsystems and Leica Biosystems have acquired Aotec Instrumentos Cientificos, their Brazilian distributor for more than 25 years. “Brazil is a very important market. Through this acquisition we are developing our business further and invest into the service to our customers,” commented Jürgen Kress, senior sales director, High Growth […]

New York, NY 4/16/13—Bloomberg reported that Sigma-Aldrich was among the bidders for Life Technologies (see IBO 4/15/13), offering around $12.5 billion for the company. Sigma planned to sell the sequencer business if it acquired Life in order to help fund the transaction, according to the report. Sigma held talks with Roche and Agilent Technologies regarding […]