Singapore and Hong Kong 7/31/09—Laboratory product manufacturer and distributor Techcomp has announced the acquisition of a 75% stake in France’s HCC Group for €1.95 million ($2.8 million = €0.696 = $1) in cash. The HCC Group operates as Froilabo SAS, Frilabor SRL and Craponne Tolerie SARL, which specialize in temperature control equipment for laboratories, such […]
Madison, WI 8/3/09—Promega, a supplier of life science reagents and equipment, has purchased Turner BioSystems for an undisclosed amount. Turner BioSystems provides luminometers, fluorometers, photometers and multimode instruments for life science research. “Over the years, innovating with Promega has created productive instrument/reagent systems that scientists highly value. Both companies are eager to optimize this total […]
St. Louis, MO 8/6/09—Sigma-Aldrich has acquired cheminformatics firm ChemiNavigator, a provider of discovery research informatics software tools used for the design, selection and procurement of chemical compound libraries. The purchase price was not disclosed. “ChemNavigator is well-recognized for its fast and efficient virtual discovery tools and for its extensive database of chemical compounds,” stated Dr. […]
Now in its 15th year, IBO’s Industrial Design Awards recognizes the best in industrial design of analytical and life science instruments, portable instruments (page 7) and laboratory equipment (page 6). The winners are chosen based on their aesthetic appeal and how the product’s physical form contributes to its functionality and usability. A good-looking product not […]
The analytical instrument industry will soon add another multibillion-dollar company to its ranks. Late last month, Agilent Technologies announced an agreement to acquire Varian Inc. for $1.5 billion (see IBO 7/31/09). Agilent Bio-Analytical Measurement (BAM) is currently the world’s third largest provider of analytical and life science instrumentation (see IBO 4/15/09). Varian is the 11th […]
Most surface science technologies offer a wide array of particular subtechniques that offer complementary information to enhance the primary imaging mode. Electron microscopy is certainly no exception. All but the simplest electron microscopes offer a number of ports for the installation of additional analyzers. One particular type of analysis is known as cathodoluminescence (CL), which […]
Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy is experiencing strong growth due to technological improvements. Security and safety applications are the major areas of use for portable FT-IR, but there are also significant niche and recently established markets. Numerous new instruments combined with the relatively small market size point to strong continued growth in demand for the […]
Company Announcements Biotage AB expanded its outsourcing collaboration with PartnerTech, which will take over most instrument manufacturing. Running initially through 2011, the agreement is worth approximately SEK 40 million ($5 million) annually. Manufacturing will be relocated from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Åtvidaberg, Sweden. Syrris reported 80% growth in the first half of 2009. Syrris incorporated its […]
Product Introductions Advanced Chemistry Development released the ACD/NMR Workbook with NMRSync Technology, which reduces the time required to interpret and assign 1D and 2D NMR data. It is available with ACD/Labs Version 12. In May, Varian introduced the Discovery MR901 pre-clinical 7T magnetic resonance imaging system, featuring Varian’s small-bore imaging technology and a clinical front […]
Company Announcements GeneGo and OmicSoft integrated their respective MetaCore pathway analysis platform and Array Studio. Accelrys’s fiscal 2009 revenues for the year ended March 31 rose 1.6% to $81.0 million. Operating loss decreased from $855,000 in the previous year to $319,000 (see IBO 6/15/09). US sales rose 0.5%, European sales fell 1.6% and Asia-Pacific sales […]
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