Albuquerque, NM 11/7/08—The New Mexico Business Weekly reported on November 7 that Invitrogen has acquired Acoustic Cytometry Systems. Located in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and founded in 2006, Acoustic Cytometry Systems is developing flow cytometers based on acoustic-focusing technology licensed from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and associated reagents. According to a business presentation by […]
Company Announcements Air Liquide acquired Pure Helium, a supplier of liquid and gaseous helium, helium-based mixtures and argon, with presences in India and the Middle East. Pure Helium has 40 employees and had 2007 revenues of $20 million. Under a strategic alliance announced in July, Steelcase’s Laboratory Solutions division will integrate Lab Crafters’ fume hood […]
The Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) has released a draft of its plan to promote the sharing of research instruments and development of new instrumentation by researchers. The plan is designed to improve coordination among CAS scientists by centralizing research facilities. Under the plan, between 30 and 50 pilot centers will be established. CAS would […]
Unable to raise funding, a number of biotechnology companies could soon go out of business. Five US biotech firms have filed for bankruptcy in the last month alone. Burrill & Co. report that in the first nine months of 2008, the amount of money raised by biotech companies fell 54% to $9.7 billion. Financing for […]
The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) forecasts that chemical production by the EU27 countries will decline 0.3% in 2009, after rising 0.2% this year. In contrast, US chemical production is expected to decline 1.1% this year before increasing 0.5% in 2009. Excluding pharmaceuticals, EU27 and US chemical output are each forecasted to decline this year, […]
According to a new study by Wood Mackenzie, of the 160 refining projects announced since 2005 and scheduled to be operational between the next two to seven years, only 30 are expected to be completed. Nearly all of the projects that are going ahead are funded by national oil companies and will provide 12 million […]
Cambridge, UK 10/20/08; London, England 11/24/08—Scientific Digital Imaging has announced that it plans to list on the London Stock Market’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on December 8. The company’s primary business is Synoptics, a provider of imaging instruments for life science research. It recently acquired Artemis, a UK-based supplier of cooled CCD cameras, and Persu, […]
Major analytical instrument and laboratory supply companies weathered the economic storm quite well in the calendar-year third quarter. Dionex, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Varian and Waters each noted some order delays due to economic conditions, but in general companies stated that business was unaffected. However, the downturn in equity and capital markets worsened in mid-September, the […]
Science published a study on November 6 conducted by researchers from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, claiming that chemical compounds leached from disposable plastic consumables tainted experiment data. In an interview with IBO, Dr. Andrew Holt, a researcher involved in the study, made it clear that the results could have wide-ranging implications. “I […]
Pfäffikon, Switzerland 11/26/08; Amersham, England 11/27/08—OC Oerlikon has sold its Oerlikon Optics USA business unit to Ocean Optics, an affiliate of Halma, for $6 million in cash. Based in Golden, Colorado, Oerlikon Optics USA is a supplier of custom optical components and subassemblies and has annual sales of more than CHF 10 million ($8.4 million). […]
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