Metrohm launched the 815 Robotic Soliprep Sample Processor family for solid samples in ion analysis and for titrimetric or direct measurement applications. SANYO Scientific released the MLS-3751L and MLX-3781L portable autoclaves. Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the Sorvall T1, T3 and G3 Centrifuge Series for clinical labs, consisting of six models with capacities of 0.5–3 l. […]
Fluid Imaging Technologies’ FlowCAM (flow cytometer and microscope) is a unique product with considerable potential. The company, located in Yarmouth, Maine, grew out of founder Chris Sieracki’s work at Bigelow Laboratories for Oceanographic Sciences. The FlowCAM was first developed in 1996 and the company was started in 1999. For oceanographers, the FlowCAM offers a number […]
Anapol Geratetechnik AG named Cemtrex the exclusive distributor of its portable emission analyzers in North America and India. Leister Process Technologies’ Axetris Microsystems business, an OEM provider of MEMS-based sensors and micro-optical components, acquired IR Microsystems SA, a developer of diode laser–based detection technology. In August, Emerson Process Management acquired Decision Management International, a provider […]
This year’s product safety controversies have affected manufacturers, regulators, consumers and laboratories alike. Manufacturers have increased product testing, while new regulatory efforts, by both governments and industry, have renewed calls for reform and scrutiny of the current system in multiple countries. Although it is too early to ascertain the exact effect of these efforts on […]
Thermo Fisher Scientific launched the TurboTox GC/MS Productivity Solution for drugs of abuse testing. It consists of the DSQ II single quadrupole GC/MS, ToxLab 2.0 software, and methods and consumables. AC Analytical Controls introduced the AC All in One Biodiesel analyzer, featuring an Agilent 7890A GC. Phenomenex introduced Zebron ZB-5Msi GC columns for separation of […]
It was another year of largely bolt-on acquisitions for major analytical instrument companies. The only pure-play instrumentation deal worth more than $1 billion was Madison Dearborn’s acquisition of VWR International (see IBO 5/15/07). However, acquisitions for companies in which laboratory instruments or associated products are one segment of the company’s many businesses yielded two deals […]
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is considered one of the “big guns” of the analytical instrument industry, with annual sales rapidly approaching the $1 billion mark. While one may be impressed by the sheer size of NMR systems with high-strength magnets, the probe, which provides the means to interface the sample with the instrument, is an […]
Siemens Automation and Drives introduced the Sitrans CV process GC for determining the chemical composition, superior and inferior calorific values, Wobbe index and density of natural gas. Lonza AG introduced the PyroSense online monitoring system for detection of endotoxin in water systems. ABB released the SpectraFlow CM100 raw material analyzer for cement manufacturing. Analytical Technology […]
Santa Clara, CA 11/7/07—Agilent Technologies has definitively agreed to purchase Velocity11, a provider of liquid handling and laboratory robotics for the life science market. Financial terms were not disclosed. “Velocity11 is a market leader in lab automation with a solid reputation for innovative technology, quality products and superb customer service,” commented Nick Roelofs, vice president […]
Pall elected Cheryl W. Grise, former president of Northeast Utilities’ Utility Group, in August. Dr. James D. Watson resigned from the Board of Pall in November. VWR appointed six new Board members: Robert L. Barchi, president of Thomas Jefferson University; Edward A. Blechschmidt, a director of Healthsouth, Lionbridge Technologies and Columbia Laboratories; Thompson Dean, comanaging […]
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