SMITHS GROUP PLC AND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY SIGN LETTER OF INTENT TO FORM SMITHS GE DETECTION
January 15, 2007
Smiths Group plc ('Smiths') and General Electric Company ('GE') announce that they have signed a letter of intent (the 'Letter of Intent') to form Smiths GE Detection (the 'JV'). Smiths will own 64% and GE will own 36% of the JV. The JV will combine Smiths Detection with GE Homeland Protection to create a leading [...]
BioTek Instruments, Inc. Recognizes Employee Milestones
January 10, 2007
Recently, BioTek Instruments, Inc. celebrated another accomplishment in its continued success by honoring a group of employees that have achieved more than two decades of service with the organization. This brings the percentage of current BioTek employees to reach the 20-year mark to 20%. At a company-wide ceremony marking the occasion, Briar Alpert, President of [...]
Analytical Spectral Devices Introduces New goLab™ Mobile Workstation
January 10, 2007
Boulder, Colo., January 10, 2007 — Analytical Spectral Devices, Inc. (ASD) introduces the goLab™ Mobile Workstation for use with ASD FieldSpec®, LabSpec®, AgriSpec®, and TerraSpec® Vis/NIR portable instruments. The goLab Mobile Workstation is a versatile tool for supporting material analyses, formerly restricted to a laboratory environment, to be performed where and when needed — the [...]
Expo Technologies Makes Strategic Acquisition Of PAT Company SpectrAlliance
January 9, 2007
Columbia, MD — January 9th 2007 — Expo Technologies announced today that it has acquired SpectrAlliance Inc., St. Louis, MO, for an undisclosed sum. “This is consistent with our mission to become the PAT implementation partner of choice for the pharmaceutical community”, Peter Bennett, General Manager, explained; “We possess expertise in PAT measurement device hardware, [...]
Dyneon to Acquire Empore Solid Phase Extraction Family of Products
January 5, 2007
OAKDALE, Minn.--Dyneon LLC, a 3M company and one of the world’s leading fluoropolymer producers, recently announced that it will acquire 3M’s Bioanalytical Technologies business, including the Empore solid phase extraction family of products, effective Jan. 1, 2007. The Bioanalytical Technologies business and Empore products will be integrated into Dyneon and will augment Dyneon’s fluoroplastics, fluoroelastomers [...]
Analytical Spectral Devices to Demo First Portable Drug Anti- Counterfeiting Technology at IFPAC
January 4, 2007
Boulder, Colo., — Analytical Spectral Devices, Inc. (ASD) introduces the ASD Smart Ethernet Adapter for use with ASD Pro model FieldSpec®, LabSpec®, and QualitySpec®, parallel port spectrometers. The Smart Ethernet Adapter is designed with a specialized high-performance internal microprocessor that easily enables RJ45/Ethernet connectivity. With the addition of the adapter, users of ASD parallel port [...]
Sartorius Acquires Toha Plast GmbH
January 3, 2007
Technology Group Strengthens Its Position in Plastics Technology for Biopharmaceutical Disposables GOETTINGEN, Germany--Sartorius AG (GER:SRT), an internationally leading laboratory and process equipment provider, acquired all shares in Toha Plast GmbH effective January 3, 2007. Toha Plast GmbH develops and manufactures plastic components for the medical and biotechnology branches and has been a long-term supplier and [...]
Flow Line Options Acquires MEM Flow Meters for Liquid, Gas and Steam Measurement
January 2, 2007
Cleveland, OH, January 2, 2007 -- Flow Line Options Corp. announced today that it has acquired inventory and all rights to the Meter Equipment manufacturing (MEM) flowmeter product line. MEM flow meters were renowned for their tough, simple and accurate flow measurement, but have been unavailable since April 2006. Flow Line will resume manufacturing of [...]
PerkinElmer Acquires Thermal Analysis Product Line from Triton Technology
January 2, 2007
BOSTON--PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI): The DMA 8000 Provides a Powerful Solution for both Routine Analysis and Advanced Research Serves as the Cornerstone for the Next Generation of PerkinElmer Thermal Technologies PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced the acquisition of a line of Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) products [...]
December 22, 2006
Combined company to develop platform for sequencing human genomic DNA at markedly reduced cost PROVIDENCE, R.I.--NABsys, Inc. and GeneSpectrum, Inc. announced today that NABsys has acquired GeneSpectrum in an all-stock transaction. The combined company, NABsys, will pursue its proprietary Hybridization-Assisted Nanopore Sequencing (HANS) platform for sequencing human genomic DNA. “The data and expertise that GeneSpectrum [...]
