Joint venture for Malvern Instruments in fast-growing Indian market
August 12, 2008
Malvern, UK: A joint venture between leading materials characterization company Malvern Instruments and Aimil, Malvern’s long-term distribution partner in India, has resulted in the establishment of Malvern Aimil Instruments Pvt Ltd. The new company became operational on 1 May 2008. The joint venture will be headquartered in Mumbai, but staff will operate from all eight [...]
Smiths Detection Appoints Renowned National Lab Scientist to Lead PROTECT Solutions Team
August 12, 2008
Dr. Anthony J. Policastro Brings 37 Years of Critical Infrastructure Security and Protection Experience with Argonne National Laboratory New port, RI, 12 August 2008 - Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces the appointment of Dr. Anthony J. Policastro as Chief Scientist of its PROTECT Solutions team. Since 1997, Dr. [...]
Pharmaceutical Industry Addresses Drug Contamination On A Microscopic Level
August 12, 2008
Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent decision to participate in the inspection of overseas drug-manufacturing facilities, the pharmaceutical industry is reexamining its approach to quality control. In response to this trend, ASPEX Corporation (ASPEX) has announced the release of its Rx microanalysis solution, the first all-in-one system designed for detecting and characterizing microscopic [...]
QRSCIENCES U.S. SUBSIDIARY TO ACQUIRE REMAINDER OF SAN DIEGO BASED SPECTRUM FOR US$9.32M
August 12, 2008
QRSciences Holdings Limited (QRSNY)(ASX: QRS), (“Holdings”) wholly owned U.S. subsidiary QRSciences Corporation, (“QRSciences”) has exercised its option to acquire the remaining shares of Spectrum San Diego, Inc. (“Spectrum”) for approximately US$9.32 million. Spectrum has two products which are being sold currently and a third which is in late stage development. CastScope uses backscatter imaging to [...]
August 12, 2008
Agilent Technologies Appoints IMGM Laboratories Certified Service Provider for Gene Expression Microarrays SANTA CLARA, Calif., and MARTINSRIED, Germany, Aug. 12, 2008 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that IMGM Laboratories GmbH has achieved Certified Service Provider status for the Agilent microarray platform. IMGM achieved Agilent-certified status after completing training and passing a rigorous series [...]
NanoSight opens Western Region US office
August 12, 2008
Salisbury, UK, August 2008 - NanoSight Limited, the nanoparticle characterization company, announced today that Duncan Griffiths has joined the company as Business Development Manager for the Western region of the USA. The company's nanoparticle characterization analysers, which are based uniquely on the visual tracking of nanoparticles, have shown superior performance to traditional analyzer systems, allowing [...]
Fast and Compact Automation Workstation…
August 12, 2008
The all new BenchCel® R Platform from Velocity11 is a fast and compact automation workstation that can handle applications ranging from simple microplate processing tasks to sophisticated applications (such as PCR prep) that were previously only possible with higher priced, full-size automation systems. The BenchCel R Platform handles more integrations, rack styles, types of labware, [...]
Veeco and Asylum Research Settle Patent Dispute
August 11, 2008
PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), today announced that it has settled the patent litigation which it had brought against Asylum Research Corporation in 2003. Under the terms of the settlement, Veeco and Asylum agreed to drop all pending claims against each other and agreed to a five year, worldwide cross license of each company’s [...]
PERKINELMER INTRODUCES HIGH-PERFORMANCE, PORTABLE RAMAN SPECTROMETER
August 11, 2008
Designed to Provide High Quality Data for Efficient, On-site Analysis WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, a global leader in application-focused measurement and analysis solutions, today announced a new portable Raman spectrometer designed to deliver unambiguous, high quality data for use in markets requiring fast, on-site testing, such as forensics, homeland security, pharmaceutical and healthcare testing, mining [...]
Agilent Technologies Expands Line of Solid Phase Extraction Products
August 11, 2008
Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) today announced the availability of Agilent SampliQ SPE, a solid phase extraction (SPE) product line for fast and cost-effective purification of extracts that improves the accuracy and reproducibility of analytical results. Agilent's SampliQ SPE product line replaces and expands upon the previous AccuBONDII SPE product line. A new line of polymer [...]
