Company Announcements SPECTRO Analytical Instruments opened a laboratory and sales, service and marketing office in Tokyo, Japan, in May. The facility is jointly operated with EDAX. SPECTRO has an installed base in Japan of more than 700 systems. AMETEK opened an office in Vällingby, Sweden, in June, that will initially provide sales, service and technical […]
Erlangen, Germany 10/6/08—Siemens has acquired SG Wasseraufbereitung und Regenerierstation GmbH (SG Water Treatment and Regeneration) for an undisclosed amount. SG Water provides water treatment solutions for laboratories and industrial organizations, including ultra pure water systems and reverse osmosis equipment for the lab. The company will join Siemens Water Technologies, part of Siemens’ Industry Solutions Division. […]
A recent report prepared by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the FDA’s monitoring of fresh produce is deficient. In fiscal 2007, the FDA spent a minimum of $20.2 million, approximately 3% of its food safety expenditures, on fresh produce oversight. The FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs accounted for 82% of this spending, […]
R&D spending in Hungary increased 3.3% last year to HUF 245.7 billion ($1,483 million) to make up 0.97% of GDP, down from 1% in 2006. Private funding accounted for 44% of R&D expenditures, the government represented 44%, while foreign funding made up 11% and nonprofits represented 1%. Basic and applied research accounted for 16% of […]
Venlo, the Netherlands 10/1/08; Uppsala, Sweden 10/1/08—QIAGEN NV has acquired the assets of the Biosystems business and the remaining 17.5% of Corbett Life Science (see IBO 7/15/08) from Biotage AB for approximately $53 million in cash and performance milestone payments of up to $7 million over four years. The Biosystems business develops and sells the […]
Electrofusion, also known as cell-cell electrofusion or electrically mediated cell-cell fusion, is the fusion of two cells, mediated by electrical stimulation. Dr. Mitsugi Senda first reported this technique in 1979 when he fused two plant protoplasts by using capillary microelectrodes and applying electric current. In 1981, Dr. Ulrich Zimmerman built upon Dr. Senda’s study and […]
Company Announcements Picarro named Iain Green director of Marketing in June. He was previously senior marketing manager of NMR products for Varian. Picarro also appointed Mark Davis as vice president of Sales. He was previously director of US Sales for Hach. Picarro named new two distributors: Sanyo Trading for Japan and KNJ Engineering for South […]
The Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) has selected three public-private consortia to receive €100 million ($142.9 million) to advance the efficiency of pharmaceutical research. The Max Planck Drug Discovery & Development Center will commercialize research from the Max Planck Institutes and other research institutes. The Neuroallianz consortium consists of 12 partners, including Schwarz […]
Cleveland, OH 10/1/08—Parker Hannifin has purchased Hargraves Technology. Hargraves designs and manufactures miniature liquid and pneumatic diaphragm pumps, control valves and system solutions for medical devices, life science analytical instruments, as well as diagnostics, gas detection and printing systems. Based in Mooresville, North Carolina, Hargraves had 2007 sales of $14 million. Parker Hannifin will form […]
Hollywood, FL 10/6/08—STARLIMS Technologies, a provider of laboratory information management systems (LIMS), has announced that it expects third-quarter revenues of $5 million and GAAP EPS of $(0.03)–$0.01. This compares to third-quarter 2007 sales of $6.2 million and GAAP EPS of $0.18. “Our business in the third quarter was impacted by increased tightening of IT budgets […]
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