Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is one of the most common specific techniques under the broader rubric of thermal analysis. The basic concept of thermogravimetry is relatively simple: over a period of time, the instrument measures the mass of the sample as the temperature is increased. However, many components and software tools enter into the modern TGA. […]
Austin AI was founded in October 2001 as an engineering firm specializing in providing solutions for industrial problems best solved utilizing sensor-based technology that emphasizes molecular and atomic spectroscopy. President Rick Comtois told IBO that Austin AI often develops systems or applications that are used on a larger scale within specific industries for process control […]
Company Announcements LabVantage opened an office in Monza, Italy, in July. IDBS reported first-half revenues grew 20% to £20.3 million ($31.0 million), as software sales increased 44%, maintenance revenue rose 13% and professional services revenue grew 25%. In 2009, revenues rose 12% to £36.4 million ($56.9 million). IDBS formed a Healthcare business unit. Under a […]
Company Announcements Biosearch Technologies entered into a new licensing agreement in August, extending QIAGEN’s existing rights to Scorpions primer assays to include the right to manufacture, catalog and sell them into the research, applied and infectious disease–testing markets. QIAGEN also gained rights to market labeled probes based on Biosearch’s Black Hole Quencher dyes for qPCR […]
Company Announcements Phenom-World BV named Struers A/S as its exclusive distributor for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. In September, Thermo Fisher Scientific established a sales and support office for microanalysis products at its UK commercial headquarters in Hemel Hempstead. In October, Olympus America began selling and servicing its microscopes directly in the region surrounding its […]
Company Announcements Earlier this year, Pacific Biosciences launched a software developer’s network, PacBio DevNet. Life Technologies and SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company, announced the complete sequencing of the Jatropha curcas genome to 100x coverage using the SOLiD 4.0 system. GnuBIO obtained an exclusive license from Harvard University for the use of microfluidics and emulsion-based […]
Company Announcements Nova Instruments, which owns Dantec Dynamics A/S, acquired Brookhaven Instruments, a provider of technology for laser light scattering, molecular weight, particle size, zeta potential and chromatography, in July. Spectris purchased Zhuhai Omec Instruments, a Chinese company that specializes in particle characterization, in July for £7 million ($11 million). In September, Micromeritics’ new Japanese […]
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has loaned Argentina its second installment of the $750 million Conditional Credit Line for Investment Projects (CCLIP). The five-year, $200 million Technology Innovation Program Part II, which follows a $100 million loan in 2009, will be overseen by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation and the National Agency […]
Turkey’s gross domestic R&D expenditure (GERD) as a percentage of GDP rose to 8.5% in 2009 from 7.3%. In total, GERD by the public sector, foundations, universities and the business enterprise sector increased 17.3% to TRY 8,078 million (US $5.23 billion). In 2009, 47% of R&D spending was performed by the higher education sector. Business […]
A study of the Indian chemical industry conducted by Tata Strategic Management, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry and Roland Berger estimated the Indian chemical industry to be $83 billion in fiscal 2010. Base chemicals accounted for 53% of the industry. Growing at a projected rate of 5%, the Indian organic chemicals […]
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