Microsoft Corp. announced the formation of the BioIT Alliance
April 4, 2006
BOSTON — At the Bio-IT World Magazine World Life Sciences Conference + Expo, Microsoft Corp. announced the formation of the BioIT Alliance, a cross-industry group working to further integrate science and technology as a first step toward making personalized medicine a reality. The alliance unites the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, hardware and software industries to explore new [...]
April 4, 2006
Applied Biosystems (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) that it has entered into a collaboration with the Core Genotyping Facility, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., a contractor for the National Cancer Institute (NCI), on a series of biomarker studies for cancer research. The NCI-funded [...]
YSI Sells Temperature Line to Focus on Environment Business
April 3, 2006
Yellow Springs, OH – YSI has sold its Precision Temperature business to Measurement Specialties for $14 million in cash. YSI Temperature makes temperature sensors and instruments for the aerospace, military, medical and patient monitoring markets. “After closely examining our portfolio and strategically reviewing key product lines, we recognized that what we do best is instrumentation, [...]
April 3, 2006
PALO ALTO, Calif., -- Cell Biosciences announces the introduction of the Firefly(TM) 3000 automated blotless immunoassay workstation for quantitative measurement of cell signaling and protein expression. The Firefly system is designed to leverage the knowledge and intuition of life science researchers by introducing automated parallel analysis into their laboratory operations. The heart of the Firefly [...]
Syagen Sells 1,000th PhotoMate(R) APPI Source
April 3, 2006
TUSTIN, Calif.,-- Syagen Technology Inc., an analytical instrumentation company, has announced the sale of its 1,000th PhotoMate(R) atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI(R)) source. PhotoMate is available on nearly every liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) system and is sold directly through Agilent, Bruker, Thermo Electron, Waters, and Shimadzu. Syagen is the technology and market leader in photoionization mass [...]
Fieldbus Foundation Names Siemens Executive
March 31, 2006
AUSTIN, Texas, The Fieldbus Foundation announced that Hans-Georg Kumpfmueller, president of the Siemens AG Process Instrumentation & Analytics Division, has been named to its board of directors. Kumpfmueller joins other leading executives in the key automation industry post. In addition to Chairman John Berra of Emerson Process Management, current foundation members include: Kenneth Deken, [...]
ACD/Labs, Inc., Signs Reseller Agreement with Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX
March 28, 2006
ACD/Labs announced that it has entered into a reseller's agreement with Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, together with its joint venture partner MDS SCIEX, a division of MDS, Inc. (NYSE:MDZ, TSX:MDS). This agreement allows Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX to sell ACD/Labs' MS Manager, MS Fragmenter, and ChemSketch Software in combination with Applied Biosystems/MDS [...]
Datacolor Signals Bid for GretagMacbeth
March 24, 2006
Regensdorf, Switzerland; Grandville, MI 3/24/06-Eichholf Holding AG, the parent company of Datacolor AG, has submitted a letter of intent for a competing offer to Amazys Holding AG, the holding company of Gretag Macbeth. Subject to completion of due diligence, Eichholf intends to offer at least CHF 108.80 ($83.15) per share in cash, and at least [...]
Avocent acquires assets of Agilent Technologies’ remote IT management product line
March 22, 2006
Avocent Corp. (NASDAQ: AVCT) and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that they have signed an agreement for Avocent to purchase assets and to license technology used by Agilent in its remote management business. Agilent's customers for this product line will now be obtaining products and services from Avocent. The purchase of this business line is not [...]
L-3 Expands Portfolio of Security Technologies
March 21, 2006
Bethesda, MD - Communications' Security and Detection Systems has acquired CyTerra and SafeView, two providers of technology for homeland security applications. Financial details were not disclosed and the acquisitions are forecasted to be slightly accretive to 2006 earnings . Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Orlando, Florida, CyTerra develops and manufactures military and security sensors [...]
