Emerson acquires Cascade Technologies Ltd.
December 22, 2014
ST. LOUIS -– Emerson announced today it has acquired Stirling, Scotland-based Cascade Technologies Ltd., a leading manufacturer of gas analyzers and monitoring systems using Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) technology. This innovative technology measures multiple gases simultaneously, helping companies improve industrial emissions monitoring, production efficiencies and environmental compliance. Emerson is expanding its analytical measurement capabilities by [...]
Spectris announces changes to board composition
December 19, 2014
Spectris plc ("Spectris") (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces the following changes to the composition of its Board: Bill Seeger will join the Board as Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 January 2015 and will assume the role of Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee from John Warren following the [...]
December 19, 2014
Developed in collaboration with the University of Alberta, Canada, the Bruker HMDB Metabolite Library is a tandem mass spectrometry accurate-mass library designed to accelerate data analysis workflows in metabolomics research. It contains manually curated MS/MS spectra to speed the high-confidence identification of metabolites in human metabolomics and clinical research. Compounds contained in the library were [...]
Sartorius to Sell Its Industrial Technologies Division to Minebea Co., Ltd
December 19, 2014
Goettingen -- Sartorius, a leading international laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment provider, is selling its Industrial Technologies Division (Intec) to the Japanese Minebea Co., Ltd. (Minebea) and their partner, the Development Bank of Japan Inc. The respective contract was signed today. The sales price will be determined as a multiple of the Intec division’s 2014 operating [...]
Bina Technologies Acquired by Roche
December 19, 2014
Calif.-- Bina Technologies, Inc. (Bina, Redwood City, CA, USA) announced today that they have been acquired by Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY). Bina Technologies1,2 is a privately held company that provides a big data platform for centralized management and processing of next generation sequencing (NGS) data for the academic and translational research markets. Bina [...]
Pacific Biosciences Appoints Kathy Ordonez to Board of Directors
December 18, 2014
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System, today announced that it has appointed industry veteran Kathy Ordoñez to its Board of Directors. Ordoñez has a 30 year history of leadership in the life sciences and diagnostics industries, including positions as Senior Vice President of [...]
Portable gas analyzer series wins the German Design Award 2015
December 18, 2014
The PG-300 series, a lineup of portable gas analyzers, won the German Design Award 2015, one of the most prestigious design awards in the world. Overview of the award-winning product series The PG-300 Series of portable analyzers are used to measure the concentrations of gas constituents in exhaust flue gas resulting from combustion processes and [...]
Exiqon launches two new Research Use Only kits for PCR analysis of colon cancer samples.
December 18, 2014
Copenhagen -- Exiqon A/S today launched the miRSIGN™ miR-21 Oncogene assay, a Research Use Only kit for measuring miR-21 levels in relation to two reference microRNAs in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples, and the miRSIGN™ Colon Cancer assay, a Research Use Only kit for determining the presence of cancer cells in FFPE colon tissue samples. [...]
December 18, 2014
Livingston, UK -- Edinburgh Instruments (EI) is pleased to announce the appointment of James Murray-Brown as Financial Controller. James joins Edinburgh Instruments from Cummins Diesel and GlaxoSmithKline. Mark Vosloo, CEO of Edinburgh Instruments comments “We are pleased to have James join our team. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will hold EI [...]
Morpho’s Itemiser® 4DX Receives ECAC Approval for Explosives Screening
December 18, 2014
PARIS, FRANCE -- Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, today announced the Itemiser® 4DX explosives trace detector (ETD) has successfully completed European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Common Evaluation Process (CEP). As a result, Itemiser 4DX is now approved for airport screening of passengers and baggage throughout ECAC's 44 member nations. Built on the industry-leading [...]

