Agilent Technologies Reports Fourth-Quarter 2012 Results
November 19, 2012
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today reported revenues of $1.77 billion for the fourth fiscal quarter ended Oct. 31, 2012, 2 percent above one year ago. Fourth-quarter GAAP net income was $425 million, or $1.20 per share. Last year's fourth-quarter GAAP net income was $289 million, or $0.82 per share. During the fourth quarter, Agilent [...]
Park Unveils NX20: World’s Most Accurate AFM for FA Labs
November 19, 2012
Santa Clara, California, – Park Systems introduces the NX20, a high-end, large sample atomic force microscope (AFM) for failure analysis (FA) and quality assurance (QA) laboratories that will benefit from the best available accuracy and reliability. The NX20 is the newest model of the NX product line with the world’s most accurate AFM. Designed for [...]
Intevac Announces Resignation of Kevin Fairbairn, President and CEO
November 19, 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Board of Directors of Intevac (NASDAQ:IVAC) today announced that Kevin Fairbairn has resigned for personal reasons as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. The Board of Directors also announced it has appointed Norm Pond as Chief Executive Officer. [...]
SQI Diagnostics Exploring Strategic Alternatives to Maximize Growth and Shareholder Value
November 19, 2012
Toronto, Ontario, – SQI Diagnostics Inc. (TSX-V: SQD), a life sciences company that develops and commercializes proprietary technologies and products for advanced microarray diagnostics, today announced that it has established a Special Committee to review possible strategic transactions, determine appropriate responses, as well as other options available to optimize benefits to the Corporation and its [...]
Life Technologies Launches CE-IVD Marked QuantStudio™ Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument in Europe
November 19, 2012
Flagship qPCR instrument offers reliability, accuracy, ease of use and flexibility for IVD and lab-developed diagnostic tests Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced the launch of its Applied Biosystems QuantStudio™ Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument designed to meet the specific needs of clinical diagnostic laboratories. The instrument is CE-IVD marked for use in Europe and represents [...]
RNA Sequencing Kits Improve NGS Workflow
November 19, 2012
As a disruptive technology, NGS is rapidly changing the landscape of biomarker research, clinical diagnostics, and drug development. NGS technologies include a number of methods that are grouped broadly as template preparation, sequencing and imaging, and data analysis. The unique combination of specific protocols distinguishes one technology from another and determines the type of data [...]
An Innovative, Compact Small Angle X-ray Scattering System for Advanced Materials Research
November 18, 2012
SYDNEY -- At the International Small-Angle Scattering Conference (https://sas2012.com), Bruker today announced the launch of the N8 HORIZON Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS and WAXS) system for materials research applications. The new N8 HORIZON features an innovative and compact vertical instrument design and as a consequence provides advantages over conventional horizontal SAXS systems, such [...]
Teledyne Wins Commercial Laboratory Services Contract
November 16, 2012
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. –– Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY) announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., in Huntsville, Ala. was awarded a three year Lab and Office Facility Management contract for Research Services from The Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Mich. (NYSE: DOW) as part of a strategic services partnership between the two [...]
Sigma-Aldrich (NASDAQ: SIAL) Declares $0.20 Quarterly Dividend
November 16, 2012
ST. LOUIS, -- The Board of Directors of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share. The dividend is payable on December 14, 2012 to shareholders of record on November 30, 2012. About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company whose biochemical and organic chemical [...]
November 16, 2012
CHICAGO, Ill. –– NanoInk’s NanoFabrication Systems Division is pleased to announce that the University of Glasgow’s Biomedical Engineering Research Division (part of the school of engineering) has recently purchased and installed a DPN 5000 System – a dedicated, versatile instrument capable of patterning a variety of materials with nanoscale accuracy and precision. The NanoInk system [...]

