Chemical firms will increase their capital spending 8.6% to nearly $8.8 billion, according to an early February survey of 17 companies by Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). For 2007, C&EN reports that the actual capital spending of the 18 companies surveyed increased by 13.2% to $8.1 billion. Survey results from 14 companies indicate R&D spending […]
The United States Council for Aid Education’s Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey, which tracks data from 1,023 institutions, reports that charitable contributions to US colleges and universities increased 63% in 2007 to $29.75 billion. Twenty institutions raised $7.66 billion in total for 2007, making up 25.8% of all contributions to colleges and universities. The […]
Cambridge Research & Instrumentation introduced the fully automated Maestro 2 in vivo optical imaging system in North America. Cambridge Research & Instrumentation released the Nuance 2, an affordable system that converts any brightfield or fluorescence microscope into a multispectral imaging workstation. Caliper Life Sciences launched drug combination services through Caliper Discovey Alliances & Services. Bio-Rad […]
Sepax Technologies is constructing a 100,000 sq. ft. Chromatography Science building in Changzhou, China to be completed in June 2008 for the production of columns, silica chemistry, polymer resin, bulk media and instruments, as well as for research of natural product separations and Chinese medicine. On January 1, Seika Corporation of America changed its name […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Applitek, a Belgian firm, debuted the eXaminer a portable/handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument, which should begin shipping in August or September at a “competitive” price. In November 2007, Brooks Rand began shipment of the Merx methyl mercury system, which uses GC and its AFS mercury analyzer to make a direct measurement of methyl […]
Waters launched the SystemQT qualification tool, offering automated system-level quantification for Waters HPLC systems in order to reduce compliance test time. ESA Biosciences launched its Coulochem III ECD system with a Boron Doped Diamond electrode for the efficient analysis of sulfur-containing compounds. Varian launched its Pursuit family of Fast LC columns with the release of […]
Wetzlar, Germany; Liechtenstein; Vienna, Austria 2/21/08—Leica Microsystems, a Danaher company, has acquired Bal-Tec AG, a provider of sample preparation equipment for scanning electron microscopy (EM). Leica will manage the new business from its Ultramicrotomy facility in Vienna, Austria. “Leica Microsystems was already a leader in key segments of the EM sample preparation market and now, […]
Once again this year, the seasonally strong calendar year 2007 fourth quarter did not disappoint, topping off a year of solid growth for some of the analytical instrument industry’s largest companies. Of the 10 analytical and life science instrument businesses discussed on pages 9–11 that presented quarterly results in US dollars, eight posted double-digit revenue […]
The final trading day in February ended with a sharp decline across major US and international stock indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ declined 2.5%, 2.7% and 2.6%, respectively, while the Asia-Pacific and European equity markets ended broadly lower. The continued negative US economic data, including inflationary pressure, rising oil prices, […]
Following up on IBO’s examination of US product safety systems (see IBO 11/15/07), there have been recent announcements from Wal-Mart, Toys R’Us, the Toy Industry Association (TIA) and the EU concerning toy safety. These announcements express a clear aim to increase the amount of toy testing, with the TIA calling for an increase in the […]
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