Specialty Chemicals Company to Acquire Chromatography Supplier
October 20, 2004
Princeton, NJ and Pompey, France-Rockwood Specialties Group’s Dynamic Synthesis custom synthesis operation and Groupe Novasep SAS have announced their intent to merge operations to form a new company that will be part of Rockwood. The new company, which would have had 2003 revenues of approximately euro300 million ($375 million), will keep the Groupe Novasep name [...]
October 18, 2004
Hach Company Begins Homeland Security Test and Verification Work with U.S. Army Loveland, CO---Hach Company's Homeland Security Technologies business unit announced today it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Army to complete testing of its new real-time water security detection and response technology by the end of 2004. Under terms [...]
Axsun Technologies and GSK Develop Support for the FDA’s Processs Analytical Technology Initiative
September 30, 2004
Billerica, Massachusetts—Axsun Technoloiges, Inc. a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, announced the successful completion of tests at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) using the Axsun NIR-APS analyzer to analyzer core drying functions, an important element in meeting GSK’s commitment to implementing the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations’ [...]
Oxford Instruments Acquires Metorex
September 13, 2004
WITNEY, UK-Oxford Instruments has agreed to acquire Finland-based Metorex International OY for €4.9 million ($6.0 million) in cash and a deferred cash consideration of €6.1 million payable upon significant sales growth over the next 18 months. Metorex supplies instruments for chemical analysis and rapid elemental identification, including x-ray fluorescence (XRF) alloy analyzers, mobile optical emission [...]
Germany Clears InVision Acquisition Pending Sale of Yxlon
August 19, 2004
BONN, GERMANY- The German Bundeskartellamt (cartel office) has cleared GE’s acquisition of InVision Technologies. However, it will require that InVision sell its Yxlon division, which makes x-ray systems for defect detection in order to prevent a dominant market share in Germany.
InVision Discloses Internal Investigation to SEC and Justice Department
July 30, 2004
NEWARK, CA and WILTON, CT-InVision Technologies, which was scheduled to be acquired by General Electric this month, met with the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission to disclose its internal investigation concerning possible offers of improper payments by distribution in connection with foreign sales activities. The company is conducting the internal [...]
MKS Instruments Completes Spectra International Acquisition
July 24, 2004
Andover, MA-MKS Instruments, Inc., a leading supplier of gas measurement, control and analysis products used in semiconductor and other advanced thin-film manufacturing processes, announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Spectra International, a privately held company with products and technology in process monitoring. The transaction was for $9.7 million in cash; [...]
MKS Web-Enabled RGAs– Real Time Control and Monitoring for Vacuum Tools
July 1, 2004
Wilmington, MA- July1, 2004- MKS Instruments, Inc., a leading provider of process control technologies for improving productivity in semiconductor and other advanced manufacturing processes, will introduce the IP Series of web-enabled residual gas analyzers (RGAs) at SEMICON West 2004. Usable with any of the MKS range of application-specific RGAs, “IP control” enables new process monitoring [...]
Emerson Receives ISO 9001:2000 Certification for Mexico Rosemount plant
June 28, 2004
Orrville, Ohio-Emerson Process Management recently received the International Organization for Standard’s (ISO) 9001:2000 certification for its Rosemount Analytical plant in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. “As a manufacturer, we require ISO certification from nearly all of our suppliers to ensure that we are delivering the highest quality product available to our customers,” said Jim Jones, quality manager [...]
RAE Systems Completes Acquisition of KLH
June 3, 2004
Sunnyvale, Calif-RAE Systems Inc., a global developer and manufacturer of rapidly-deployable, multi-sensor chemical and radiation detection monitors and networks for homeland security and industrial applications, has announced the completion of its acquisition of KLH (Ke Li Heng), a Beijing-based manufacturer and distributor of security, environmental and personal safety monitors. RAE Systems received approval from the [...]
