Waltham, MA 7/2/10; Tokyo, Japan 7/2/10—Olympus NDT has acquired Innov-X Systems, a manufacturer of portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) systems, for an undisclosed amount. Innov-X has operated as a business division of Olympus NDT since July 1. Olympus has retained Innov-X’s current management and employee base. “The decision to acquire Innov-X Systems was based on the […]
Corning, NY 8/13/10—Corning has agreed to acquire Plaslab SAS, a manufacturer and distributor of plastic consumable labware in Europe, for an undisclosed amount. France-based Plaslab is the holding company of Plastiques Gosselin SAS. “One way we create balance is by building a healthy portfolio of businesses in different markets,” stated Corning President and COO Peter […]
West Chester, PA 8/5/10; Christchurch, New Zealand 8/5/10—VWR has agreed to acquire the scientific distribution businesses of EBOS Group for an undisclosed amount. The businesses distribute general laboratory supplies and life science products in Australia and New Zealand through Quantum Scientific, Crown Scientific and Global Science & Technology. The businesses’ annual revenue is approximately $40 […]
Waltham, MA 8/3/10—PerkinElmer has acquired VisEn Medical, an in vivo molecular-imaging technology company, for an undisclosed amount. VisEn’s Fluorescence Molecular Tomographic Imaging Systems and reagents provide quantitative molecular-imaging data for identifying and characterizing disease biomarkers and therapeutic efficacy in cells and animal models. “This acquisition broadens our product portfolio along the drug discovery pipeline, from […]
The annual IBO Industrial Design Awards recognize distinctive and innovative industrial design of analytical instruments, laboratory equipment (page 6) and portable instruments (page 7). The winning products are chosen based on their visual appeal, not on performance. As defined by the Industrial Designers Society of America, industrial design is “the professional service of creating and […]
Singapore and Hong Kong 10/22/10—Techcomp has announced the sale of its 50% stake in Bibby Scientific (Hong Kong), a joint venture with Bibby Scientific (see IBO 6/30/08), for laboratory supplies, for $980,000 in cash. “While there is a lot of potential to be derived from the Bibby Scientific JV, we believe that by reallocating our […]
Brea, CA 7/22/10—On its conference call discussing second-quarter results, Beckman Coulter announced that it has reduced its outlook for 2010 Life Sciences revenues by $30–$40 million. The company stated it has revised its expectations for the business due to less-than-expected stimulus-related sales and reduced spending by pharmaceutical companies due to consolidation activities. The revised outlook […]
Peptide synthesizers work by treating amino acids with reagents to protect functional groups on the molecule where reactions are not desired. Suitably activated amino acids are then added with various reagents. After synthesis, the completed peptide is cleaved from the resin for purification. Peptide synthesizers come in manual, semi-automated and fully automated formats. Manual synthesizers, […]
Company Announcements Under a strategic product licensing, manufacturing, comarketing and collaborative R&D agreement, Pressure BioSciences was licensed by Target Discovery to manufacture and sell a line of reagents for use with its Pressure Cycling Technology for the extraction and recovery of intact, functional proteins associated with cell membranes in tissue samples. BioSystem Development and ProZyme […]
Company Announcements IDBS entered into a strategic partnership with Soluzioni Informatiche for distribution of its E-Workbook Suite in Italy. TIBCO Software partnered with IDBS to integrate their respective Spotfire Analytics Platform and ActivityBase chemistry technology for exploring the extended effects of chemical structures on biological activity. Bio-IT World reported in April that Microsoft spun off […]
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