Bedford, NH -- GEA Niro Soavi the leader in high pressure homogenization, offers a table top laboratory homogenizer, the PandaPLUS 2000, which is ideal for new applications for processing nanoparticles, nanodispersions, nanoemulsions, and cell disruption. This compact laboratory homogenizer is the perfect solution for processing dairy products, fruit juices, liquid food, food additives and ingredients [...]

LONDON -- Judges Scientific PLC said Thursday it has acquired Hampshire-based instrument maker Armfield Ltd for GBP8.3 million, with an additional earn-out capped at GBP1.5 million. The acquisition will be funded by the company's existing cash resources and an additional GBP4 million drawn down from its acquisition facility with Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets. Judges said [...]

BOSTON and SAN FRANCISCO -- Cartagenia, the leader in providing genetic labs and clinicians with software-based workflow support for variant assessment, lab reporting, and access of relevant knowledge bases, today announced a partnership with MedGenome Inc, the developer of the OncoMD Cancer knowledge base. OncoMD is an industry-leading cancer analytics platform that includes a curated, [...]

FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Researchers can now take advantage of enhancements to ultrapure methylene chloride solvents that deliver an interference-free baseline in chromatograms for better detection of trace levels of target analytes in identifying compounds of interest. This is particularly important for environmental testing of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), as well as pesticides in food, [...]

Boulder, CO / Rootstown, OH -- Crystal Diagnostics (CDx) Xpress System, a rapid and sensitive detection platform, announced today that it has received AOAC-PTM Certifications for the six non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (serogroups O26, O45, O1O3, O111, O121, and O145; collectively referred to as STEC or the “Big-6”) as well as Escherichia coli (E. [...]

On January 22, 2015 bioMérieux announced the acquisition of CEERAM (European Centre for Expertise and Research on Microbial Agents), an innovative molecular virology laboratory specialized in the detection of foodborne and environmental viruses. CEERAM molecular virus detection kits (ceeramTools®) will expand bioMérieux’s food testing solutions portfolio which already includes easyMAG® and miniMAG® DNA/RNA extraction platforms. [...]

INDIANAPOLIS -- Prosolia, Inc. an industry pioneer and leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of innovative analytical sampling and ionization devices for mass spectrometry, today announced that it had re-located operations to a new facility in Northwest Technology Center in Indianapolis, Indiana and that the company had received ISO 9001:2008 certification. The new facility [...]

COLUMBIA, Md.-- Shimadzu Scientific Instruments today announces the release of its new UV-1280 multipurpose UV-visible spectrophotometer. Offering wavelength scanning from 190 to 1,100 nm, this compact, high-quality instrument is ideal for applications in a variety of industries, including environmental, food quality, and life science. The user-friendly UV-1280 enables intuitive operation, while the enhanced validation, maintenance [...]

RYE BROOK, N.Y. -– Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, today announced the appointment of Anthony Milando as Senior Vice President for Continuous Improvement and Business Transformation, effective February 2, 2015. In this newly created position, Milando will be responsible for driving [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) announced today that it has launched Ella, the first member of the new Simple Plex platform through its Proteins Platform division under the ProteinSimple brand. This launch represents the re-branding of the previously acquired CyPlex instrument platform from CyVek. The Simple Plex platform is a transformative immunoassay technology which [...]