Quantachrome Launches New Laboratory Services with New Identity and New Website
May 13, 2010
To highlight its recently expanded offering of lab services, instrument manufacturer Quantachrome Instruments has launched a new website, www.labqmc.quantachrome.com, together with branding its applications laboratory with a new name - LabQMC, complete with its own logo. Quantachrome Instruments, a leading manufacturer and supplier of powder and porous materials characterization instruments, has long offered measurement services [...]
Visualant, Inc. Appoints Mark E. Scott as CFO
May 12, 2010
Visualant, Inc. (OTCBB: VSUL) (the “Company”),a color technology company which provides multi-dimensional, spectral-based pattern file creation diagnostic and security solutions, today announced that Mark E. Scott has been appointed as its Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Scott will be responsible for all financial functions for the Company and will work with Ron Erickson, [...]
Smiths Detection Launches Portable, High Performance Chemical Detector
May 12, 2010
LCD-NEXUS’ Networking and Detection Abilities Provide Broad Range of Capabilities EDGEWOOD, Md.--Smiths Detection today launched the LCD-NEXUS, a highly selective and sensitive Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) and Toxic Industrial Chemical (TIC) detector suitable for harsh environments. The portable system is capable of detecting harmful agents down to miosis levels, greatly increasing critical information needed by [...]
Lonza Agrees to Acquire MODA, a Global Leader in Paperless Quality Control
May 12, 2010
Lonza Group Ltd announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire MODA Technology Partners (“MODA”), a software company that provides paperless quality control solutions. The acquisition will strengthen the Rapid Testing Solutions platform of Lonza’s Bioscience division by adding a complementary product offering for quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) organizations in the [...]
Sequenom Announces $51.6 Million Private Placement
May 12, 2010
SAN DIEGO -- -- Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq:SQNM - News) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to issue and sell an aggregate of 12,435,000 shares of its common stock at $4.15 per share to certain investors. The aggregate gross proceeds of the private placement are expected to be approximately $51.6 million. Sequenom intends [...]
Platypus Technologies Receives $396,000 IMAT Grant from National Cancer Institute
May 12, 2010
Madison, WI – Platypus Technologies announces that it has been awarded an Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) grant for $396,000 from the National Cancer Institute. This 2-year funded project will enable the Company to expand its current Oris™ assay format into a 384-well cell migration assay suitable for High Throughput Screening (HTS) of chemical libraries [...]
Olympus Announces its 100th Anniversary Vision and a New Five-Year medium-term Plan
May 12, 2010
Management Slogan: Advancing to the Next Stage of Globalization Olympus Corporation (President: Tsuyoshi Kikukawa,) announced today the 2010 Corporate Strategic Plan ("2010 CSP"). This new medium-term management plan covers the five-year fiscal period ending March 2015. Olympus has also introduced a Centenary Vision for the Olympus Group, which will symbolize the vision and the commitment [...]
May 12, 2010
Agreement will lead to enhanced nuclear detection capabilities for global ports LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and VeriTainer Corporation have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). The CRADA will be used to refine and enhance VeriTainer's patented crane mounted scanning (CMS) technology. The CRADA will be in place for [...]
BIOCIUS Continues Expansion in Europe to Support Growing Overseas Client Base
May 12, 2010
European office established, Appointment of EU Sales Manager and value-added reseller agreements with leading MS manufacturers in response to increased demand for RapidFire® mass spectrometry across Europe WOBURN, Mass.--BIOCIUS Life Sciences Inc., developers of the label-free RapidFire® high-throughput mass spectrometry platform, today announced that it has expanded its operations, opening a European office and naming [...]
New CEO heads up Bibby Scientific
May 12, 2010
Bibby Scientific makes a major appointment, announcing Dr James Heffernan as the new Chief Executive Officer from 17 May. With both geographical expansion and an active programme of new product development underway throughout the Jenway, Techne and Stuart ranges, Dr Heffernan joins Bibby Scientific at an exciting time in the company's history. James Heffernan holds [...]
