Wipro Technologies and GE Fanuc Collaborate to Offer Solutions for Consumer Products and Pharmaceutical Companies

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

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

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

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)

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

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 [...]

Agilent Technologies Signs Agreement to Acquire Velocity11, a Leader in Life Science Lab Automation and Robotics

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & MENLO PARK, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A - News) and Velocity11 today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire Velocity11. Velocity11, privately held, is a leader in automated liquid handling and laboratory robotics for the life science market. Financial details were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected [...]

Analytik Jena acquires majority share in eBiochip Systems GmbH

Chip array key technology with exclusive usage rights expands bio solutions portfolio. Initial systems already on the market. Jena/Itzehoe, November 06, 2007 – Analytik Jena AG (Frankfurt, Prime Standard: AJA), the leading provider of analytical measuring systems for food inspection, environmental analysis, medicine and biotechnology, today announced the conclusion of an agreement which gives Analytik [...]

VWR International, LLC Acquires Netherlands-Based Omnilabo International B.V.

WEST CHESTER, PA, November 6, 2007 - VWR International, LLC, a leading supplier to the global research laboratory industry, today announced that it has acquired Omnilabo International B.V., a Netherlands-based laboratory supply distributor. Omnilabo has 42 employees based in the Netherlands and Belgium. Manuel Brocke-Benz, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of VWR's European Operations, [...]

Varian, Inc. Acquires Analogix Business

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 5 -- Varian, Inc. (Nasdaq: VARI - News) today announced that it has acquired the assets of Analogix, Inc., a privately owned company based in Burlington, Wisconsin, for approximately $11 million in cash plus assumed net debt, subject to certain net asset adjustments. The transaction also includes the opportunity for additional [...]

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