Company Announcements New Zealand–based ZyGEM, a provider of enzyme-based reagents, opened its US headquarters in Solana Beach, California, in January. Invitrogen was named the exclusive provider of fluorescent miRNA microarray labeling kits using Genispheres’ 3DNA dendrimer signal amplification technology. Sigma-Aldrich and MorphoSys AG will design, produce and distribute unique recombinant antibodies. In February, Exiqon A/S […]
Washington, DC 5/29/08—ICx Technologies has acquired S3I for approximately $5.3 million and potential earn-out payments. S3I is the developer of the Instantaneous Bioaerosol Analyzer and Collector sensor for the detection of biological threats.
Company Announcements Revenues from AMETEK’s Ultraprecise Measurement and Analysis businesses grew to more than $400 million in 2007. Revenues in 2007 for Spectris’s Materials Analysis segment, which consists of PANanalytical, Malvern Instruments and Particle Measuring Systems, increased 4%, 8% in constant currencies, to £213.8 million ($427.6 million), and operating profit rose 15% to £34.8 million […]
Eden Prairie, MN 4/29/08—MTS Systems has agreed to acquire SANS Group, a Chinese provider of materials testing products with annual sales of approximately $25 million. “While MTS has a successful 30-year history in China, SANS’ sales and service capability, product portfolio, and established customer base expands our ability to serve the increasing demand for testing […]
Capital expenditure budgets (CapEx) for 22 public food companies surveyed by Food Processing are expected to increase 7.1% to $11.067 billion in 2008. Fifteen of the surveyed companies plan to increase their CapEx, with five increasing spending more than 25%. Pilgrim’s Pride and Hershey reported the largest planned increases, with CapEx growth of 72% and […]
Abingdon, UK 5/28/08—Oxford Instruments has acquired Link Analytical AB from its owner and manager, Anna Otterstrom, for an initial cash payment of £0.6 million ($1.2 million) and a cash earn-out of up to £0.6 million payable over three years. Link Analytical AB is a Scandinavian distributor of electron microscopy products, including Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis’s products. […]
Wetzlar, Germany and St. Louis, MO 5/14/08—Leica Microsystems, a Danaher company, has acquired the assets of Coretech Holdings and McCormick Scientific for an undisclosed amount. Coretech is a provider of instruments, reagents and consumables for clinical and research histopathology laboratories. Coretech has joined Leica Biosystems and its CEO Doug Martin has become vice president and […]
Madison, WI 5/30/08—Molecular diagnostics company Third Wave Technologies has agreed to acquire Stratagene’s Full Velocity patents and patent applications from Agilent Technologies. The Full Velocity patents cover quantitative PCR and quantitative real-time PCR chemistries. “Third Wave’s strategic acquisition of the Full Velocity patents cements an integral part of our clinical menu expansion plans and provides […]
Company Announcements Quantum announced in 2007 that it is now the exclusive distributor of Tekmar products in the western US. In February, Picarro and OI agreed to develop and market a carbon detection package for measuring carbon isotopes in environmental water and solid samples. Finesse Solutions opened a sales and service center in Northborough, Massachusetts, […]
One of the focuses of Australia’s recently released budget for 2008–2009 is the renovation of research institutions and new research grants. The new AUS$11 billion ($10.5 billion) Education Investment Fund, the successor to the country’s Higher Education Fund, will be used to repair universities and research facilities. The new Health and Hospital Fund will focus […]
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