Oliver Schmitt to Lead Continued Growth and Development of Malvern’s Process Business
October 7, 2005
Oliver Schmitt will move from Malvern Instruments GmbH to the company’s headquarters in the UK, to take up the role of Business Line Manager-Process Systems. Oliver Schmitt’s first experience of the industrial relevance and benefits of the Insitec on-line particle size analyzer was gained when he worked at WR Grace, before moving to Malvern in [...]
September 30, 2005
Glenview, IL -Illinois Tool Works (ITW), a diversified manufacturer of engineered components and industrial systems, has singed an agreement to acquire Instron from private equity firm Kirtland Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount. Based in Norwood, Massachusetts, Instron manufactures and sells products for material and structural testing and has operations in 13 countries. Instron's 2005 [...]
On-line Continuous Batch Monitoring of Environmentally Significant Heavy Metals
September 29, 2005
Fareham, UK- Environmental and healthcare diagnostics company, Lab21, has announced an extended range of applications for its proven OVA 5000 analysis system, part of its MTI product range, The ASV (anodic stripping voltametry) technique used in MTI systems can identify the oxidation state of certain metals. For environmentally significant metals such as Arsenic and Chrome, [...]
September 29, 2005
Austin, TX, USA––Ambion, Inc., an Austin-based life sciences company that develops technologies for RNA analysis, and GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that they had entered into a license and supply agreement under which GE Healthcare will manufacture for Ambion microRNA (miRNA) microarrays utilizing GE Healthcare’s CodeLink™ Bioarray technology. [...]
Luminex Corporation Announces Launch of Luminex(R) 200(TM) Instrument
September 27, 2005
AUSTIN, Texas, Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX - News) today announced the immediate availability of the Luminex 200, the latest advancement of Luminex's line of microsphere-based multiplexed detection instruments based on the Company's proprietary xMAP® technology. The Luminex 200 is designed to meet the multiplexed testing needs of the clinical and research laboratory professional. The Luminex [...]
September 22, 2005
Holcim France Benelux has entered into an agreement with Malvern Instruments for the supply of eight Malvern Insitec particle size analyzers over the next six months. The company will install two Insitec at-line systems at its facilities in Belgium and six Insitec on-line systems at production plants in France. Insitec particle size analyzers are rugged [...]
September 20, 2005
Karlsruhe, Germany- Thermo Electron Corporation, introduced a new measuring system for the polymer industry that features on-line quality control for color inspection. The solution is integrated into the new HAAKE PolyLab OS torque rheometer platform, which was introduced to the US market this year at the national ANTEC technical conference. The PolyLab OS systems’s newest [...]
Mobile On-line Particle Size Analyzer for Pharmaceuticals
September 9, 2005
Malvern’s new pharmaceutical industry-specific version of the company’s Insitec Voyager system is now available worldwide. The Insitec Pharma Voyager is a mobile, on-line particle size analyzer that is based on the standard Voyager platform, but offers a fully validatable, pharmaceutical industry compliant package. The Pharma Voyager combines the Insitec X dry powder analyzer (an intrinsically [...]
ABB Announces Mid-Term Targets to 2009
September 6, 2005
Zurich, Switzerland-ABB, the power and automation technology group, announced its new mid-term targets for the five-year period from 2005-2009. The company also outlined a strategy that emphasizes improved business execution and a broader approach to value creation, including focus growth, operating margin, use of capital and cash generation. To support the execution of the strategy, [...]
Grabner/Reid Vapor Pressure Analyzer Combines Laboratory Precision with On-line Convenience
September 2, 2005
Latham, NY- The MINIVAP ON-LINE process monitoring form Graber Instruments is a stand-alone unit that automatically determines the vapor pressure of gasoline, crude oil, liquid petroleum gas and natural petroleum gas as well as the vapor/liquid ratio temperature of gasoline. The MINIVAP ON-LINE is a process vapor pressure tester that fully complies to industry relevant [...]
