Company Announcements Dionex acquired Caliper Life Sciences’ AutoTrace Solid Phase Extraction Workstation product line for in November 2008 for $5 million. AutoTrace had 2007 sales of $3.1 million. Asemblon, a provider of self-assembled monolayer chemistries, signed an international distribution agreement with VWR International in January. Pamela Forbes Lieberman joined VWR International’s Board in January. She […]
According to a survey by the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, R&D spending in Japan grew 2.6% to ¥18,943.8 billion ($164.7 billion). Respondents consisted of 10,488 companies, 1,200 nonprofits and 3,500 universities. Companies, nonprofits and universities accounted for 73%, 8.9% and 18.1% of R&D spending, […]
Edman degradation is a process for protein sequencing first discovered by the Swedish biochemist Pehr Victor Edman in 1950. The technique is characterized by cycles. In a full cycle, the N-terminus of a given peptide is labeled with the reagent phenylisothiocyanate, forming a cyclic compound. Under acidic conditions, the labeled amino acid is cleaved from […]
Company Announcements Sigma-Aldrich agreed to exclusively distribute research quantities of SouthWest NanoTechnologies’ SWeNT CG 100, SG 65 and SG 76 single-wall carbon nanotubes through its Aldrich division. In January, Sigma-Aldrich acquired the antibody-based Seppro affinity depletion technology and a library of 7,000 avian-derived antibodies from Genway Biotech. In December 2008, bioMerieux acquired PML Microbiologicals, a […]
Chicago, IL 3/9/09—Bruker BioSpin has acquired PERCH Solutions, a provider of NMR software for proton NMR prediction, spectral analysis and molecular modeling. Established in 2002 and based in Kuopio, Finland, PERCH software is part of several Bruker BioSpin NMR software products. “Many of PERCH’s market segments and applications overlap with those of our NMR small […]
Company Announcements Hamilton Sundstrand Applied Instrument Technologies established a sales and marketing office in Moscow, Russia, in November 2008. Emerson Process Management opened a 12,500-square-meter Asia Flow Technology Center in Nanjing, China, in November 2008 for flow metering and measurement. Yokogawa opened a sales and service office in Dublin, Ireland, in December 2008. Process control […]
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has reduced its forecast for US chemical output in 2009. In December 2008, the ACC predicted a 3.1% decline, excluding pharmaceutical chemicals, which has now been revised downward to an 8.7% decrease. Total US chemical production is expected to decline 5.7% in 2009, after falling 3.5% last year. US production […]
According to China’s Vice Heath Minister Chen Wenjun, the nine departments cooperating under China’s newly approved Food Safety Law will be headed by the Health Ministry (HM). In addition to coordinating the activities of the nine departments, the HM will deal with food safety emergencies, including food safety monitoring and evaluation. Food manufacturers will be […]
Company Announcements BioTrove announced a research collaboration with Constellation Pharmaceuticals. Under a coexclusive distributor agreement, Cisbio Bioassays will offer BioTrove’s RapidFire MS screening service as a label-free detection method for assay development and drug screening. NextGen spun out its automation and software business in December 2008 to form eXeTek, which is led by two former […]
St. Louis, MO 3/13/09—Sigma-Aldrich has acquired Sigal, its primary distributor in Chile, and formed Sigma-Aldrich Quimica. Terms were not disclosed. “We experienced 20% sales growth in Latin America in 2008 alone, and we believe our expanded presence in Chile, which will integrate sales, marketing and distribution, provides a solid base for consistent growth in the […]
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