Port Washington, NY 1/12/10—Pall has acquired MicroReactor Technologies for an undisclosed amount. MicroReactor Technologies provides a miniature bioreactor platform for process development and fermentation, which is reliable, easy to use and cost effective, according to Pall. The company’s High Throughput Process Development (HTPD) systems control, monitor and record process parameter for multiple individual cell culture […]
London, UK 11/16/09; London, UK 1/13/10; Luton, UK 1/7/10—Mettler-Toledo has purchased Anachem’s Manual Liquid Handling (MLH) business, a UK-based distributor of pipettes, tips and consumables, from Diploma for £7.8 million ($12.7 million = £1.62 = $1) in cash. The MLH business generated £10.7 million ($17.3 million) in revenue for the year ended September 30, 2009, […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 1/12/10—QIAGEN NV has acquired ESE GmbH, a developer and manufacturer of UV and fluorescence optical measurement devices, for $19 million in cash. ESE’s detection technology is fast, compact and can be manufactured at a low cost, according to QIAGEN, making it suitable for point-of-need testing and integration into lab instruments. The devices […]
Carlsbad, CA 1/12/10—Life Technologies has agreed to acquire AcroMetrix for an undisclosed amount. AcroMetrix provides molecular and serological diagnostic quality control products to clinical laboratories, blood screening centers and in vitro diagnostic manufacturers. “With the growth of DNA and other molecular based tests, there is a growing need for high quality, independently provided controls to […]
Billerica, MA 1/7/10; San Diego, CA 1/12/10; San Francisco, CA 1/13/10; Hopkinton, MA 1/14/10—Three instrument companies have announced preliminary revenue guidance for the fourth quarter of 2009. Illumina stated that it expects fourth-quarter sales of $176 million, compared to earlier guidance of minimum sales of $165 million. As a result, 2009 revenues are expected to […]
It is that time of the year again to peer into our crystal ball and proffer the future of the analytical and life science instrument industry. This year’s task is somewhat easier than that which confronted IBO in January 2009 (see IBO 1/15/09), although some uncertainty still persists. A year ago we were trying to […]
Combustion ion chromatography (CIC) is an interesting variation on IC that enables the analysis of certain kinds of samples that would be otherwise difficult to manage. To understand the method, it is advantageous to strip away the different layers of the technique. At its heart is chromatography, a basic separations method that makes use of […]
Company Announcements Leica Microsystems named Optical Analysis as its new exclusive regional dealer for New England for industrial microscope and imaging equipment sales. Leica Microsystems’ exclusive South Central US regional dealer McBain Systems expanded its market coverage for microscope imaging products to industrial, educational and forensic customers to include Southern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, New […]
Company Announcements South Korea–based DNA Link achieved Certified Service Provider (CSP) status for Agilent microarrays. DNA Link became the first CSP for Roche NimbleGen’s targeted enrichment and sequencing services. Eurofins MWG Operon joined Roche NimbleGen’s CSP Program for Sequence Capture. ImaGenes GmbH joined Roche NimbleGen’s CSP Program for ChIP-chip analysis. CombiMatrix entered into a supply […]
Company Announcements Chiral Technologies signed a sales agreement with LEACSA for Mexico. Dionex Executive Vice President and COO Kevin Chance resigned in October. Proxeon appointed six new distributors: Proteomic Solutions for France, Rigas Labs for Greece, Biosense for Italy, Alpha Analytical for Singapore, Scientech for Taiwan and Scinco for South Korea. Product Introductions GL Sciences […]
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