February 23, 2016
Rice Lake, WI—Rice Lake Weighing Systems announces a distribution agreement with Brazilian company Brasil Calibração E Sistemas. As an industry-leading scale manufacturer, Rice Lake Weighing Systems is world-renowned for delivering the highest quality of product and customer service available. The new distribution agreement allows these services to be extended to the Brazilian marketplace through local [...]
February 23, 2016
New Brunswick, NJ — James M. Golubieski, president of Foundation Venture Capital Group, LLC, announced that the company has made a $500,000 commitment to Visikol, Inc., a new start-up company from Rutgers University that has developed a versatile biological clearing agent called Visikol that penetrates tissue and renders it transparent without causing structural damage. The [...]
February 23, 2016
Genomics research is experiencing exponential growth, and there are growing numbers of researchers in Malaysia employing next generation sequencing in their research projects. Keeping abreast with these developments, and eager to capitalise on opportunities by a global approach, Qlucore, a world leader in the development of bioinformatics software, has appointed a new agent in Malaysia, [...]
Mettler-Toledo International Inc. Announces Changes to Board of Directors
February 22, 2016
COLUMBUS, Ohio, USA -- Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE: MTD) announced today that Richard Francis will run for election to its Board of Directors at the 2016 Annual Shareholder Meeting in May. The Company also announced that George Milne will retire from the Board since he has reached the mandatory retirement age. Mr. Francis is Division [...]
February 22, 2016
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Codexis, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDXS), a leading developer of biocatalysts for the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries, announces the filing of a lawsuit against EnzymeWorks and its founder, Junhua “Alex” Tao, for willful patent infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of confidence, and other claims. The suit was filed as Case No. [...]
METTLER TOLEDO Announces New Technology That Tracks Changing Particle Size and Count in Real Time
February 22, 2016
Columbia, MD -- METTLER TOLEDO announced that the ParticleTrack G600B with FBRM technology is available. Using the FBRM Method of Measurement, ParticleTrack G600B is a versatile, probe-based instrument that is inserted directly into laboratory reactors and production processes to monitor particle size and count in real time. Particle size and count directly impact performance in [...]
NEW REGULATOR VAPORIZES, MAINTAINS GAS PHASE OF ANALYSIS SAMPLES
February 22, 2016
Virginia Beach, VA - A new regulator designed to vaporize and maintain the gas phase of GC analysis samples has been introduced by AURA Gas Controls. The EXV Vaporizing Regulator is suited to diverse applications such as natural gas custody transfer and processing, flare stack emissions monitoring, wellhead sampling, and CO2 beverage analysis. The EXV’s [...]
Bruker Announces Initiation of Quarterly Dividend
February 22, 2016
ILLERICA, Mass. - Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) announced that its Board of Directors has approved the initiation of a dividend policy under which the Company will target a cash dividend to the Company’s stockholders in the amount of $0.16 per share per annum, payable in equal quarterly installments. The Company’s Board of Directors also declared an [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Offers EUROIMMUN Anti-Zika Virus Test Kits
February 22, 2016
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, is now offering the first test kits available in the U.S. to enable serological detection of the Zika virus in research applications. The kits, manufactured by EUROIMMUN AG, can differentiate between Zika, dengue and chikungunya viruses. These tests also enable researchers to [...]
Donofrio joins Neogen as director of microbiology
February 22, 2016
LANSING, Mich. — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced that Dr. Robert Donofrio has joined the company as the director of microbiology, research and development in Neogen’s Lansing, Mich.-based food safety research and development group. Dr. Donofrio comes to Neogen after a 16-year tenure at NSF International, an Ann Arbor, Mich.- based safety testing and product [...]

