Egham, UK 8/15/11—Spectris has agreed to acquire Omega Engineering for $475 million on a debt- and cash-free basis. Omega Engineering provides a broad range of process measurement and control instrumentation to industrial and academic markets. Spectris stated that the company has a differentiated customer service model, which emphasizes quality, availability, customization and delivery speed. “We […]
The IBO Design Awards strive each year to recognize the best industrial design of analytical and life science instruments. Industrial design refers to the visual appearance of the instrument, including how the exterior features interact with a user. Industrial design features include shape, color, material and form. Such features dictate the user’s interaction with the […]
This spring, the National People’s Congress approved China’s 12th Five-Year Plan for 2011 to 2015. China’s five-year plans set the country’s economic and social priorities during the period. China is one of the fastest-growing markets for analytical and life science instrumentation. The goals of the Plan emphasize many of the same sectors that have fueled […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ fell 2.2%, 2.1% and 0.6% in July. Wall Street’s anxiety was elevated due to political gridlock over how to raise the debt ceiling and the possibilities of a US Treasury credit downgrade. Economic data did little to mitigate the downward pressure as durable goods orders and […]
Franklin Lakes, NJ 7/26/11—BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has named President and COO Vincent A. Forlenza CEO and president, effective October 1. He will also become a member of the Board. He replaces Chairman and CEO Edward J. Ludwig, who will continue to serve as chairman through June 2012. “This change in leadership is the […]
Time-of-flight GC/MS (GC-TOF), which includes TOF and Q-TOF GC/MS systems, has long held potential to become a major GC market segment, but has not yet lived up to these expectations. While the technology has performance advantages, other factors have limited growth. However, a new competitor is poised to finally help the GC-TOF market breakout. Most […]
This month, Bruker introduced its first GC/MS product line, the SCION single quadrupole (SQ) and triple quadrupole (TQ) GC/MS systems. The systems are based on Varian’s GC/MS technology, which Bruker acquired last year (see IBO 3/15/10). Although the SCION GC/MS systems retain the unique 180 degree–curve collision cell design of the Varian 300 and 320 […]
Company Announcements WaferGen Biosystems announced in May that it raised $30.4 million in a private placement financing of equity and debt. In May, Roche Applied Science signed an exclusive OEM agreement with IT-IS Life Sciences for the distribution of IT-IS’s low-throughput LightCycler Nano Instrument. Halo Genomics appointed Ozyme as a distributor for France and Nacalai […]
Company Announcements In April, Olympus named Hidenao Tsuchiya vice president and general manager of its Scientific Equipment Group in the Americas. He was most recently the division manager for the Life Science Business Division of the Life Science and Industrial Systems Group. In June, Carl Zeiss entered into an agreement enabling it to offer Digital […]
Company Announcements In April, Showa Denko transferred its HPLC instrument business to Shoko Scientific and stated it will concentrate on its Shodex HPLC columns business. In April, Phenomenex opened an office in Hyderabad, India, for directly serving the Indian market. YMC announced in April the establishment of YMC Korea. In June, BAC announced a strategic […]
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