May 27, 2010
Paris -- Sagem Sécurité (Safran group) is changing its name today to “Morpho”. This new name reflects the company’s dynamic performance and objective of consolidating all security businesses within the Safran group under a single name. As Morpho, the company affirms its continuity with its historic predecessors and takes another step along the growth path [...]
Brookfield Names Joe Murray Regional Sales Manager – Process
May 27, 2010
Middleboro, MA – Brookfield Engineering Laboratories is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Murray to the position of Regional Sales Manager for Process Instrumentation. Joe is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Joe has more than 20 years of industry experience with extensive expertise with fluid handling [...]
Rapiscan Systems Receives Approximately $3 Million in Initial Contract Awards
May 26, 2010
Two Major International Airlines Select Company to Provide Air Cargo Inspection Equipment. (Vocus) -- Rapiscan Systems, a leading supplier of security inspection systems, today announced that it has received initial contract awards to supply air cargo inspection systems to two major international airlines. The contracts have a combined value of approximately $3 million. “We are [...]
Definiens Digital Pathology Software Utilized for Hamner Institutes Liver Toxicology Study
May 26, 2010
Definiens TissueStudio™ and Definiens Developer XD Help Quantify Changes in Apoptosis in the Liver Following Chemical Exposure Parsippany, New Jersey / Research Triangle Park, North Carolina -- Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence® company, today announced that The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences is utilizing Definiens image analysis software in a comprehensive liver toxicology [...]
May 26, 2010
New Agents Further Extend VisEn's Leading Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Agent Portfolio to Enable Expanded Readouts of Key Biomarkers in Research and Drug Development BEDFORD, Mass. and WARSAW, Poland -- -- VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence in vivo imaging from research through medicine, announced the commercial launch of two new imaging agents -- ProSense® [...]
May 26, 2010
Sunnyvale, CA -- Dionex, a leader in liquid chromatography separations, is pleased to announce that India’s National Institute of Nutrition (www.ninindia.org), located in Hyderabad, India, has purchased 8 Dionex Rapid Separation Liquid Chromatography (RSLC) systems for the analysis of amino acids and carotenoids in food derived from different regions of India. The UltiMate® 3000 RSLC [...]
QIAGEN and Roche Settle Dispute Over Distribution Agreement for TheraScreen Companion Diagnostics
May 26, 2010
GERMANTOWN, Maryland and HILDEN, Germany -- -- QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN [ https://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=QGEN&selected=QGEN ]; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA [ https://www.boerse-frankfurt.de/DE/index.aspx?pageID=35&ISIN=NL0000240000 ]) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Roche Molecular Systems Inc., a unit of Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX [ https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=ROG.VX ]), resolving a dispute over distribution rights for a set of companion [...]
New Mountain To Acquire Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc.
May 26, 2010
Acquisition represents strategic platform with over $400M in revenue in pharmaceutical, laboratory and electronic segments of specialty chemicals. Phillipsburg, NJ -- An affiliate of New Mountain Capital, LLC (“New Mountain” or “NMC”) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc. (“MBI” or the “Company”) from Covidien (NYSE: COV). MBI is a leading [...]
Techne Corporation Announces That Dr. Roeland Nusse Has Accepted a Seat on Its Board of Directors
May 26, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS -- -- Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) today announced that Roeland Nusse, Ph.D. has accepted a position on the Techne Corporation Board of Directors and will also serve as a member of Techne's Nominations and Governance Committee. Dr. Nusse's initial term will begin immediately and run through October 28, 2010. Techne Corporation's shareholders reelect all [...]
Extech Dissolved Oxygen Meters Used by EPA in Oil Spill Monitoring
May 26, 2010
Extech Instruments announced today that Extech dissolved oxygen meters are being employed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The EPA is using the Extech meters to monitor the effectiveness of oil dispersants being used underwater to manage the oil that is continuing to leak from the damaged [...]

