Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches New Faster Natural Gas Analyzer at Pittcon 2011

ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific C2V-200 micro GC gas analyzer, designed for rapid analysis of natural gas composition. The C2V-200 micro GC gas analyzer is used both inside laboratories and on-line, offering improved performance at a reduced cost. The unique [...]

IonSense Introduces the DART XZ Transmission Module for Rapid Quantitation of Contaminants in Food Safety and Product Quality

Saugus, MA - IonSense, Inc. today announced the availability of the DART® XZ Transmission Module for rapid identification and quantitation of components present in food products, dietary supplements, and chemicals. Available as a new Experiment Module for use with the DART-SVP open-air ionization source, which was introduced at Pittcon 2009, the XZ Transmission Module enables [...]

The New Shape of Liquid Transfer: Cole-Parmer Introduces Ergonomic Pipettors

Vernon Hills, Ill. - Imagine an easy-to-hold pipettor that does not overrotate the wrist or hand and minimizes pressure. It’s here! The Ovation® line of ergonomic pipettors from Cole-Parmer offers relief for laboratory workers who experience repetitive stress injuries caused or exacerbated by traditional pipetting. Users ranging from Enrico Fermi Scholars to research microbiologists to [...]

Covaris Introduces Bench-top, AFA-based Process Technology

Woburn, MA - Covaris Incorporated today announced the introduction of the Bench-top SF220 High Performance Formulation Processing System. The SF220 system was designed to extend the company's groundbreaking Adaptive Focused Acoustics (AFA) technology to higher volume sample processing. With the ability to process sample volumes from microliters through tens of liters, larger volume application areas [...]

Symbion Systems Announces the Availability of its Second Generation Driver for Bruker Optics FTIR Spectrometers

TUSTIN, Calif. - Symbion Systems, Inc., a leader in providing analytical instrument control, analysis, and connectivity software, today announced the release of its SII-BRK02 Second Generation Driver for the Bruker Optics FTIR spectrometers. The new driver integrates all of the functions of the Bruker instruments into the Symbion-DX and RX analytical instrument software suites, providing [...]

BioTek Welcomes 300th Employee

BioTek Instruments is now three hundred employees strong! The company recently welcomed Dennis Lamb to their Winooski-based manufacturing department as their 300th employee. Kathy Gendron, BioTek's VP Human Resources noted, "BioTek is growing rapidly and we’re always on the lookout for exceptional new talent to join our family". "It's very satisfying to see this company [...]

NEW Ultra-Fast Dialyzer™

The NEW Ultra-Fast DIALYZER System from Harvard Apparatus is compact, easy to use and designed to meet the wide range of applications found in research. The new unit has a double sided, 24mm diameter chamber thus increasing the diameter from 18mm to 24 mm. The increased diameter results in a larger surface area for sample [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Demonstrates Latest Handheld Thermo Scientific Niton XRF GOLDD Alloy Analyzers at ISRI 2011

BILLERICA, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it will demonstrate the latest members of its family of Thermo Scientific Niton handheld XRF analyzers, the Thermo Scientific Niton XL2 GOLDD™ Series and the enhanced Thermo Scientific Niton XL3t GOLDD+ Series, at ISRI 2011 on April 6-8, 2011, at [...]

Acquisition of Medicel AG and Robutec GmbH

Halma, the leading safety, health and sensor technology group, announces the acquisition on 8 March 2011 of Medicel AG (‘Medicel’), together with its subsidiary Robutec GmbH, from Messrs Hohl and Dockhorn and financial shareholders. The initial cash consideration is CHF70.0 million (£46.6 million) and is adjustable, CHF for CHF, based on the level of net [...]

Block Engineering Introduces QScan™ Technology

Marlborough, MA - Block Engineering, a leading developer of mid-infrared spectroscopic devices, announced today the launch of its next generation QScan™ technology, which enables its Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) spectroscopic products to perform up to 100 spectral scans per second. This is a revolutionary technological advancement, which radically increases analysis and detection speed and improves [...]

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