InfrAegis launched the ia55000 nuclear and radiation detection systems for portable and mobile applications. ICx Technologies launched SafeAir for indoor monitoring for chemical, biological and radiological threats. ICx introduced the Fido PaxPoint Liquid Explosives Detector. Smiths Detection launched the HI-SCAN 6040aTiX multiview X-ray inspection system for the detection of explosives and liquid substances in carry-on […]
The calendar-year third quarter was yet another quarter of robust growth for major analytical instrument companies, driven by food and environmental testing in foreign markets and steady industrial spending. Five of the nine analytical instrument companies whose financial results are shown in the tables on pages 10 and 11—Agilent Bioanalytical Measurement (BAM), Bruker BioSciences, PerkinElmer […]
Decision Sciences exclusively licensed Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Muon Tomography technology for detection of nuclear and other weapons in car and vehicles. Full-scale production is expected to begin in early 2008. Smiths Detection LiveWire exclusively licensed Argonne National Laboratory’s PROTECT warning system that integrates chemical sensors and security cameras. Bm-t Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen GmbH and Erfurt […]
Sydney, Australia and Kirchentellinsfurt, Germany 11/13/07—Fluorotechnics, a manufacturer of fluorescent labels and stains for research, biotechnology and diagnostics, has acquired ETC Elektrophorese-Technik for an exchange of shares. ETC develops and manufactures electrophoresis consumables and equipment for diagnostics, quality control and identification of species.
This month, several agreements between major instrument industry players and smaller, “niche” manufacturers were announced. The smaller companies in these partnerships should benefit from their larger partners’ sales and distribution networks. For the larger firms, the agreements provide a variety of opportunities, including the chance to offer integrated products and approach applications with entirely new […]
RheoSense launched a viscometer/rheometer-on-a-chip for liquid characterization. Tinius Olsen introduced a new U Series of high-force electromechanical materials testing machines. Mettler-Toledo released the new Thermal Analysis Excellence product line consisting of the thermogravimetric analyzer/differential scanning calorimeter (TGA/DSC 1), the new DSC 1 and updated STARe thermal analysis software. Mettler-Toledo introduced the Quick-Brix 60 and 90 […]
The US-China Business Council’s (USCBC) 2007 Member Priorities Survey reflects a mood of optimism. Eighty-three percent of the respondents stated that their operations in China were profitable and two-thirds said that the profitability rate of their Chinese operations is equal to or higher than their companies’ global rate. Ninety-two percent of respondents expect sales increases […]
Spurred by the likelihood of rising fuel demand in developing economies and increasingly stringent regulations for carbon dioxide emissions in developed economies, several of the leading oil producers have been investing heavily in partnerships with universities for biofuel research. The most substantial of these investments is $500 million from BP for a 10-year consortium among […]
Arlington, Virginia 11/7/07—Security technologies company ICx Technologies completed its IPO to raise $80 million (see IBO 8/15/07). The company sold five million shares of common stock on the NASDAQ stock exchange at $16 per share. Earlier this month, the company had forecasted a price of $17–$19 per share. Shares fell 19% in their first week […]
The Society for Biomolecular Sciences’ (SBS) Symposium, “Back to Pharmacology: Stem Cells and Primary Cells in Drug Discovery,” was held on November 8 and 9 at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel in Anaheim, California. It was one of SBS’ small symposia focused on specific topics that the organization has been holding for a number of years […]
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