PerkinElmer launched the turnkey OneSource Laboratory Relocation service. Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the 3D Model Integrated Services Solution, a customized maintenance solution based on a detailed needs assessment. Agilent expanded its Enterprise Edition qualification program, enabling a single protocol to meet compliance requirements, to include GC, LC and MS systems.

SII NanoTechnology introduced the L-trace II large-stage unit SPM, featuring a new accurate scanner and a standard closed loop scanner, and the S Image multifunction-unit SPM, featuring a new low-coherence optical head. FEI launched the Quanta 3D FEG SEM/FIB (Focused Ion Beam) Dual Beam, featuring three operating modes, for advanced three-dimensional nanoscale characterization, prototyping and […]

NanoAndMore USA opened a West Coast office in Portland, Oregon in December 2006. BudgetSensors, a manufacturer of silicon and silicon nitride probes for atomic force microscopes (AFM), named NanoAndMore USA its exclusive North American distributor. Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis America was named Kleindiek Nanotechnik’s North American sales and service representatives for micro- and nano-manipulation systems for […]

Dr. Karen A. Holbrook, president of Ohio State University, joined Techne’s board in February. In February, BD Biosciences and Roche announced a collaboration to jointly identify and develop intracellular phosphorylation site antibodies. The companies will develop and validate the antibodies using BD Phosflow technology, and Roche will receive pre-launch access to the antibodies and a […]

In January, AMETEK formed the Ultra Precision Technologies Division to bring together its Taylor Hobson division with Solartron Metrology and Precitech in order to leverage combined manufacturing operations, technology capabilities and distribution. Symyx Technologies’ 2006 revenues grew 16% to $124.9 million (see page 12), including a 23% increase in Symyx Tools revenues to $37.8 million […]

Micronic BV introduced VolumeCheck for the determination of sample volumes in unsealed 96-well microplates, 96-tube racks and high-volume test tube racks. CyBio AG introduced the new-generation CyBi-Well vario, which allows liquid transfer from 25 nL to 250 µL. Tecan introduced the HID EVOlution Systems for the analysis of forensic DNA casework samples. It integrates Tecan’s […]