Company Announcements Man-Tech added distributors in Mexico, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Portugal, Italy and Spain. Hanna Instruments opened a new sales offices and distribution center in Switzerland in April. Product Introductions Kyoto Electronics Manufacturing introduced in January the MKH-700 Hybrid Karl Fischer Moisture Titrator, featuring automated switching between measurement modes. Mettler-Toledo launched the compact, […]

Product Introductions In March, Bruker expanded its NMR CryoProbe Prodigy TCI product line to include products for 500 MHz and 700 MHz systems. Bruker released a Chemometrics Module for raw materials screening using its Assure-RMS NMR software solution. Bruker introduced the CMC 2.0 workflow and spectral interpretation software suite, featuring improved integration of automated acquisition, […]

Company Announcements Pacific Biosciences 2012 revenue declined 23.3% to $26.0 million (see IBO 3/31/13), with Product revenue accounting for 77%. The number of systems delivered fell 52% to 23, bringing the total installed base to 71. The US, Asia and Europe accounted for 44%, 31% and 25% of revenues, respectively. As of December 2012, cash […]

Company Announcements DKSH signed an exclusive agreement with Normalab in November 2012 to provide market expansion services for the petrochemical sector in Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. NETZSCH appointed Dietmar Bolkart as chairman effective January 1. He jointly heads the company with Dr. Hanns-Peter Ohl and replaces Dr. Otto Max Schaefer. In December 2012, Malvern […]

Company Announcements Microtissues signed a supply and distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich for its 3D Petri Dish. Sigma-Aldrich agreed in February to distribute Olink Bioscience’s Duolink In Situ products for research. In January, Evotec acquired Cell Culture Service for €1.2 million ($1.6 million) in cash. Link Technologies named Zirench Technology as a distributor for China and […]

Company Announcements Halma acquired in January Hong Kong’s Thinketron Precision Equipment, its Chinese subsidiary Baoding Longer Precision Pump and US subsidiary Langer Instruments for £23.7 million ($37.6 million) and deferred consideration. Longer Pump manufacturers and markets peristaltic, syringe and gear pumps used in lab, medical and industrial applications. Halma announced that its Health & Analysis […]

Company Announcements Aushon BioSystems named AH diagnostics an exclusive distributor for Scandinavia. In December 2012, Sequenom named William Welch, senior vice president of Diagnostics, as president and COO; Dirk van den Boom, senior vice president of R&D, as executive vice president, R&D, and chief technology officer; and Ronald Lindsay, executive vice president of R&D, as […]

Company Announcements Oxford Instruments entered into an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement in November 2012 to sell Dune Sciences’ Silicon Half Grids for in situ focused ion beam sample preparation. WITec named Spectra Research a Canadian sales representative and Advanced Technology Solutions its exclusive distributor for Israel. Attolight named Quantum Design China a Chinese distributor. In […]

Company Announcements Illumina announced in January that its 2013 organic investments will include the addition of 50 sales representatives for improved geographic reach, incremental R&D investments and infrastructure enhancements. Becton, Dickinson and Company appointed Catherine M. Burzik to its Board in January. Most recently, she was CEO of Kinetic Concepts. QIAGEN currency-neutral fourth-quarter 2012 revenues […]