Mallinckrodt Baker Changes its Name to Avantor Performance Materials

Phillipsburg, New Jersey - Mallinckrodt Baker will now be known as AvantorT Performance Materials, company officials announced today as they unveiled a new name and identity following the recent acquisition by an affiliate of New Mountain Capital, a New York-based private equity investment firm. AvantorT (pronounced "ah-VAHN-tor"), formerly Mallinckrodt Baker, manufactures and markets high-performance chemistries [...]

Petra Kirchhoff is a New Member of the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG

Goettingen - Ms. Petra Kirchhoff, 41, has been appointed to join the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG as of October 1, 2010. On this board, she will be representing executive employees, succeeding Mr. Manfred Werner, 62, who resigned from this position after having served for many years in this capacity. Petra Kirchhoff, who holds a [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Ensures Sample Integrity in Cleanroom Environments

La-Pha-Pack Stainless Steel Crimping Tools Provide Reliable and Secure Vial Closure MILFORD, Mass. - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the La-Pha-Pack stainless steel cleanroom crimping tools for a controlled, low-effort method of vial sealing. Available in a range of sizes, from 11 to 20 mm, the optimal crimp [...]

Cole-Parmer Announces Expanded Line of Advantec® Filtration Products

Wide range of filtration aids now available for laboratory, research, and process application needs Vernon Hills, IL - In response to customers’ needs, Cole-Parmer has greatly expanded its line of filtration products from Advantec. From microbiological analysis to air/gas filtration to phase separations to air pollution monitoring, Advantec’s products are used in a wide variety [...]

Vaisala Sells Its Oxygen Measurement Business to SICK Maihak GmbH

Vaisala has signed a contract to sell its oxygen measurement technology and business to SICK Maihak GmbH. The oxygen products belong to Controlled Environment business area's offering. The divestment of oxygen business supports Controlled Environment's strategy to focus on the selected market segments of life science and high technology, building automation and targeted industrial applications. [...]

BD Diagnostics and Bruker Collaborate to Improve Microbial Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

Collaboration Aims to Improve Speed, Accuracy and Efficiency in the Microbiology Laboratory Franklin Lakes, N.J. & Billerica, Mass. - BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), and Bruker Daltonics Inc., a subsidiary of Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), announced today an international co-development and co-marketing collaboration that will promote an emerging, [...]

LabLogic’s Innovative Flow-RAM

LabLogic’s innovative Flow-RAM is a gamma radio HPLC detector specifically developed for PET and SPECT applications – the company’s response to five years’ feedback from customers in PET centres and nuclear medicine departments. The Flow-RAM radio-HPLC detector for PET and SPECT is available in different configurations whereby either one or two detectors can be connected [...]

Parker Balston® Super Flow TriGas Generator will Generate Pure Nitrogen, Zero Air, and Source Exhaust Air from Compressed Air

Haverhill, MA. - Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has introduced the LCMS-SF5000NA gas generator which is designed to deliver pure nitrogen for curtain gas, pure zero grade air as gas-1/gas-2 source gases and dry -40°F dew point air as source exhaust. The system is designed to produce gases which [...]

SP Scientific Signs License Agreement for Praxair’s Controlyo™ Nucleation Technology

SP Scientific has signed a license agreement with Praxair, Inc. to utilize Praxair's ControLyo nucleation on-demand technology, which provides pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with precise control over the freeze-drying process for drug developmental efforts. Praxair's breakthrough technology was developed to specifically control the freezing step of lyophilization, a method of drying pharmaceuticals whereby the material [...]

Stratophase to Showcase Real-Time, In-Line Process Monitoring System at EFIB 2010

SpectroSens optical microchip sensor system improves efficiency and QC Romsey, UK – Stratophase, a specialist in real-time chemical and biochemical measurement, is presenting its SpectroSens technology for real-time, in-line process profiling of industrial bioprocesses at the European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology (EFIB 2010), 19 - 21 October, Edinburgh, UK. The SpectroSens technology brings together proven [...]

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