Santa Clara, CA 6/18/08—Agilent Technologies has acquired RVM Scientific, a manufacturer of direct heating/cooling systems for GC capillary columns. Financial terms were not disclosed. RVM’s Low Thermal Mass technology enables rapid and efficient heating or cooling of GC columns for reduced cycle times and is currently used with Agilent’s GC systems. Robert Mustacich, president and […]
New York, NY 6/9/08—Fluidigm has filed a complaint for declaratory judgment and demand for jury trial in the US District Court Southern District of New York. In its filing, Fluidigm stated that the complaint is in response to a letter the company received from Applied Biosystems/Applera on June 4. The letter demanded that Fluidigm cease […]
Santa Clara, CA 6/30/08—Agilent Technologies has acquired MTS Systems’ Nano Instruments business unit. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Nano Instruments business unit provides nanoindentation systems and related equipment for imaging, characterizing and quantifying nanomechanical material properties. “With Agilent’s robust sales channel and global infrastructure, we anticipate growing the Nano Instruments business and offering a […]
Sunnyvale, CA 6/27/08—MDS Analytical Technologies has acquired Blueshift Biotechnologies for $13 million. Located in Sunnyvale, California, Blueshift Biotechnologies is the maker of the IsoCyte benchtop laser-scanning cytometer for cellular screening. “This acquisition fills a gap in our current product portfolio, allowing us to offer our pharmaceutical research customers fast and simple cellular analysis with a […]
Singapore 5/30/08—Hong Kong-based Techcomp, a manufacturer and distributor of analytical instruments, and laboratory equipment firm Bibby Scientific have announced the formation of a fifty-fifty joint venture. Techcomp will manufacture products under Bibby’s brand names Jenway, Techne and Stuart for the local and export markets. The Hong Kong-based joint venture will also serve as Bibby’s distribution […]
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 6/9/08—Miltenyi Biotec GmbH has purchased Medic Tools AG, which sells the Dispomix homogenization system. The companies collaborated to develop the gentleMACS Dissociator. “The additional expertise of Medic Tools enables Miltenyi Biotec to further engage in development projects in the area of sample preparation,” stated Miltenyi Biotec CEO Dr. Boris Stoffel. “We offer […]
San Diego, CA 6/5/08; Washington, DC 6/9/08—Beckman Coulter and Orchid Cellmark have filed a patent infringement suit against Sequenom in the US District Court of the Southern District of California. The suit alleges that Sequenom’s iPLEX products for SNP genotyping infringe three patents exclusively licensed to Beckman Coulter by Orchid Cellmark: US Patent No. 5,888,819 […]
Carlsbad, CA and Foster City, CA 6/12/08—Invitrogen and Applera have announced a definitive merger agreement under which Invitrogen will acquire Applied Biosystems (ABI) for $6.7 billion. The combined company will be named Applied Biosystems and is forecasted to have annual sales of $3.5 billion and a major presence in the genetic analysis, proteomics, cell biology […]
Waltham, MA 6/2/08—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Chemito Technologies’ Analytical Technologies and Environment Instrumentation divisions, which together have approximately $10 million in annual revenues. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Chemito is the country’s largest supplier of life science instruments and environmental monitoring applications, according to Thermo. The company also manufactures analytical instruments, including GCs and atomic […]
Eden Prairie, MN 4/29/08—MTS Systems has agreed to acquire SANS Group, a Chinese provider of materials testing products with annual sales of approximately $25 million. “While MTS has a successful 30-year history in China, SANS’ sales and service capability, product portfolio, and established customer base expands our ability to serve the increasing demand for testing […]
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