PREMIER Biosoft International Receives a Software Development Project from Sigma Aldrich

Palo Alto, California - PREMIER Biosoft International, as a part of its contract software development services, has delivered OligoArchitect™ for an undisclosed amount from Sigma Aldrich. Sigma Aldrich, with operations in over 40 countries, is a life science and high technology company. Its chemical and biochemical products are used in scientific research and as key [...]

B&W Tek, Inc Announces New Horizons Academic Partnership Program

Newark, DE - B&W Tek, Inc., an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems is pleased to announce the "New Horizons" initiative, an outreach program designed to support breakthrough innovation in scientific research within academic institutions. B&W Tek, Inc. has always been on the front lines of scientific research and would like to [...]

FEI Hits Production Milestone for Helios NanoLab DualBeam

Hillsboro, Ore. - FEI (NASDAQ: FEIC), a leading instrumentation company that provides microscopy systems for research and industry, today announces that it has shipped the 250th Helios NanoLab™ DualBeam™ system. Since its introduction in 2006, the award-winning Helios NanoLab has experienced widespread market acceptance. “The Helios NanoLab DualBeam provides the SEM and FIB performance needed [...]

Osmo Suovaniemi Becomes Chairman of the Board of Directors of Biohit Oyj

The new Board of Directors of Biohit Oyj, elected in the Annual General Meeting on April 13th 2011, has appointed Professor Osmo Suovaniemi (MD, PhD) Chairman of the Board in its meeting on April 21st 2011. Professor Suovaniemi is founder and former CEO of Biohit. As of April 13th 2011 other Board Members are: MSc [...]

Brooks Automation Announces Agreement to Sell Contract Manufacturing Services Business to Celestica and Updates Expectations for March Quarter Financial Results

CHELMSFORD, Mass. - Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) today announced that the Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its contract manufacturing business based in Portland, OR to subsidiaries of Toronto, Canada based Celestica Inc. for approximately $80 million in cash, subject to adjustment based on the working capital at closing. Assuming satisfaction of [...]

ITT Corporation Announces Key Management Positions for Post-Separation Companies

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) today announced the leaders who are expected to take the future roles of chief financial officer and general counsel and corporate secretary in the three new companies that will be formed upon completion of the Corporation's previously announced plan to spin off its defense and water businesses [...]

Cole-Parmer Launches New Polystat Laboratory Baths and Circulators

Vernon Hills, Ill. - Cole-Parmer® Polystat® circulating baths and immersion circulators offer excellent temperature stability for a range of laboratory applications. Cole-Parmer has redesigned and updated its line to offer even more versatile models, including: High-stability Polystat Heating Immersion Circulators provide temperature control up to 200°C and inlet/outlet connections for circulation to external open- or [...]

Five-Nation Breast Cancer Study Chooses Agilent Technologies Microarrays as Primary Genomic Screening Tool

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the United States-Latin American Cancer Research Network (US-LACRN) has selected Agilent Gene Expression microarrays and associated instruments for a major study of breast cancer in five Latin American nations. The researchers will use the microarrays over three years to study gene-expression profiles of [...]

Danaher Extends Cash Tender Offer for Beckman Coulter

Washington, D.C. - Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today that its previously announced tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) for $83.50 per share in cash (“the Offer”) has been extended and will now expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of June 6, [...]

Oxford Instruments Launches GeoSpec2 at SPWLA

Oxford Instruments Magnetic Resonance (OIMR), the supplier of intelligent NMR, announces that it will launch the new GeoSpec2 modular core analysis instrument at the 2011 SPWLA Symposium, to be held May 14-19, 2011 in Colorado Spring, CO, Booths 104, 106 and 108. OIMR will be exhibiting jointly with Green Imaging Technologies, Inc. (GIT), with whom [...]

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