Syagen Sells 1,000th PhotoMate(R) APPI Source
April 3, 2006
TUSTIN, Calif.,-- Syagen Technology Inc., an analytical instrumentation company, has announced the sale of its 1,000th PhotoMate(R) atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI(R)) source. PhotoMate is available on nearly every liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) system and is sold directly through Agilent, Bruker, Thermo Electron, Waters, and Shimadzu. Syagen is the technology and market leader in photoionization mass [...]
Fieldbus Foundation Names Siemens Executive
March 31, 2006
AUSTIN, Texas, The Fieldbus Foundation announced that Hans-Georg Kumpfmueller, president of the Siemens AG Process Instrumentation & Analytics Division, has been named to its board of directors. Kumpfmueller joins other leading executives in the key automation industry post. In addition to Chairman John Berra of Emerson Process Management, current foundation members include: Kenneth Deken, [...]
ACD/Labs, Inc., Signs Reseller Agreement with Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX
March 28, 2006
ACD/Labs announced that it has entered into a reseller's agreement with Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, together with its joint venture partner MDS SCIEX, a division of MDS, Inc. (NYSE:MDZ, TSX:MDS). This agreement allows Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX to sell ACD/Labs' MS Manager, MS Fragmenter, and ChemSketch Software in combination with Applied Biosystems/MDS [...]
Datacolor Signals Bid for GretagMacbeth
March 24, 2006
Regensdorf, Switzerland; Grandville, MI 3/24/06-Eichholf Holding AG, the parent company of Datacolor AG, has submitted a letter of intent for a competing offer to Amazys Holding AG, the holding company of Gretag Macbeth. Subject to completion of due diligence, Eichholf intends to offer at least CHF 108.80 ($83.15) per share in cash, and at least [...]
Avocent acquires assets of Agilent Technologies’ remote IT management product line
March 22, 2006
Avocent Corp. (NASDAQ: AVCT) and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that they have signed an agreement for Avocent to purchase assets and to license technology used by Agilent in its remote management business. Agilent's customers for this product line will now be obtaining products and services from Avocent. The purchase of this business line is not [...]
L-3 Expands Portfolio of Security Technologies
March 21, 2006
Bethesda, MD - Communications' Security and Detection Systems has acquired CyTerra and SafeView, two providers of technology for homeland security applications. Financial details were not disclosed and the acquisitions are forecasted to be slightly accretive to 2006 earnings . Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Orlando, Florida, CyTerra develops and manufactures military and security sensors [...]
Carl Zeiss and Seiko Partner for Nanotech Market
March 16, 2006
Tokyo, Japan and Oberkochen, Germany - NanoTechnology, a Seiko Instruments subsidiary, and Carl Zeiss Nano Technology Systems, a division of Carl Zeiss SMT, have announced a global strategic alliance for electron and ion beam systems. The companies will jointly market systems for nanotechnology and semiconductor process control and will combine their scanning and transmission electron [...]
Thermo Introduces Two New HPLC Detectors for Extended Application Capabilities
March 13, 2006
ORLANDO, FLA.,– Thermo Electron Corporation, world leader in analytical instruments, offers its new Surveyor Plus Refractive Index and Surveyor Plus Fluorescence detectors designed to enhance chromatographers' analytical capabilities when integrated with the Finnigan SurveyorTM PlusTM HPLC product line. As a result, both of these highly sensitive, low maintenance detectors enable chromatographers to run a greater [...]
March 13, 2006
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced the availability of the Agilent 6340 Ion Trap Liquid Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer (LC/MS), which allows scientists to study proteins in a manner that was previously achievable only on a million-dollar floor-standing instrument that requires a dedicated operator. The 6340, a new instrument in Agilent's 6000 Series portfolio of LC/MS systems, [...]
Waters Corporation Introduces the ACQUITY SQD
March 13, 2006
Orlando, Florida, - Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) introduced a new UPLC/MS system at the 57th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, March 12 – 17. The ACQUITY SQD puts the power of Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (UPLC™/MS) into the hands of chromatographers. This UPLC/MS system features the new Waters SQ Detector - [...]
