Farmingdale, NY 3/6/07; 5/2/07—Cemtrex, a provider of continuous emissions monitoring systems, has acquired Griffin Filters. Griffin Filters designs, manufactures and supplies air filtration and environmental control systems, including fabric filters. “Griffin Filters has been a leading supplier of dust collection systems for the past forty years with hundreds of installations nationwide,” stated Cemtrex President and […]

NeoSensors relaunched the IAsys Biosensor Product range earlier this year. The products are the two-well format IAsys Plus and the high-throughput IAsys Auto+ Advantage. Bio-Rad Laboratories introduced the Mini-PROTEAN Tetra Cell 1-D electrophoresis minigel system with the ability to run four minigels. Shimadzu released in Japan the Clairvivo PET (position emission tomography) molecular imaging system […]

Cyntellect received a $1.3 million Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant to continue development of its LEAP system for automated purification and the cloning of cells based on specific secretion of native or recombinant proteins. Fluxion Biosciences received a $1.2 million Phase II SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health for the […]

Airgas named James A. Muller senior vice president, Specialty Gases and Life Sciences, in January. He was previously president of Airgas East. In March, Air Liquide purchased Linde Gas UK based on an enterprise value of €105 million ($138.2 million). Air Liquide UK’s sales are around €60 million ($78.9 million). In March, Corning Life Sciences […]

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) will get a total of AUD 2.8 billion ($2.4 billion) over the next four years, according to Australia’s 2007–08 budget, which was released in May. CSIRO’s National Research Flagships program will receive AUD 174 million ($146.7 million) over the next four years. Specific allotments include AUD 60 […]

Zurich, Switzerland and Syracuse, NY 5/31/07—-INFICON has acquired Maxtek, a provider of instruments and software for thin film deposition and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurements. Terms were not disclosed. “Maxtek’s strong reputation and its products complement INFICON instruments, enabling us to provide a more complete product range for thin film coating processes which are vital […]

Integrating organizational structures has been the focus of Horiba and Shimadzu, two of the largest analytical instrument companies. Based in Japan, both companies have sought in recent years to improve profitability through consolidating operations, new manufacturing facilities and strengthening their US businesses. As the results for each company’s most recent fiscal years show, these efforts […]

This issue, IBO has made a of couple changes to its Life Science Sales Index. Gene Logic, Tripos and Molecular Devices were removed from the Index. Tripos sold its Discovery Informatics division in March (see IBO 11/30/06), while Gene Logic increased the service orientation of its business. Molecular Devices was acquired by MDS on March […]