Company Announcements Under a 2006 asset purchase agreement, Advanced Chromatography Systems acquired the EZ Flash II GC accessory and the TEA analyzer organic nitrogen detection from assets of Thermo Fisher Scientific. PerkinElmer partnered with Ion Signature Technology (IST) to offer IST’s Ion Signature Quantitative Deconvolution Software to users of its Clarus 600 GC/MS. GOW-MAC Instruments […]
According to a report by the Statistics Bureau of Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, total R&D expenditures for Japanese fiscal year (JFY) 2005 (April 1, 2005-March 31, 2006) were ¥17,845.2 billion ($156.5 billion), up 5.4% from JFY 2004. Of this, natural sciences R&D made up ¥16,472.1 billion ($144.5 billion). R&D was 3.53% of […]
Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) is an atomic spectroscopy technique that uses plasma to energize a sample into emitting light that can be analyzed for atomic composition. An important alternative is the use of mass spectrometry to analyze the ionized sample from the plasma. ICP mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is an extremely sensitive technique for atomic spectroscopy. […]
As the world’s leading iron ore exporter, Australia has benefited from the more than doubling of the price of iron ore since 2004. During the same period, China’s imports of iron ore have climbed 60%. As a result, a number of Chinese steel firms are partnering with smaller Australian iron ore producers to maintain supplies. […]
Foster City, CA 1/25/07—Tony White told investors on the Applied Biosystems’ quarterly conference call that he plans to continue as interim president of the company for the next one-to-two years. Mr. White took over the position three months ago following the resignation of Catherine Burzik (see IBO 10/31/06). “As of now, the Board of Directors […]
West Chester, PA, 1/24/07—VWR International has entered into a definitive agreement to distribute select product lines of GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences in North America, effective January 26. GE products to be offered include radiochemicals, film and certain electrophoresis, chromatography and nucleic acid purification products. “In many cases, the convenience VWR adds through logistics and access to […]
Brentford, UK 1/18/07—Whatman announced that CEO Bill Emhiser (see IBO 9/30/05) has been replaced with Kieran Murphy, former chief executive of pharmaceutical company Innovata. The change follows disappointing sales results for 2006. The company estimates 2006 revenues rose 5% to £114 million ($211.1 million), missing November estimates of 6%–7% growth, and are expected to result […]
Company Announcements NimbleGen Systems named Gregory McGuinness as vice president of International Business. He was previously director of European Business Development for Gene Logic. NimbleGen Systems obtained a license to the “Southern array patents” from Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) and will supply OGT with microarrays for use in its service business. Oxford Gene Technology granted […]
To spur the industrial application of microbial genome research, top companies in the chemical, pharmaceutical and nutrition industries have formed the Industrieverbund Mikrobielle Genomforschung (IMG). Among the member companies are BASF, Degussa and Wacker-Chemie. IMG will develop a variety of projects, including fermentation and enzymatic processes that are cheaper and less damaging to the environment […]
The nature of security threats changes from crisis to crisis, averted or not. Staying nimble is a necessity in the analytical security industry: companies must respond quickly to develop technologies to counteract new threats. Government funding, which many security companies depend on, is uncertain. In this article, IBO explores two recent responses to the uncertainty […]
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