Optical density is a measure of the amount of light a sample absorbs. Not indicating the optical nature of their analysis, the instruments that measure this property are known as densitometers. Typical samples are printed graphics, and photographic and radiological films. A densitometer contains a light source—usually of white light, but UV can also be […]
Company Announcements In June, Pressure Biosciences engaged IssuWorks to provide strategic advisory services to the company in order to review strategic and financing alternatives, including the possible spin-off of vertical market applications. Invent Biotechnologies named MoBiTec as a distributor for European markets. Product Introductions BioVision released in April the EZEnrich Polyubiquitin Beads, EZDetect Polyubiquitin Probe, […]
Company Announcements Avacta announced in May a collaboration with UbiQ Bio to develop ubiquitin-specific antibodies. In June, Cambridge Research Biochemicals announced an exclusive supply-and-marketing agreement for its BIONET brand peptides with Key Organics. Cellectis granted Thermo Fisher Scientific a license to its TAL nucleases, currently marketed by Thermo under the brand name TALEN, outside the […]
Company Announcements In May, Büchi Labortechnik acquired German company NIR-Online, a developer of online NIR and vision systems for industrial applications. The founders remain members of the management team. HEL announced in June the acquisition of Magellan Instruments, a manufacturer of bioprocess off-gas analyzer systems. In July, MOCON expanded its Board from eight to nine […]
The US economy showed further gains in August as second quarter GDP growth was revised from 4.0% to 4.2%, led by consumer spending and inventory surges. However, while growth was stronger than expected following a slow start to the year due to extreme weather conditions, housing prices showed signs of slowing, and labor markets were […]
The food-processing sector constitutes up to 10% of the GDP within India’s Agriculture and Manufacturing sector. Agriculture employs about 60% of the population and contributes 14% to the GDP. In fiscal 2012, India produced 127.3 million t of milk, representing 17% of the global market. The country produced 7.0 million t of pulses, 155.7 million […]
R&D spending by Germany’s chemical industry was a record high of €10.5 billion ($14.1 billion) in 2013, up 8.2%. The number of personnel researching new products or processes grew by just under 5% to 44,500, while the growth of staff in the overall sector increased by 1.3%. The chemical sector had the third-largest research budget […]
An August report by Cochilco, Chile’s copper commission, states that the country’s mining investment is expected to be $105 billion between 2014 and 2023, a decrease of 7.5% from last year’s estimate. Projects in the copper industry will receive $81 billion, while $23 billion will be for projects in gold, silver, iron ore and other […]
R&D spending by 264 Japanese companies will increase 4% this fiscal year to JPY 11.6 trillion ($112 billion), compared to a 5.4% increase in fiscal 2014, according to a survey by Nikkei. About 20% of those firms will be building or expanding their R&D facilities overseas. The companies investing the most in R&D are Toyota […]
The growth in steelmaking capacity in countries outside the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is slowing. In 2014, such capacity is expected to reach 1.56 billion tons per year (tpy), a 5.5% increase in average annual capacity since 2011 or a 17.4% increase in total. Asia is estimated to account for 81% of […]
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