Waters Updates Alliance HPLC Designs without Impacting Established Validated Methods
February 25, 2013
MILFORD, Mass., -- Waters Corporation today reinforced its commitment to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) users through new design improvements to the Waters® Alliance® HPLC System. Per customer demand, the updated system will maintain key Alliance performance specifications and control algorithms to ensure that analysts can seamlessly replicate their existing methods. The Alliance HPLC System [...]
February 25, 2013
Over his 35-year career, Pierre Schwich has held positions ranging from that of industrial operations manager (Corning, Danone, Hewlett-Packard) to that of investment director (3i, Siparex, Next Venture), eventually specializing in the administrative and financial management of listed or privately held companies (Genesys Conferencing, Global Design Technologies in Los Angeles, California). Pierre Schwich is also [...]
February 25, 2013
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it is collaborating with Florida International University's department of chemistry and biochemistry and its International Forensics Research Institute to further advance the identification and characterization of so-called designer drugs. This work is currently focused on developing and validating new methods for rapid forensic screening and analysis based on [...]
Radiometer Medical ApS to acquire HemoCue AB
February 25, 2013
Both the Radiometer and HemoCue companies are leading in their respective fields of point-of-care, or near-patient testing. The transaction is expected to be completed in March 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. Assuming the acquisition’s completion, Radiometer and HemoCue will continue operations as separate companies and brands. This acquisition will enable both HemoCue and Radiometer [...]
Porvair Launches HPLC Sample Evaporators
February 25, 2013
Porvair Sciences announces new versions of its MiniVap and UltraVap blowdown evaporators that use warm air or nitrogen to speed up the evaporation of common HPLC solvents such as dichloromethane, methanol and acetonitrile from sample vials, significantly improving throughput and removing this common laboratory bottleneck. Combining a new 48-well needle head with a dedicated HPLC [...]
February 25, 2013
Ithaca, NY & Muttenz, Switzerland – Advion, Inc., a leading life sciences Systems and Consumables developer, today announced that an exclusive OEM and distribution partnership agreement has been signed with CAMAG of Basel, Switzerland for its TLC/MS Interface product. Based upon excellent results obtained by joint Advion and CAMAG customers, as well as leading researchers, [...]
Covaris introduces a novel FFPE DNA extraction kit at AGBT 2013
February 25, 2013
WOBURN, Mass. – Covaris, Inc. introduced the single-tube FFPE DNA Extraction Kit at the 2013 Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting held recently in Marco Island, Florida. This newest innovation from Covaris provides an optimized reagent and protocol for high-yield DNA extraction from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) tissue samples. Adaptive Focused Acoustic™ (AFA) [...]
LECO Launches Redesigned Website
February 25, 2013
St. Joseph, Mich.— LECO Corporation has introduced a new and improved website (located at www.leco.com) aimed at helping customers more easily find products, application notes, and other resources related to their market areas of interest, such as food, life sciences, energy and fuels, mined materials and metals, and environment and agriculture. The new site is [...]
U.S. CPSC Approves New Method for Testing Lead in Substrates of Children’s Products
February 24, 2013
East Greenbush, NY - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) approved High-Definition X-Ray Fluorescence (HDXRF) technology for lead in substrate testing of children’s products via test method ASTM F2853-10. HDXRF technology, used to detect regulated elements, had previously been approved by the CPSC for testing of lead in paint and other surface coatings of [...]
Edinburgh Instruments Ltd acquired by Techcomp Group Ltd
February 23, 2013
Edinburgh Instruments, Livingston, UK, : Techcomp (Group) Ltd is pleased to announce the acquisition of the majority holding of shares in Edinburgh Instruments Ltd (EI) with immediate effect. EI is the world’s leading manufacturer of Lifetime Fluorescence Spectrometers, Lasers and Gas Sensors for scientific research and industrial markets. The business is based in Livingston, Scotland [...]
