In January, implementation management company Expo Technologies acquired SpectrAlliance, which provides PAT (the FDA’s Process and Analytical Technology initiative) focused software, including NovaPAC.

Yokogawa Electric appointed Shuzo Kaihori, director and senior vice president of the Industrial Automation Business, representative director and president effective April 1. President Isao Uchida was named chairman.

Under a partnership agreement, Matrikon will offer its ProcessMonitor products for the integration of Umetrics’ SIMCA-P+ and SIMCA-Batch online data analysis products with manufacturing, process, analytical and lab information management systems for PAT applications.

Novozymes North America and Groton Biosystems entered into an agreement to develop online process monitoring capabilities for commercial fuel ethanol plants.

In February, Agilent licensed Diablo Analytical rights to manufacture, sell, support and develop the 5000A Real-Time Gas Analyzer.