Affymetrix to Acquire USB Corporation
December 18, 2007
USB's Extensive Reagent Platform Will Complement Affymetrix' Current GeneChip(R) Platform and Accelerate the Development of Next-Generation Products SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX - News) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire USB Corporation, a privately held Cleveland, Ohio-based company that develops, manufactures and markets an extensive line of molecular biology [...]
HBIO Divests the Majority of its Capital Equipment Business
December 3, 2007
HOLLISTON, Mass.--Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: HBIO - News) today announced it has completed the sale of its Genomic Solutions Division and its Belgian subsidiary, Maia Scientific, both part of its Capital Equipment Business Segment, to Digilab, Inc. The purchase price payable by Digilab under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement consists of $1,000,000 in [...]
December 3, 2007
Combined Company Will Be a Leading Provider of High-Performance Scientific Instrumentation and Analytical Solutions for Life Science and Materials Research, for Applied and Industrial Markets, and for Homeland Security Detection BILLERICA, Mass.--Dec. 3, 2007--Bruker BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the companies of the privately held [...]
BioTek Instruments, Inc. Continues Global Expansion with Opening of Singapore Office
November 28, 2007
BioTek Instruments announces the opening of BioTek Instruments Representative Office Singapore as of November 1, 2007. This new office, under the leadership of Mr. Dominic Herring, Technical & Business Development Manager, will support and further increase the rapid growth experienced by BioTek in the Asia Pacific region. “BioTek has always been very proactive in the [...]
November 21, 2007
Focus on Providing Production Management and Manufacturing Intelligence Solutions BANGALORE, India--Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT - News) and GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, today announced that they will work together globally to provide the CPG and Pharmaceutical industry with solutions in the Production Management [...]
Monsanto and Perten Instruments collaborate to develop tools for ethanol production
November 20, 2007
Monsanto and Perten Instruments today announced a collaboration to develop advanced process analytical tools to help ethanol plants gain efficiency in their ethanol production process. The collaboration will focus on the development and application of technology to monitor the operating conditions and improve the efficiency of ethanol production. One area of focus will be to [...]
IDEX Corporation Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Nova Technologies Corporation
November 14, 2007
NORTHBROOK, Ill.--IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX - News) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nova Technologies Corporation (“NTC”), a leading provider of metering technology and flow monitoring services for the water and wastewater markets. NTC develops products and provides comprehensive integrated solutions that enable industry, municipalities and government agencies to analyze [...]
Michael Woelk Joins Picarro as President and CEO
November 13, 2007
Sunnyvale, CA, November 13, 2007 - Picarro, a leading manufacturer of high-performance trace gas analyzers, today announced that Michael Woelk has joined the company as president and chief executive officer. Previously, he served as vice president of marketing at Varian, Inc., overseeing the company's scientific instrument business. Mr. Woelk will replace Bill Gignac, who will [...]
Elementar acquires the Gas IRMS product line from GV Instruments Limited (UK)
November 12, 2007
Elementar Analysensysteme, Germany, the leading manufacturer of elemental analyzers has signed an agreement to acquire the Gas IRMS product line from GV Instruments Limited (UK), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (US). Isoprime Ltd., the new 100% daughter of Elementar, will continue to manufacture, support and develop the Isoprime product line of [...]
Servomex Acquires Contrôle Analytique
November 8, 2007
CROWBOROUGH, East Sussex, 8 November 2007 Servomex, a leading supplier of gas analysis solutions to the refining, chemical and petrochemical, industrial gas and power generation industries, announces that it has acquired the business of Contrôle Analytique, a leading provider of specialist gas analysis products. The acquisition will enable Servomex to increase its product offering in [...]

