Alfa Laval AB (publ) Fourth quarter and full year 2011

“Order intake during the fourth quarter was SEK 6.8 billion, an increase with 6 percent compared to the corresponding quarter 2010. Compared to the third quarter order intake decreased with 15 percent, influenced by a lower demand from the shipbuilding industry and an awaiting attitude to making decisions concerning projects by certain customers. Order intake [...]

Brooks Life Science Systems and The Scripps Research Institute Initiate Partnership

POWAY, CA, Brooks Life Science Systems, a division of Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), a leading worldwide provider of automation solutions for compound and biological sample storage and management, today announced the initiation of a technology development and commercialization partnership with The Scripps Research Institute (Scripps Research). The cornerstone of this partnership will be an exclusive [...]

NANOINK ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF CONTRACT SERVICES PROGRAM FOR LIVE SINGLE CELL ASSAY WORK

CHICAGO, IL, NanoInk's® NanoFabrication Systems Division announced today that it introduced a new contract services program dedicated to the development of live single cell array assays. This offering supplements NanoInk's portfolio of Dip Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®)-based systems and tools used for micro and nanopatterning applications to include a service component. Life scientists now have even [...]

Sistemic to Work with TiGenix On Landmark EUR 5.9 Million, FP7 European Project Aiming at Developing an Innovative Rheumatoid Arthritis Cell Therapy Treatment Product

Glasgow, UK, Sistemic is delighted to announce that its proprietary technology (SistemQC™) has been chosen to form a key part of the research and production process for a landmark multinational collaborative project led by TiGenix, Belgium and including partners from Spain, France, the Netherlands as well as the UK and Belgium. The project, REGENER-AR, will [...]

BAC BV and Life Technologies launch high speed affinity HPLC columns for real-time pharmaceutical process monitoring

Naarden, The Netherlands, BAC BV, the leading provider of antibody-based affinity purification technology together with Life Technologies Corporation has announced the launch of a range of POROS® CaptureSelect® affinity columns. By combining BAC’s CaptureSelect affinity ligand technology with Life Technologies’ POROS resin, the companies now offer a platform for high speed, high performance product-specific process [...]

Genome Designs, Inc. Receives Seed Financing and Starts Operation

WALNUT CREEK, CA, Genome Designs, Inc. today announced that it has received seed financing from undisclosed private investors and started operation. Founded by veterans of Argonne National Lab, NCBI, Integrated Genomics and Ariadne, the company is taking on the challenge of functional annotation of the next-generation sequencing projects for the life science community. "Our long-term [...]

Illumina’s Board Unanimously Rejects Roche’s Unsolicited Tender Offer as Inadequate Urges Stockholders Not to Tender Their Shares

SAN DIEGO, Illumina, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function, today announced that its Board of Directors thoroughly reviewed Roche’s unsolicited tender offer with the assistance of its financial and legal advisors and unanimously determined that the $44.50 per share [...]

PAC Introduces AC Analytical Controls CNS SIMDIS for Crude Oil

Houston, TX., PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, announces the introduction of the AC Analytical Controls CNS SIMDIS for Crude Oil analyzer. It is the first instrument on the market to simultaneously determine the boiling range distribution of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur in crudes and final [...]

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. Acquires AHN

HOLLISTON, Mass., Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO), a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of tools to advance life science research and regenerative medicine, today announced that it has acquired the business of AHN Biotechnologie GmbH through its wholly owned Biochrom Ltd. subsidiary. AHN is a privately held manufacturer of plastic consumable laboratory [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Fully Customizable Plate Mover during SLAS 2012 Featuring Quick-Connect Modules

SAN DIEGO, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific Orbitor BenchTrak, a fully customizable plate mover with quick-connect modules. The Orbitor™ BenchTrak significantly extends the functionality and versatility of the renowned Orbitor RS plate mover, providing a fully customizable automation solution that fits into existing laboratory [...]

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