Discussions with Debt Holders Continue as Planned GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ:XRIT) today announced that Lynn J. Lyall, who had served in the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) position since March of 2008, has left the company for personal reasons. X-Rite has named Dave Rawden as interim CFO and does not anticipate any disruptions in ongoing [...]

Former General Electric Executive Brings Wealth of Security Experience and Operational Excellence to Growing and Innovative Company WILMINGTON, MA--May 13, 2008 -- Ahura Scientific, Inc., a leader in rugged, ultra-compact handheld instruments for chemical identification, announced today that it has appointed seasoned entrepreneur and security industry veteran Kenneth Boyda to its Board of Directors. Mr. [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc., (NYSE:A) today announced that it has acquired a license to commercialize a method developed at the Broad Institute for genome partitioning using Agilent’s Oligo Library Synthesis (OLS) technology. Financial terms were not disclosed. Recent advances in DNA-sequencing technology have increased the speed of data acquisition. However, without accompanying improvements in [...]

Spectrum™ 100 Optica Offers Accurate Measurements in Optical Filter Characterization WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, a global leader in application-focused measurement and analysis solutions, today introduced the Spectrum™ 100 Optica, the only commercially available Fournier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer developed specifically for the optical filters and coatings industry. The robust instrument provides [...]

Palo Alto, Calif., April -- Polymer Laboratories, now a part of Varian, Inc. (Nasdaq: VARI) today announced that it has acquired the assets and products of Precision Detectors, Inc., a privately owned company based in Bellingham, Massachusetts. Precision Detectors specializes in the manufacture of state-of-the-art chromatography detectors and software for use with HPLC, GPC and [...]

BUDAPEST, Hungary, May 12 -- ChemAxon, a software solutions provider for cheminformatics, today announced the appointment of Alex Drijver as CEO. The arrival signals the companies increased focus on business development and market position. Ferenc Csizmadia, founder and former CEO, moves to Chairman and Head of Research and Development. The new R&D position formalises the [...]

Ronald E. Majors Awarded Chromatographic Society's Martin Gold Medal SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News) today introduced a wide range of ground-breaking innovations to its liquid chromatography (LC) portfolio at HPLC 2008. Agilent’s Poroshell 120 columns, 1200 Rapid Resolution (RRLC) system, 1200 Series LC Method Development Solution and newest version of ChemStation software [...]

ASPEX today announced the release of its Metal Quality Analyzer(TM) (MQA), the steel industry's first, all-in-one system for quickly identifying and characterizing harmful non-metallic inclusions that affect steel production. In conjunction with newly-developed protocols, the MQA(TM) allows plants to improve yields, realize tremendous energy-efficient cost savings, and recognize an annual ROI of over $1 million. [...]

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., May 12, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- STARLIMS Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:LIMS), a leading provider of laboratory information management systems, or LIMS, today announced that it has established a new unit focused on providing strategic informatics consulting services to STARLIMS customers. STARLIMS has acquired the assets of Laboratory Expertise Center, Inc. (LEC), a U.S.-based consultancy [...]

HORIBA Instruments, Inc. and HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Inc. have recently concluded an exclusive strategic agreement with the Qwest Scientific Group, a West Coast based manufacturer’s representative organization for analytical laboratory instruments. HORIBA Instruments, Inc. and HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Inc. have recently concluded an exclusive strategic agreement with the Qwest Scientific Group, a West Coast based [...]