March 10, 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
March 9, 2011
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
March 9, 2011
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 [...]
Grace Opens Technical Service Centre in India
March 9, 2011
COLUMBIA, Md. & HYDERABAD, India - Grace Davison Discovery Sciences, a product line of W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA), today announced the opening of a new technical service Knowledge Centre in Southern India for customers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The new facility is located in Genome Valley (close to Hyderabad), a [...]
Sartorius AG: Resolutions of the Supervisory Board
March 9, 2011
Goettingen - At today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG resolved to approve the Executive Board’s dividend proposal. Accordingly, the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board will submit this proposal to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 20, 2011, to raise dividends to 0.62 euro per preference share (previous year: 0.42 euro) and to [...]
Epigentek Introduces a New Method for Sensitive Detection of Histone Demethylase Activity/Inhibition
March 9, 2011
NEW YORK - The research and development team at Epigentek has developed a new method to directly measure histone demethylase (HDMT) activity/inhibition via a straightforward detection of HDMT-converted products, rather than by-products. This method is incorporated into commercially available kits under the Epigenase(TM) brand for histone demethylase activity/inhibition assay kit series which provide ultra-sensitive assays [...]
Centice Corporation Announces Beta Program for Portable Raman Spectroscopy Platform
March 9, 2011
MORRISVILLE, NC - Centice Corporation, a pioneer in chemical verification and identification using Raman spectroscopy and computational sensor technology, announced today the start of a Beta Program with Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad, located in Canton, GA, north of Atlanta, to identify controlled substances and prescription drugs in the field. The field agents will be carrying [...]
Symbion Systems Announces the Availability of its New Software Driver for Analect FTIR spectrometers
March 9, 2011
TUSTIN, Calif. - Symbion Systems, Inc., a leader in providing analytical instrument control, analysis, and connectivity software, today announced the release of its SII-AN03 Third Generation Driver for the Applied Instrument Technology’s Analect FTIR spectrometers. The new driver integrates all of the functions of the Analect instruments into the Symbion-DX and RX analytical instrument software [...]
Asylum Research Introduces Electrochemistry Cell for MFP-3D™ Atomic Force Microscopes
March 9, 2011
The EC Cell, shown with heater, provides heating from ambient to 60°C. The heater allows, for example, studies of electrolytes which are not liquids at room temperature. Asylum Research, the technology leader in Scanning Probe and Atomic Force Microscopy (SPM/AFM), has announced the new Electrochemistry Cell (EC Cell) for its MFP-3D™ AFMs. The EC Cell [...]
ACD/Labs Reveals Next Generation of its Analytical Chemistry Software at Pittcon 2011
March 9, 2011
Toronto - Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) makes public their development strategy for ACD/Spectrus, a new analytical chemistry software platform based on ACD/Labs’ broadly used data handling software. Components of the ACD/Spectrus platform will be introduced throughout 2011 and 2012. Spectrus products, fully compatible with current ACD/Labs versions, including automation and enterprise level solutions, will [...]
