Karlsruhe and Herzogenrath, Germany 8/18/08—Bruker AXS GmbH has agreed to acquire S.I.S. Surface Imaging Systems GmbH, a manufacturer and distributor of atomic force/scanning probe microscopy (AFM/SPM) systems with $3 million in annual revenues. Additional financial details were not provided. Following the acquisition, S.I.S. will be renamed Bruker Nano GmbH and will remain at its location […]
Irvine, CA 8/26/08—Horiba Instruments, the US subsidiary of Horiba, has announced acquired the assets of Beta Scientific effective May 1. Beta Scientific offered the SA-9600 line of Surface Area Analyzers for measuring low surface-area samples. Horiba stated the product line compliments its particle size, particle shape and zeta potential product lines.
Total R&D spending in Israel increased 7.2% in 2007 in constant prices to NIS 31.5 billion ($8.7 billion), or 4.7% of GDP. R&D spending by the business sector represented 79% of all R&D expenditures last year and rose 8.9%. Government R&D spending grew 4.2% and accounted for 5% of spending, while R&D expenditures by nonprofit […]
Company Announcements In June, LifeSpan BioScience announced plans to release 20,000 immunohistochemistry-validated reagent antibodies over the next four years. It currently offers 37,000 reagent antibodies. Embryome Sciences entered into a manufacturing and distribution agreement with Lifeline Cell Technology to produce standardized human and animal progenitor cell lines and corresponding reagents. Embryome Sciences acquired an exclusive […]
Despite rising costs, India will continue to be a popular site for offshore R&D, according to consulting firm Zinnov, which conducted interviews with 120 foreign R&D centers in India. The offshore R&D industry is worth $9.35 billion, is growing 23% annually and is forecasted to be $21.4 billion by 2012. Multinational corporations are fueling the […]
Carlsbad, CA 8/25/08; Norwalk, CT 8/25/08; Washington, DC 8/21/08; Carlsbad, CA and Foster City, CA 7/29/08; Carlsbad, CA 6/20/08—Shareholders of Applied Biosystems and Invitrogen will vote on the companies’ proposed $6.7 million merger (see IBO 6/15/08) on October 16. In late July, the companies announced the expiration of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period, giving the merger […]
In its annual rankings of the world’s top universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University has listed 17 US universities among the top 20 and 55 US universities among the top 100. Britain and Germany had the second greatest number of universities in the top 100 rankings with 10 and six, respectively. Japan, Canada and Sweden each […]
New nutrition labeling laws for Hong Kong will take effect on July 1, 2010. The laws require that prepackaged food sold in the territory be labeled for energy, protein, carbohydrates, fat, saturated fat, trans fast, sodium and sugars. Hong Kong will become the only market with such requirements, which are more strict than Codex proposals. […]
Korea’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has announced the “577 Initiative,” under which the government plans to increase R&D funding to 5% of GDP within five years to make the country one of the seven science and technology leaders worldwide. Seven industries will be targeted, including semiconductors, automobiles and machinery. In addition, health care […]
Analytical instrument makers have two choices about how to sell their products: directly or through distributors. The choice is especially important for sales in other countries. Although selling directly ensures more control over the sale, direct contact with the end-user and a full percentage of the sale, it also requires substantial investment and greater resources. […]
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