Abingdon, UK 6/14/11; Taunusstein, Germany 6/14/11—Oxford Instruments has acquired Omicron NanoTechnology and Omniprobe. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Omicron designs and produces advanced microscopes and chemical analysis instruments for nanotechnology research. Oxford Instruments acquired the company for €32.4 million ($46.5 million = €0.70 = $1) in cash on a cash-free debt-free basis. In 2010, Omicron generated […]
Santa Clara, CA 6/1/11—Microarray firm Affymetrix has named Frank Witney, PhD, president and CEO effective July 1. He succeeds Kevin M. King who resigned to pursue other interests. Dr. Witney was most recently president of Dionex (see IBO 4/15/09) and served in a senior leadership position at Panomics (see IBO 11/15/08). Panomics was acquired by […]
Water quality testing is essential for human health, environmental protection and industrial processing. Water testing is conducted in laboratory, manufacturing and field settings. Testing parameters are determined by the test purpose, which in many cases is based on regulatory requirements. New environmental regulations in developing nations and more sensitive testing techniques are driving market growth […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 6/15/11—QIAGEN announced that it has made an offer and entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire 47% of Ipsogen for €12.90 ($18.60 = €0.69 = $1) per share. Subsequently, QIAGEN would make a public offer to acquire the remainder of the company for the same price, which is a 71.3% premium over Ipsogen’s […]
This year’s 59th American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) meeting was held in Denver, Colorado, on June 4–9. There were 169 exhibitors, which was more than the previous two years, but still down from the 2007 peak of 183 exhibitors. Attendance this year increased 6.3% to 6,477 over last year’s show, which was held in […]
Although there have been benchtop electron microscope products on the market for some time, the modern resurgence of benchtop electron microscopy began in 2005 with the release of Hitachi High-Technologies’ TM-1000. The TM-1000 is a scanning electron microscope providing magnification power of up to 10,000X, which is roughly an order of magnitude greater than can […]
Company Announcements YSI announced in March that it is looking for a strategic partner as some shareholders are seeking liquidity for their investment. The company reported that 2010 sales totaled $100 million for the first time. The Yellow Springs News reported that the company’s outside shareholders include Antioch College and Antioch University. Product Introductions Hach […]
Company Announcements In April, ThalesNano named Utek International a distributor for Taiwan. Product Introductions ThalesNano launched the H-Cube Pro flow reactor, which expands the range and throughput of hydrogenation reactions compared with the H-Cube and offers active cooling for more selective reactions. Asynt introduced the ReactoMate Compact, a small, safe and super-stable lab reaction system, […]
Company Announcements Bruker announced that in January it entered into a settlement agreement with Isis Pharmaceuticals regarding the companies’ 2008 legal dispute (see IBO 12/31/08). In February, AB SCIEX announced a collaboration with Europe’s Institute of Cancer Research to improve and standardize methods of MALDI-TOF/TOF–based tissue imaging for studying cancer metastasis. In March, the National […]
Company Announcements Avacta announced in February an exclusive sales and marketing agreement with Pall for North America. In March, Avacta signed an exclusive distribution agreement with DKSH Japan. In March, ChromaDex announced a codevelopment and comarketing agreement with Bruker Optics for dietary supplement testing that will initially focus on NIR technology for raw-material identity testing. […]
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