Pycnometry is a method for measuring the density of materials. Density is a simple characteristic of a material defined as the mass of the sample divided by its volume. While mass is readily measured with a balance, volume is not so easily determined for all samples. Pycnometry is typically used only in cases when the […]
Founded in 1985 in Oregon, Optimize Technologies aims to make HPLC easier to use and more efficient. “In 1985, HPLC was an established technique, but the instrumentation and componentry was cumbersome and instrument specific,” said President Douglas Ford. Mr. Ford experienced these issues firsthand as a graduate student involved with synthetic organic chemistry. Working with […]
As IBO examined in its October 15 issue, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and the products for their production in the lab for research applications is a rapidly expanding market. Now public organizations are stepping up their efforts to produce such cells. In November, the UK’s Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust announced the creation […]
Company Announcements France’s Bio-Logic acquired UK-based Uniscan Instruments earlier this year. Existing management remains in place. In October, Pentair’s Aquatic Systems business acquired Aquatic Eco-Systems, a supplier to the aquaculture market. Pentair’s Aquatic System business acquired in October Canada-based Point Four Systems, a provider of solutions for water quality monitoring and treatment. Product Introductions Xylem’s […]
Company Announcements WITec announced in August the opening of regional offices in Tokyo, Japan and Barcelona, Spain. Lawrence A. Bock resigned from FEI’s Board in August. Endeeper, a software and services companies for geological data, signed a long-term representation agreement with Carl Zeiss of Brazil. Applikon Biotechnology signed a long-term marketing and distribution agreement for […]
Company Announcements In September, Agilent Technologies entered into a comarketing agreement with service provider MRM Proteomics to offer a complete solution for quantitative proteomics using multiple reaction monitoring. Agilent announced a comarketing agreement with Molecular Discovery to provide an advanced metabolite-identification platform, which combines their respective LC/MS technology and Mass-MetaSite software. AB SCIEX announced in […]
Company Announcements Magritek announced in August a merger with ACT GmbH. The companies will jointly manufacture NMR solutions for rock core analysis and materials scanning. The companies have worked together for years. Business Day reported that no cash was exchanged and that ACT will take the Magritek brand name. In September, Agilent Technologies entered into […]
Company Announcements In the third quarter, within Danaher’s Environmental segment, sales for existing water quality business grew low single digits (see IBO 10/31/12). Hach core revenue grew mid-single digits, as municipal spending for core lab and process instruments grew low single digits. Consumables and service represented 55% of water quality sales. Within the Life Sciences […]
Company Announcements Abcam’s sales for the fiscal year ending June 30 rose 17.5% to £97.8 million ($155.2 million) (see IBO 9/15/12). Excluding acquisitions, sales rose 11.9%, or 11.5% in constant currency. Adjusted operating profit grew 20.9% to £38.6 million ($61.3 million). Sales to the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa, Japan, and Asia Pacific grew 9.7%, 10.1%, 17.1% […]
According to the latest EU R&D Scoreboard, produced by the EU’s Joint Research Centre, R&D spending by 1,500 of the world’s largest companies grew 7.6% to €510.7 billion ($709.3 billion = €0.72 = $1) in fiscal 2011 (FY11) (results included FY12 information for some companies). In FY10, Scoreboard companies showed a 4.0% increase in R&D […]
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