Sunnyvale, Calif.,- Picarro, Inc. a provider of lasers and laser-based solutions for life science, environmental and industrial process monitoring applications announced today the introduction of the ESP-1000 for ultra-sensitive trace gas measurement. The ESP-1000 achieves part-per-billion sensitivity without sample preparation or user interaction. Current applications for the ESP-1000 include semiconductor manufacturing, petrochemical refining, environmental monitoring, [...]

Billerica, MA- and San Diego, CA- Millipore and Gen-Probe announced that the companies have formed an alliance to develop, manufacture and commercialize on an exclusive basis nucleic acid testing (NAT) products for rapid microbiological and virus monitoring in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Millipore’s sample preparation technology can isolate a single microorganism from large volumes [...]

Los Angeles, CA- Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Teledyne Investment, Inc., has completed the acquisition of RD Instruments, Inc., for approximately $37.0 million. RD Instruments (RDI) designs and manufactures acoustic Doppler instrumentation. Located in San Diego, Calif., the business will operate as Teledyne RD Instruments, Inc. Teledyne funded the acquisition primarily from borrowings [...]

Paoli, PA- Huntingdon, UK- AMETEK has agreed to acquire the Solartron Group from Roxboro Group for approximately £42 million ($75 million) in cash. Solartron has annual sales of £27 million ($50 million) and is comprised of three companies: Solartron Analytical makes analytic measurement instruments and software for the characterization of materials that are used for [...]

Minneapolis, MB—TSI instruments inc. one of the leading manufactures of precision measurement instruments, announced that is has completed the acquisition of Tekran Inc. of Toronto, Ontario. Tekran, developer of ultra-trace environmental instrumentation with particular emphasis on the measurement of mercury, joins the TSI family of companies with industry-leading expertise in measurement, monitoring, reporting and performance [...]

Kyoto, Japan Stuttgart, Germany –Horiba has agreed to acquire SCHENCK-Development Test Systems (DTS) from Carl Schenck AG, which is owned by Durr AG, for an undisclosed sum. DTS manufactures test equipment for the automotive industry and supplies products such as pertrain research equipment, wind tunnel balances and brake testing. The sale consists of seven DTS [...]

Shoreview, Minnesota ---- TSI Incorporated, a Minnesota-based worldwide leader in measurement technology,announced the acquisition of instrument product lines owned by Airflow Developments Limited (ADL), a company based in High Wycombe, United Kingdom. TSI acquired the Test Instruments portion of ADL’s business, including manufacturing, assembly, and the sales and service operation based in High Wycombe. Airflow [...]

Andover, MA- Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) announced that the Remote Methane Leak Detector (RMLD) has been selected for a 2005 R&D 100 Award by research and Development Magazine. The R&D 100 Award is given annually to the 100 most technologically significant new products available for sale or licensing during the past year. The RMLD was [...]

Wohlen, Switzersland.-In 2004, WILCO AG of Switzerland received the PDA New, Innovative Technology award for its 1st generation laser based head space gas analysis system to measure O2 levels and absolute pressure inside glass vials. Many systems, both in-line and laboratory, have been installed and validated at manufacturing plants in the US and in Europe.

Emerson has acquired Solartron Mobrey from The Roxboro Group PLC of the United Kingdom. Solartron Mobrey-whose measurement technologies include level, density, viscosity and flow computer products- will be renamed Mobrey Measurement and become part of Emerson Process Management. Complementing Emerson’s established measurement brands, which include Rosemount, Micro Motion, Brooks, Saab Rosemount and Daniel, the acquisition [...]