The production of light is achieved in two primary ways. Incandescent objects give off light due to their high temperature. If temperature is not involved, the production of light is known as luminescence. Luminescence itself can come about in different ways, but in the lab, one of the primary phenomena of interest is chemiluminescence, the […]
Company Announcements China-based Shinetek Instruments acquired gas-generator maker ZhongYa Gas Instruments Research Institute in February. ZhongYa products will be sold under the ChemVak brand. BINDER announced in February a reorganization under which executive-team members were appointed as division managers. BINDER had 2013 sales of more than €60 million ($80 million). Belux lab equipment distributor Analis […]
Company Announcements Douglas Scientific acquired in January the Smart-DART Platform for portable molecular diagnostics screening from DIAGENTIX. DIAGENTIX continues to have rights to develop and commercialize the platform. In February, Life Technologies assigned IntegenX the rights to distribute Life’s GlobalFiler Express chemistry on IntegenX’s RapidHIT platform. WaferGen announced in March it named Maithreyan Srinivasan, formerly […]
Company Announcements MKS Instruments Analytical Solutions Group sales declined 10.3% in 2013 to $56.3 million, or 8% of revenues. In March, MKS Instruments agreed to purchase the assets of Granville-Phillips from Brooks Automation for $87 million in cash. Granville-Phillips provides vacuum measurement and control instruments and had 2013 sales of $28 million. In February, Hobré […]
Despite a downward revision to the first quarter US GDP to negative 1.0% and further mixed economic data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 gained 0.8% and 2.1% in May, respectively, to close at record highs. The NASDAQ rebounded 3.1% following losses in the previous two months. For the first quarter, the Dow, […]
In 2012, the EU’s food and drink industry’s revenues grew 3.1% to €1,048 billion ($1,344 billion). The five largest industry subsectors in order of revenues were meat products, “various food products,” drinks, dairy products, and bakery and farinaceous products. The largest EU food and drink producers by revenue were Germany, France, Italy, the UK and […]
China’s government has revised its Environmental Product Law, which was last updated in 1989, and will take effect in January 2015. In contrast to the previous version, which situated environmental protection in the context of economic and social development, the latest update specifies environmental protection as a primary goal. The new law implements a system […]
This month, Australia announced its 2015 budget, the first budget presented by the new conservative prime minister. Funding for several research agencies will decline, including an AUD 111.4 million ($103.0 million) cut for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, and AUD 120 million less for the Defense Science and Technology Organization. Funding for the […]
The annual R&D survey conducted in March and April by Food Processing found that among 215 respondents, half engaged in open innovation. New product development will be the top priority this year for 39% of companies. R&D budgets remained about the same compared to last year for 47% of respondents, while 23% reported increases and […]
In late 2013, the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development studied personalized medicines in the stages beyond Phase II trials. The information used was compiled from commercial databases, public sources and the Center’s own database. Out of 580 identified products, 66 were likely to be marketed as personalized medicines on approval, although a […]
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