According to Gartner, global semiconductor capital equipment spending was set to approach $38.4 billion in 2010, a 131.2% increase from 2009. In 2011, spending will decline 1.0% to $38.0 billion due to the shifted focus from technology equipment to capacity for equipment purchases. Gartner predicts that capital spending will be affected by two major trends: […]
Sixty-six percent of managers involved with plant and company operations who responded to Food Processing’s tenth annual Manufacturing Trends Survey were optimistic about 2011, similar to last year’s results. Fifty-seven percent of the 425 respondents listed food safety as their primary concern. Seventy-five percent employed new food safety measures in 2010, and 73% plan to […]
Washington, DC 1/20/11; Washington, DC 1/28/11—Fluidigm has announced in a filing with the SEC that it will offer 5.17 million shares of its common stock in its IPO (see IBO 12/15/10). The IPO price will be $13.50–$15.50 per share. Based on an offering price of $14.50, the company estimates raising $68.3 million, of which $15 […]
Shenzhen, China 1/25/11—Jiangsu Skyray Instruments, a supplier of atomic spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy and GC systems, has completed an IPO on the Shenzhen stock exchange’s ChiNext market. According to the Shenzhen stock exchange, the company issued 18.5 million shares priced at CNY 65 ($9.86 = CNY 6.57 = $1) per share, with 14.8 million shares listed […]
Bellevue, WA 1/5/11; Nova Scotia, Canada 1/7/11; Washington, DC 1/27/11—Danaher’s Sea-Bird Ocean Measurement Group has acquired Satlantic, a provider of optical sensors and systems for aquatic research and water quality monitoring. The Sea-Bird Ocean Management Group consists of Sea-Bird Electronics and WET Labs. “Satlantic joining Sea-Bird and WET Labs is combining the best in biogeochemical […]
San Jose, CA 1/18/11—Gas-detection systems company RAE Systems has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Vector Capital. An affiliate of Vector Capital will acquire the company’s common stock for $1.75 per share in cash, a $0.04 premium over the stock’s closing price on January 17. In connection with this transaction, RAE Systems has terminated […]
St. Louis, MO 1/31/11—Sigma-Aldrich has acquired Resource Technology, a provider of analytical standards and certified reference materials, for an undisclosed amount. Sigma-Aldrich stated that the acquisition would complement its Supelco and Fluka brand products with expertise in design, development, characterization and packaging of analytical standards, matrix standards, certified reference materials and proficiency testing. “Their experienced […]
Santa Clara, CA and Danbury, CT 1/18/11—Agilent Technologies has definitely agreed to acquire specific assets of A2 Technologies, a provider of FT-IR technology for laboratory and field use. Financial information was not provided. Agilent will acquire substantially all of the company’s intellectual property, technology, employees and spectroscopy product portfolio. “We set out to grow our […]
Nearly two-thirds of respondents to a recent survey said they would contemplate buying a new handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy system if detection limits were improved. Handheld XRF currently makes up a quarter of the XRF market and is expected to post moderate growth compared with laboratory XRF, increasing in the mid-single digits in 2011. […]
Many technologies have made the transition from R&D labs to clinical labs, so it is not surprising that MS has as well. Starting in the 1970s with GC/MS, up to today and the use of LC-MS/MS, the adoption of MS by clinical labs has grown. For small molecules, LC-MS/MS’s high accuracy has made it an […]
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