May 14, 2010
Combined Strengths Position Agilent for Leadership SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its acquisition of scientific-equipment maker Varian, Inc. is now final, positioning Agilent as a leading provider of analytical instrumentation to the applied and life sciences markets. Agilent paid approximately $1.5 billion in cash for Varian in a [...]
Park Systems Opens European Applications Center in Langen, Germany
May 14, 2010
Park Systems, the AFM technology leader and preferred nanotechnology solutions partner for demanding nanoscale research and industrial measurements, will open a European Applications Center at the Schaefer GmbH office located at Robert-Bosch-Strasse 31, D-63225 Langen, Germany, on May 10th, 2010. The facility will be staffed with scientists and engineers from Park Systems Corp and equipped [...]
May 14, 2010
ST. LOUIS -- -- Sigma-Aldrich announces the retirement of David Julien, President – Global Supply Chain effective on June 30, 2010. Mr. Julien took on his current role in January 2009. He served as President of the Research Specialties unit of the Company from July 2005 to January 2009 and before that in a number [...]
Caliper Awarded Additional Task Order for EPA ToxCast Program
May 14, 2010
Second Phase II Task Order Issued to Caliper for $2.9 Million HOPKINTON, Mass. -- -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALP) , a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that its Caliper Discovery Alliances and Services (CDAS) unit has been awarded a new funding commitment for $2.9 [...]
May 14, 2010
New Contracts Raise Total Value of Fiscal 2010 Orders for Secure 1000 People Screening Solution to Approximately $50 Million (Vocus/PRWEB ) -- Rapiscan Systems, a leading supplier of security inspection systems, today announced that is was awarded multiple customer contracts with a combined value of approximately $6 million for its Rapiscan Secure 1000 personnel screening [...]
May 14, 2010
From 1st May 2010, HACH LANGE in partnership with BIOTECTOR ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS LTD are pleased to announce the European launch of the BIOTECTOR TOC / TN / TP analysers as part of the HACH LANGE product portfolio. BIOTECTOR‘s on-line liquid analysers are used in a variety of industrial applications, including dairy processing, chemical processing, oil [...]
Parkson and ABB Partner on Integrated Sustainability Solutions
May 14, 2010
Companies Will Bring a Massive Mobile Nutrient Removal System on a 53 Foot Long Trailer to ABB’s Automation & Power World Next Week FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--When you combine a global leader in power and automation technologies with a global leader in water and wastewater treatment the result is outstanding and the environment in which we [...]
Leica Microsystems Introduces the $99,000 Personal Confocal
May 14, 2010
An Easy Way for Life Science Researchers to Get Started with High-resolution Confocal Imaging Bannockburn, IL. Leica Microsystems’ True Confocal / True Value Program is designed for researchers seeking higher resolution images while working within a tight budget. This offer delivers all of the equipment needed to immediately start using confocal imaging. Leica Microsystems’ package [...]
Phase Focus Raises £370k to Take the Company Towards its First Commercial Deals
May 14, 2010
Fusion, the university IP commercialisation company that turns university IP into business, is pleased to announce that Phase Focus, its Sheffield?based microscopy company, has raised £370,000 to help take the company through to its first commercial deals. The investment round comprised: Fusion (£175,000), White Rose Technology Seedcorn Fund (£175,000), and The Viking Fund (£20,000). Post [...]
Dept. of Commerce: Governor Doyle announces funding for Lucigen Corporation
May 13, 2010
MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Lucigen Corporation, Middleton, Dane County, will receive a $200,000 Technology Venture Fund loan from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to develop a DNA sequencing technology. “My administration is committed to furthering the development of life sciences,” Governor Doyle said. “Wisconsin is a worldwide leader in this field. I am [...]

