Aurora SFC Systems Is on the Move – Closes Venture Capital Round
April 2, 2010
Sunnyvale, California -- Aurora SFC Systems is pleased to announce that it has successfully closed a Series B venture capital financing. The round was led by Aphelion Capital with participation from California Technology Partners, the Arbor Group and several prominent Silicon Valley investors. The new capital will be used to accelerate the company’s growth in [...]
Nikon Forms Nikon Metrology, Inc. for Industrial-Based Metrology Customers
April 1, 2010
New Company Combines Nikon Industrial Instruments Business With Former Metris Business to Create Nikon Metrology, Inc. BRIGHTON, Mich. -- Nikon today announced that it has formed Nikon Metrology, Inc., a new company that combines Nikon Instruments Inc.'s industrial instruments business with the former Metris business, acquired by Nikon Corp. in 2009. Nikon Metrology, Inc., headquartered [...]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Places $11.8 Million Order for AS&E’s MobileSearch HE Systems
April 1, 2010
CBP Reevaluates the Mobile High-Energy X-ray Proposals and Increases AS&E’s Award BILLERICA, Mass.--American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E®) (NASDAQ: ASEI), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today the receipt of a $11.8 million order from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for multiple MobileSearch™ HE (High-Energy) cargo and vehicle inspection systems [...]
SwitchGear Genomics Launches Novel Screening Products for Profiling miRNA Function
April 1, 2010
SwitchGear Genomics, Inc., a leading provider of products for studying regulatory elements in the human genome, today announced the launch of a unique research tool for screening for miRNA function in living cells. The new SwitchGear GoClone™ miRNA target sets utilize experimentally-validated luciferase reporter vectors to accurately quantify human 3’UTR activity in response to a [...]
Analogic Corporation Receives $9.7 Million Order for Its Explosives Detection Systems
April 1, 2010
PEABODY, Mass. -- -- Analogic Corporation (Nasdaq:ALOG - News), a leading provider of medical imaging and aviation security technology, announced today that it has received an order from L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc. for EXplosive Assessment Computed Tomography (EXACT(R)) systems valued at approximately $9.7 million. The TSA-certified eXaminer 3DX(R), developed by Analogic and [...]
April 1, 2010
Company to Commercialize New Technology to Detect and Measure Chemical Agents RIVERSIDE, CA-- Nano Engineered Applications, Inc. (NEA), a majority owned subsidiary of Avisio, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AVIC), announced today that the company has acquired an exclusive license to a patent pending chemical detection technology from UC Riverside. NEA will be a new start-up company located [...]
Neogen Acquires GeneSeek, Inc.
April 1, 2010
LANSING, Mich., April 1 -- Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ:NEOG) announced today that it had purchased all the outstanding shares of GeneSeek, Inc., of Lincoln, Neb. GeneSeek is considered the leading commercial agricultural genetics laboratory in the United States. Founded in 1998, GeneSeek employs 36 and has grown rapidly in recent years, recording 2009 revenues of approximately [...]
April 1, 2010
Emerson selected by Descon Engineering Company Ltd., believed to be the first Pakistani company to secure EPC contract for a combined-cycle plant PITTSBURGH -- Emerson Process Management announced today that it has been selected to install its Ovation™ expert control system at the Halmore Power Plant, a new 225-MW combined-cycle power generating facility in Bhikki, [...]
April 1, 2010
BOULDER, CO-- InDevR, developer of advanced life science products, announced today that it is teaming up with Sales Partnerships Inc. to expand sales capabilities for its new Virus Counter product line. InDevR launched the Virus Counter in January after a multi-year development sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the [...]
April 1, 2010
The recently launched corporate foundation of VWR International, LLC, celebrates its most charitable quarter yet PHILADELPHIA -- VWR International, LLC announced today that its recently launched corporate foundation, the VWR Foundation, has granted over $60,000 since late December 2009, making it the most charitable quarter yet for the one-year-old Foundation. The Foundation, which seeks to [...]
