Each year, IBO recognizes innovative and functional industrial design of analytical instruments, laboratory equipment (see page 6) and portable instrumentation (see page 7). The IBO Design Awards are based on the physical appearance and aesthetics of the product, not on technical performance or use. To qualify, the product must have begun shipping between August 1, […]

Waltham, MA 8/4/16—PerkinElmer announced on its quarterly conference call the acquisition of Bioo Scientific, which provides consumables solutions for life science research, and food and feed safety testing. In its 10-K SEC filing, the company disclosed a purchase price of $61.0 million, net of cash acquired. On the call, PerkinElmer President and CEO Robert F. […]

Berwyn, PA 8/4/16—AMETEK, a supplier of electronic instruments and electro-mechanical devices, has acquired Nu Instruments for an undisclosed amount. Nu provides magnetic sector MS systems used for elemental and isotopic analysis, and has annual sales of around $25 million. “Its products and markets are highly complementary with our CAMECA advanced elemental analysis business, and it […]

Montreal, Canada 8/2/16—Publicly held imaging analysis systems company Clemex Technologies has received a nonbinding letter of intent from its principal shareholders, RAL Diagnostics, Zwick Roell and Yves Bassat, to acquire the company for CAD 3.8 million ($2.9 million), or CAD 0.20 ($0.15 = CAD 1.31 = $1) per share, and take it private. This is […]

South San Francisco, CA 8/4/16—Fluidigm, a provider of life science analytical and preparatory systems, has appointed Chris Linthwaite as president and COO. He will oversee sales, marketing, R&D, manufacturing and quality. Mr. Linthwaite previously served as president of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Genetic Sciences Division. “Chris is a trusted leader with a reputation for developing high […]

Royston, UK 7/4/16; Royston, UK 7/29/16—Blacktrace Holdings, which consists of a group of companies for “Productizing Science,” has introduced two new brands. Spun out of Blacktrace’s Dolomite Microfluidics business, Dolomite Bio is focused on high-throughput single-cell research. Products include microfluidic systems and modules, control software and reagents. Earlier in July, Blacktrace announced the formation of […]

Illumina Delivers in China Despite continued weakness in Europe, Illumina’s second quarter sales advanced 11.3% to $600.1 million. Results were slightly above company expectations and notably stronger than the first quarter, led by demand for sequencing and microarray consumables, as well as higher genotyping services revenue and improved order execution. Sales for the NIPT business […]

Since last September, the biotechnology industry’s funding has had outflows each month, which totaled $3 billion in January and February of this year. Funds raised by biotechnology companies have decreased 68.4% from 2015, falling from $58 billion to $18.3 billion. The Nasdaq Biotech Index of US health care firms has fallen 17.6% since the beginning […]

The world’s Total Primary Energy Supply for 2014 was 13,700 Mtoe, with 14% representing renewable energy sources. Of this percentage, solid biofuels/charcoal represented 66%, making it the largest global renewable energy source. Hydro power represented 18% of renewable sources, with geothermal sources, liquid biofuels, biogases, solar, wind and tide sources accounting for the remainder. Renewable […]