CyBio Robotics GmbH introduced a benchtop system for the automation of dosing solid samples. CyBio released the CyBi-NanoJetFAP assay workstation, featuring dispensing down to 50 nL. SOTAX launched SOTAX Pharma Services, a contract research organization for dissolution testing. SOTAX introduced the CE 7 smart USP 4 Apparatus, featuring a new microvolume autosampler. Beckman Coulter introduced […]
Aesch, Switzerland 9/7/07—Christ Water Technology, a provider of water technologies, solutions and services for pure and ultrapure water production, drinking water production and wastewater treatment, has acquired 76% of zeta Group. Based near Graz, Austria, with annual sales of approximately €40 million ($50 million), zeta is a supplier of process technologies and operates three business […]
In June, Agilent appointed Neil Cook, PhD, as vice president and director of the Molecular Technology Laboratory at Agilent Laboratories. He will also serve as the R&D/technology manager for the Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis business. Most recently, he was vice president for research and business development and chief scientific officer for PerkinElmer Life and […]
Santa Clara, CA 8/23/07; 8/27/07—Agilent Technologies has announced that Chris van Ingen, president of its Bio-Analytical Measurement business (BAM), will retire on October 31. “I leave Agilent with a great sense of accomplishment,” stated Mr. van Ingen. “The past few years have been very exciting ones for us, with ongoing success in our current markets […]
This month, ensuing renewed concerns over subprime mortgages and the credit crunch, the Dow suffered the second-biggest decline of the year, falling 2.8% on August 9. In the four-day trading period ending August 16, the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ declined 5.6%, 6.1% and 6.2% to four-month lows of 13,846, 1,408 and 2,451, respectively. From […]
Woburn, MA 8/28/07—Nova Analytics, a supplier and integrator of electrochemistry products, has announced that it acquired Global Water Instrumentation. Based outside of Sacramento, California, Global Water Instrumentation was established in 1990 and manufactures a wide variety of water testing instruments, including flow meters, pH meters, dissolved oxygen meters and conductivity meters. Chris McIntire, president and […]
This month, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a report that consolidates its research on China’s innovation policies. The research was requested by China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and is the fruit of several fact-finding operations by the OECD, an October 2006 workshop held in Chongqing, China, on the evaluation […]
Brijot Imaging Systems entered into a joint development plan with HRL Laboratories to enhance its BIS-WDS millimeter-wave imaging system using a module as a plug-in to enable high-volume manufacturing. In order to become profitable, Isonics restructured its Homeland Security & Defense unit to focus on the development of partnerships with prime contractors. Homeland Safety International […]
It was a surprisingly strong calendar-year second quarter for major analytical instrument companies. Healthy European and Asian sales, continued robust industrial market sales, and a strengthening of sales to big pharma helped companies generate results that topped a number of companies’ expectations. A stronger US dollar also helped US companies leverage pricing advantages in foreign […]
Recently, a number of announcements have highlighted the growing presence of instrument companies in the contract services market. Although not a new development, instrument companies’ presence in this market is expanding, as they seek to capitalize on the increased outsourcing of specialized lab services. The new services provide a variety of technologies and applications, and […]
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