Männedorf, Switzerland – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of US-based Paramit Corporation and its affiliates (“Paramit”) for a total purchase consideration of USD 1.0 billion (CHF 920 million). On June 23, 2021, Tecan entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Paramit. Paramit, headquartered in Morgan Hill (CA), US, is a leading OEM developer and manufacturer of medical devices and life sciences instruments. With the addition of approximately USD 300 million in revenues (CHF 276 million) expected in 2022, the acquisition will further extend Tecan’s position in solutions for life sciences and [...]

Every Summer at the Berlin based KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH employees have more to look forward to than just the beautiful weather.  Each July all of KNAUER’s employees are invited to the company’s quarterly financial presentation, where they can find out how the company is performing and, consequently, how much of this success will be [...]

Markes International has signed an agreement with Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (‘ICS Maugeri’) of Italy to become distributors of ICS Maugeri’s radiello® range of passive samplers. Radiello is a well-established range of radial diffusive (passive) sampling devices for air sampling. The range of samplers are used for a wide range of analytes from volatile organic compounds [...]

As part of our commitment to serving our Chinese customers, we are pleased to announce the arrival of Tao Lu as Xenocs China new General Manager and legal representative. Tao has more than 15 years of general management experience in the global leading scientific instruments industry and a proven track record of commercializing advanced instrumentation [...]

A UK-based consortium consisting of BiologIC Technologies, Biopharm Services, CPI, Pall Corporation, and SCIEX has announced the launch of a project that aims to develop automated manufacturing controls for use in the manufacture of biologics. The project, worth a total of £3.1million, including equipment contributions, has received support from Innovate UK, to platform this advanced technology. While the accelerated development and [...]

BRISBANE, Australia -- MGI Tech Co. Ltd. (MGI), a world-leading life science technology innovator, announces the opening of MGI Australia Demonstration Laboratory (Demo Lab) to support the users in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). The lab is dedicated to offering the users in Asia-Pacific (APAC) unique access to MGI's cutting-edge technology portfolio including DNBSEQ platforms*, laboratory automation systems and bioinformatics products, for application development, [...]

The collaboration will drive the development of new software solutions for in-depth characterization of novel biotherapeutics during the drug development process Basel, Switzerland and Framingham, MA, USA—July 29, 2021—Genedata, leading provider of biopharma enterprise software solutions, and SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, have entered into a strategic partnership to develop new [...]

In support of our ambition to be a leading sustainable business, Spectris plc ('Spectris') (LSE: SXS), the expert in providing insight through precision measurement, today establishes our ambition to achieve Net Zero across our value chain, including all Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. In support of this ambition, we are setting the following targets: [...]

HORIBA, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "HORIBA") today announced that it has developed an innovative proprietary gas analysis technology called InfraRed Laser Absorption Modulation (IRLAM™＊1) and will launch four new products on July 29th as the first products equipped with this technology. IRLAM, a new infrared gas measurement technology invented by HORIBA, utilizes HORIBA's gas [...]

Extension of the Sartorius cell culture media business with a focus on media for gene therapeutics and vaccines Significant expansion of capacities for manufacturing dry powder and liquid media Göttingen -- The life science company Sartorius, through its subgroup Sartorius Stedim Biotech, acquired cell culture specialist Xell AG headquartered in Bielefeld, Germany. Xell AG develops, [...]