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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Aequorin Technology Would Strengthen Leadership Position in GPCR Screening BOSTON--PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI - News), a global technology leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced it signed an agreement with Euroscreen S.A., entitling it to acquire Euroscreen S.A.'s majority owned subsidiary, Euroscreen Products S.A., in a cash transaction. Based in Gosselies, Belgium, Euroscreen Products [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News) today announced that it has acquired the chemiluminescence product line -- including a market-leading sulfur detector and a nitrogen detector -- from GE Analytical Instruments, a division of GE Water & Process Technologies. Agilent will offer the acquired products as add-ons to its gas chromatographs (GC). The [...]

Boulder, Colo., — December 19, 2006 — Analytical Spectral Devices (ASD) will debut the pharmaceutical industry’s first portable drug anti-counterfeiting device, the RxSpec® 700Z, at the upcoming IFPAC show, the world’s leading conference on process analysis technology. Now in its 21st year, the International Forum on Process Analytical Technology takes place in Baltimore, January 28-31. [...]