Illumina to Offer $800 Million Convertible Senior Notes
March 14, 2011
SAN DIEGO - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, approximately $800 million principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 through offerings to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The notes will be convertible [...]
MTS Receives Suspension Notice from U.S. Department of the Air Force
March 14, 2011
Eden Prairie, Minn. - MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC) today reported that it was notified by the U.S. Department of the Air Force that it has been suspended from U.S. federal government contracting and from directly or indirectly receiving the benefits of federal assistance programs. The suspension is temporary pending any ensuing legal proceedings and [...]
ABB introduces new Horizon MBTM Software Suite for streamlined quality control
March 14, 2011
Atlanta, Georgia - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced the introduction of its Horizon MBTM Software Suite to provide consistent, repeatable results and simplified quality assurance. This software suite is ideal for Petroleum, Chemical, Life Sciences, Semiconductor industries, and academic and research operations. When combined with ABB’s innovative MB3000 series FT-IR spectrometers, [...]
March 14, 2011
ATLANTA - At Pittcon 2011, Bruker is announcing its latest product innovations and is showcasing its expanding portfolio of analytical technologies. The new systems deliver more sensitivity, productivity and specificity for confident analysis in industrial and applied markets, and open new horizons for advanced molecular and materials research applications. New technologies from recent acquisitions enable [...]
March 14, 2011
Salisbury, UK - NanoSight, world-leading manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterization technology announce the release of Zeta Potential Analysis applying Z-NTA, particle by particle characterization of surface charge. Z-NTA will make its public debut at the US Pittsburgh Conference & Exposition being held in 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia from March 14 until 17th, booth #519. Zeta [...]
Newport Announces Terahertz Pulse Generation Kit
March 14, 2011
Irvine, CA - Newport Corporation, a worldwide leader in laser and photonic solutions, introduces the new terahertz (THz) pulse generation kit using a sub-35-fs Ti:sapphire amplifier system. The kit can be easily integrated with a Ti:sapphire amplifier to generate terahertz pulses which can be further used for linear, nonlinear, and time-resolved spectroscopy applications. The THz [...]
Axiom Analytical, Inc. Awarded ISO-9001:2008 Certification
March 14, 2011
TUSTIN, Calif. - Axiom Analytical, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded certification under the International Standards Organization ISO-9001:2008 standard. “Meeting the requirements of ISO-9001:2008 has required the institution of new management systems over and above the Company’s already comprehensive product quality assurance procedures,” said Dr. W. Michael Doyle, Axiom’s CEO. “Since its inception, [...]
FDA Grants 510(k) Clearance to Life Technologies Stem Cell Growth Medium
March 14, 2011
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE) today announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for StemPro® MSC SFM — a first for this next-generation stem cell culture medium that is now cleared as a medical device and satisfies a crucial requirement for researchers involved in clinical trials in the United States. The StemPro [...]
New Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Transmission Probe
March 14, 2011
TUSTIN, Calif. - Axiom Analytical, Inc. has announced its fiber-optic coupled FPT-830 Near-IR Transmission Probe. The new probe shares many of the characteristics of the Company’s well-established FPT-850 on-line process analytical probes, including the extreme robustness provided by the Company’s patented welded metal window sealing technique (1). However, the new fiber-optic probe also features reduced [...]
New Perfinity Workstation Automates Protein Sample Preparation
March 14, 2011
COLUMBIA, Md. - Scientists know that the most important part of mass spec analysis is the preceding separation steps. That is why Perfinity integrated their proprietary automation and column technologies into Shimadzu instrumentation, resulting in the Perfinity Workstation, a multicolumn apparatus that automates protein separations and mass spec sample preparation for more efficient LC-MS analysis. [...]
