Physical testing instruments cover a wide range of techniques for assessing the strength and behavior of materials and components. Although the majority of instruments involve the measurement of linear stresses and strains, there are also many applications that require the accurate measurement of torque and torsion. Although torsion tests may be carried out on some […]
London, UK 2/26/08 and 3/31/08—X-ray metrology firm Bede has appointed BDO Soy Hayward as joint administrators for the company. Bede stated it also expects no return to equity shareholders. On February 26, the company announced that discussions with possible bidders had been terminated and that it was suspending the trading of its stock on the […]
Waltham, MA 3/31/08—PerkinElmer has acquired LabMetrix Technologies, a provider of metrology-based multivendor analytical instrument qualification solutions. Terms were not disclosed. In 2007, LabMetrix generated revenues of approximately $5 million. “This acquisition expands our support of customers in regulated markets by combining metrology-based multivendor qualification solutions with PerkinElmer’s existing services capabilities,” commented PerkinElmer President and CEO […]
Jena, Germany 3/31/08—Analytik Jena AG has signed a contract to sell 51% of its project business, AJZ Engineering GmbH, to AJZ Engineering’s management for €0.9 million ($1.2 million). In addition, the parties entered into a cooperation agreement under which Analytik Jena will secure credit for ongoing projects on a case-by-case basis. Over three to five […]
According to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), the semiconductor industry experienced its second best year ever in 2007,with worldwide sales for semiconductor manufacturing equipment of $42.77 billion, a 6% increase from 2006. Experts believe this increase is due to both the growth of the 300 mm ramp and intensive memory investments. The statistics are […]
Two new reports released by Sense About Science and the Association of Clinical Biology, and the Royal College of Pathologists and the PHG Foundation address the need for government oversight of diagnostic testing kits and the potential for misdiagnoses. The reports on the heels of a Science Council report released at the end of January […]
India continues to make significant investments in science and technology as evidenced by the government’s 2008–2009 budget proposal. The budget supports a 20.5% increase in funding for the Ministry of Science and Technology INR 3630.00 crore ($881.1 million = INR 41.20 = $1). The Ministry is one of the country’s primary funding mechanism for R&D. […]
Cambridge, MA and Bothell, WA 3/31/08—Synthetic biology firm Codon Devices and Blue Heron Biotechnology, a provider of gene synthesis services, have settled their legal dispute stemming from Codon’s 2007 suit against Blue Heron. The suit alleged infringement of four patents owned by Duke University (US Patent Nos. 5,459,039; 5,556,750; 5,679,522; and 5,702,894) and one MIT […]
Bothell, WA 3/27/08—In conjunction with its plan to merge with integrated circuits supplier GigOptix, Lumera has announced that operations of Plexera Biosciences, its life science instrument subsidiary, will cease immediately. Publicly held Lumera will merge its Electro-Optics segment with GigOptix, thereby taking GigOptix public. Lumera Chairman C. James Judson stated: “[W] e do not have […]
New Orleans, Louisiana, played host to the 59th annual Pittsburgh conference and exhibition (Pittcon), which was held March 1–7 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Although Pittcon took place against a backdrop of escalating fears of a US recession, one would have never known it. Companies were upbeat about future business prospects and the […]
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