Company Announcements In April, Metrohm became the exclusive distributor of Analytik Jena’s analytical measurement products in India and Scandinavia. In May, Anton Paar opened its 14th foreign subsidiary in Malmö, Sweden, to serve Sweden, Denmark and Finland. In June, Corning hired Dr. Richard Eglen as vice president and general manager of its Life Sciences business. […]

Company Announcements Atago opened a Chinese branch in Guangzhou in March. Micromeritics Instruments (China) was incorporated in April as a full-service import/export company. The company currently has 25 employees located in four offices. In March, MTS Systems announced it was notified by the US Department of the Air Force that it is temporarily suspended from […]

Portable instrumentation is characterized by its small size and ability to be easily transported. The criteria for IBO’s Design Awards for portable analytical instruments is a weight of under 15 lb and the ability to be quickly and easily moved. The industrial designs of this year’s winners embody portability, with innovative designs that are notable […]

The IBO Design Awards for Laboratory Equipment reward unique, efficient industrial designs of laboratory equipment that receives an electrical current, can be used for at least a year and does not measure a sample trait. The equipment must be user-friendly, robust and dependable and enhance everyday use. A product’s design can emphasize these features to […]

The 2010 EU Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends has found that EU-based companies expect their R&D investments to increase an average of 5% annually from 2010 to 2013. The survey is based on the response of 205 companies with combined R&D investments of nearly €40 billion ($57.7 billion) and an average of 1,250 R&D […]

China’s efforts to revamp its health-care system are attracting pharmaceutical companies to the country. In 2009, the government said it would invest CNY 850 billion ($131 billion) in the system and provide health insurance to 90% of citizens by the end of this year and to every citizen by 2020. The 2010 census found that […]

Brazil’s government announced last month that it will award 75,000 science and technology scholarships by the end of 2014 to students studying domestically and internationally. The BRL 3.16 billion ($2.02 billion) initiative will be funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology’s National Council for Scientific and Technological Development and the Ministry of Education’s Federal […]

“Power and Promise: Agbioscience in the North Central United States,” a Battelle study released earlier this month, shows that the region is a leader in the $125 billion US agricultural industry in terms of production and R&D. The region, made up of 12 states, accounts for just 21% of the US geographically but produces 45% […]

The outlook for the global solar industry has dimmed from last year. The industry is projected to grow relatively little this year. The slump is due to lower government subsidies and excessive capacity expansion over the past six months. Spot market prices of solar cells and wafers have declined 40% since January and in many […]