West Chester, PA 11/11/08—Laboratory product distributor VWR International has signed a distribution agreement with Corning Life Sciences that will take effect in January 2009. Corning Life Sciences manufacturers microplates, laboratory glassware and plasticware for cell cultures and liquid handling, as well as filtration devices. “In a committed effort to provide our customers with structured choice […]
Company Announcements JEOL’s Scientific Instrument sales for the year ended March 31 declined 39.3% to ¥39,090 million ($341.0 million) (see IBO 9/15/08), as strong sales of transmission electron microscopes were offset by declining sales of X-ray fluorescence systems. Industrial Equipment sales rose 46.5% to ¥54,799 million ($479.8 million), led by sales of scanning electron microscopes. […]
Under the Indian government’s new Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules 2008, all prepackaged food sold in the country will be required to have nutritional labels by March 19, 2009. Among the labeling requirements are a list of ingredients and their weight and volume. In addition, nutritional information must be listed by 100 g or 100 […]
Carlsbad, CA 11/4/08; Carlsbad, CA and Norwalk, CT 11/11/08—Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems’ merger has received clearance from the European Commission (see IBO 6/15/08). As a result, the companies are expected to complete the transaction on November 21. Invitrogen has also announced that the company will be renamed Life Technologies. Instruments and systems will continue to […]
Company Announcements Agilent granted imaGenes GmbH the status of Certified Service Provider for Expression Profiling Services. Agilent named Turku Center for Biotechnology of University of Turku and Abo Akademi University a Certified Service Provider for gene expression microarrays. Affymetrix entered into a distribution agreement for Biotique Systems’ XRAY gene expression analysis software. Under a collaboration […]
Company Announcements Zwick Roell named Instrumatic A/S as a sales partner for Denmark. NanoSight opened an office in the Western Region of the US in August. Malvern Instruments and Aimil, the company’s distribution partner in India, formed a joint venture in May. In October, MTS Systems elected President and CEO Laura B. Hamilton chair of […]
On his last day as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Elias Zerhouni formalized the NIH’s policy of setting quotas for the number of grants awarded to new investigators. First instituted in 2007, the quotas are designed to address the decline in the average age of researchers receiving grants. Currently, the average age […]
The combination of infrared (IR) spectroscopy with optical microscopy is not a particularly novel concept. However, technological advances have significantly advanced this subset of IR spectroscopy into a more widely applicable analytical technique. The pairing of IR spectrometers with optical microscopes is a technique that has been used for the better part of two decades […]
Waltham, MA 11/11/08—Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired Raymond A. Lamb, a manufacturer of histology and anatomical pathology products. Raymond A. Lamb’s products include systems that automate the labeling and tracking of slides and cassettes. The company had 2007 revenues of $9 million and is a supplier to Thermo Fisher. “Our anatomical pathology customers—in both clinical […]
Market analysis firm New Energy Finance estimates that new investments in clean energy will decline 4% in 2008 to $142 billion. Including existing investments such as acquisitions and buy-outs, deal value is expected to fall 6% to $192 billion. One reason for the decline is public markets. Investment in clean energy via stock markets is […]
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