AMETEK Increases Share Repurchase Authorization
November 3, 2011
BERWYN, Pa., AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that its Board of Directors has increased the authorized level for repurchases of its common stock by $100 million. This increased authorization will be added to the approximately $5.5 million that remains available from an existing authorization approved by the Board of Directors in January 2010. Today's [...]
NuGEN Launches Library Preparation Solutions for the Ion PGM Sequencer
November 3, 2011
SAN CARLOS, Calif. & SAN FRANCISCO--NuGEN Technologies Inc. and Ion Torrent, a unit of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the release of three new products developed by NuGEN for the Ion Personal Genome Machine™ (PGM™). Ion PGM customers can now order the NuGEN Encore® NGS Library Systems for Ion Torrent from the Ion Torrent [...]
November 3, 2011
MANASSAS, Va.--ATCC, the recognized leader in biological materials management and processes for cell provisioning, has been awarded funding for 5 years from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD to establish a Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers (PS-OC) Bioresource Core Facility (PBCF). The goal of the PBCF is to create a facility [...]
November 3, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas--Asuragen, Inc. announced today that data from a multi-center study evaluating its microRNA-based test, miRInform™ Pancreas, for the diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in fine needle aspirates, was presented as a Poster of Distinction at the American Pancreatic Association (APA) Annual Meeting being held November 2-5, 2011 in Chicago. Currently, gastroenterologists use endoscopic [...]
November 2, 2011
SAN DIEGO and TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics (NYSE: SI) and Illumina have entered into a partnership aimed at setting new standards in the use of next-generation sequencing for the rapid, accurate identification of patients' infectious disease states and potential treatment paths. Through this agreement, the companies plan to make existing Siemens molecular HIV tests [...]
Perten Announces Formation of a Dedicated Process Instrumentation Department
November 2, 2011
Perten Instruments, Inc. – responsible for sales and support in the Americas – is pleased to announce the formation of a dedicated Process Instrumentation Department. The Process Instrumentation Group is headed by Ralph Hewitt – Manager-Process Instrumentation. Ralph’s experience includes various roles in plant operations and QC management at large grain processing and food processing [...]
JEOL ASEAN Technical Center to Open at Thailand Science Park (TSP)
November 2, 2011
JEOL Ltd. (Gon’emon Kurihara, President) announced that their proposal to open a technical center, JEOL ASEAN Technical Center, in Thailand has been approved by the country's National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA). Since 2004, the Thai government has stepped up their effort in developing technologies under the National Science and Technology Strategic Plan 2004-2013. [...]
SiMPore Awarded NIH Grant to Develop Next-generation Cell Culture System
November 2, 2011
SiMPore Inc. has been awarded a phase 1 SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a microarray cell culture system. SiMPore will examine methods to create micro-patterned walls in order to expand SiMPore's ultrathin membrane offerings from 4-wells, currently available in CytoVu® imaging slides, into a microarray format of 96 or [...]
LI-COR Introduces the Odyssey® CLx Infrared Imaging System
November 2, 2011
LINCOLN, Neb.--LI-COR® Biosciences announces the release of its Odyssey CLx Infrared Imaging System as the latest addition to its line of imaging systems. The Odyssey CLx features a new autoscan function that saves time and removes the need to re-image data to find the correct intensity. This new function eliminates image saturation and offers a [...]
MOCON Announces Record Sales and Earnings for the Third Quarter 2011
November 2, 2011
MOCON, Inc. (NasdaqGM:MOCO) today reported its operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. Net sales for the third quarter 2011 were $9,463,000, a new record for the Company, and an increase of 22 percent compared to $7,749,000 for the third quarter 2010. Operating income increased 45 percent to $2,249,000 for the third [...]
