Romer Labs Acquires SDIX Food Safety and GMO Business

Tulln, Austria –- Romer Labs, a leading global supplier of food safety diagnostics, announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the food safety and GMO businesses of Strategic Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ:SDIX). The deal accelerates Romer Labs’ move into food pathogen detection and augments its product and service range, making [...]

Implant Sciences Ships Explosives Trace Detectors to the Arabian Gulf to Protect Petroleum Infrastructure and Transport

Continuing its sales to the oil and gas industry for critical infrastructure protection, Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced that it has sold seven units of its Quantum Sniffer QS-B220 desktop explosives and drugs trace detectors and Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 [...]

Ocean Optics Appoints New President

Dunedin, FL – Ocean Optics, has appointed Richard Pollard to the position of company President. Pollard’s promotion follows the move of former President Kevin Chittim to positions on Ocean Optics’ board and as Divisional Acquisition Executive for Ocean Optics’ parent company, Halma plc. Pollard joined Ocean Optics in 2006 as Vice President, Operations, and was [...]

Addtech acquires Leica Nilomark Oy

Leica Nilomark offers consumables and instruments to healthcare and medical research laboratories. The company has a strong market position in the Finnish market and represents leading suppliers within areas such as microscopy and histopathology. Leica Nilomark has ten employees and sales of around EUR 3 million. Leica Nilomark is acquired by Immuno Diagnostic Oy, a [...]

IonSense® Introduces the OpenSpot Quick Strips™ for the DART OS Transmission Module™, Providing Rapid Analysis in Food Safety and Product Quality

Saugus, MA, -- IonSense, Inc. today announced the introduction of its OpenSpot Quick Strips™ for the DART OS Transmission Module™, enabling the rapid and reproducible analysis of samples and providing quality control of both raw materials and finished products. The product utilizes IonSense’s proprietary Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART®) technology. The OpenSpot Quick Strips [...]

GE Analytical Instruments Expands Direct Operations into Italy

Boulder, CO - GE Analytical Instruments announces the expansion of its direct European operations into Italy, effective June, 2012. This expansion is designed to better serve Sievers ultrapure water (UPW) and InnovOx total organic carbon (TOC) Analyzer customers by providing direct sales and applications support through local factory-trained staff. All GE Analytical Instruments' local sales [...]

Definiens closes €10 Million round to grow its Clinical Digital Pathology business

Munich, Germany, – Definiens AG, the leader in Image Analysis for Digital Pathology, today announced that it has closed a private round of financing of €10 million. The financing was led by new investor Gilde Healthcare Partners, a transatlantic investment firm with €450 million under management, focusing on the private healthcare sector. Existing investors, including [...]

Bio-Pharma Company, Sigma-Aldrich, Invests in Scotland

CHICAGO, Sept.-- St. Louis-based life science company, Sigma-Aldrich, announced today in conjunction with Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, plans to expand its operations in Scotland by investing in the development of a new powder manufacturing facility on its Irvine site. SAFC, a top 10 global fine chemical supplier and manufacturer of specialty chemicals and biologics [...]

AMRESCO Now Offers Its Innovative Ready PCR Mix lyophilized for Ultimate Stability of the Only Complete Master Mix for PCR-to-visualization Simplicity

Efficiency, quality and safety are fundamental to AMRESCO’s product design as more life scientists seek products that simplify bench work while reducing hazardous chemical exposure. AMRESCO’s Ready PCR Mix, 2X is a unique master mix growing in popularity by adhering to these fundamentals. Now AMRESCO introduces Lyophilized Ready PCR Mix, 2X, which offers greater stability [...]

Eppendorf celebrates opening of new UK headquarters

Stevenage, UK: Eppendorf, a leading provider of high quality products and applications support to the life science community, has celebrated the opening of its new UK headquarters in Stevenage together with 60 guests from all walks of science and industry. Guest of honour Dr Dirk Ehlers, President & CEO of Eppendorf AG, performed the official [...]

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