Graz, Austria 2/29/12—Anton Paar, a provider of analytical instrumentation, has acquired the Petrotest Group for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 1873 and based in Germany, Petrotest provides systems for determining the flash point of petroleum products using the Pensky-Martens method. “The combination of existing technologies from both companies results in a promising synergy effect and […]
New Castle, DE 2/15/12—TA Instruments, a Waters company, has acquired German thermal analysis system maker BÄHR Thermoanalyse. “This acquisition adds powerful technologies which complement TA Instruments’ market-leading thermal analysis product line,” said TA Instruments President Terry Kelly. “There are exciting opportunities to merge patented technologies from TA and BÄHR to produce powerful new systems.” BÄHR […]
Madison, WI 2/15/12—A jury in the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin has awarded Promega $52.0 million in damages for willful infringement of its Short Tandem Repeat (STR) patents by Life Technologies. The Court may increase the damages and will consider an injunction against Life Technologies for the sale of the infringing […]
In the calendar-year fourth quarter, major, publicly held US instrument companies posted steady growth. In general, US academic and government sales improved from the third quarter but remained slow, according to several companies. The surprise of the quarter was Europe, for which a number of firms reported sales growth. For the eight businesses whose results […]
As discussed in IBO’s August 15, 2011, issue, China’s 12th Five-Year Plan was initiated last year, with the aim of boosting the country’ R&D spending to 2.2% of GDP, compared with 1.8% of GDP in 2010. Details of the specific industry and regional five-year plans continue to be announced, including the funding amounts and goals […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded above 13,000 in February for the first time since April 2008. Market momentum was stimulated by employment growth, manufacturing data, rising consumer sentiment and strong technology earnings. On February 29, fourth-quarter GDP growth was revised up to 3.0% from initial estimates of 2.8%. However, concerns emerged as economic data […]
Norway has launched the Norwegian Cancer Genomics Consortium, which will use next-generation sequencing to sequence the genomes of cancer patients. In comparison, many similar studies at hospitals in the US, UK and France are using conventional genetic testing. The project’s pilot phase will sequence 1,000 patients’ tumor genomes to determine how genetic makeup affects treatment. […]
One of the subsegments driving growth in the Raman spectroscopy market is Raman imaging. The speed and chemical information that imaging provides is helping the technique steadily replace conventional Raman microscopy. Scientists are finding Raman imaging an advantageous technique for a wide variety of industries and applications and are still exploring the technique’s potential. There […]
Advanced Liquid Logic’s (ALL) digital microfluidics technology promises greater scalability and lower costs than traditional, continuous-flow microfluidics. Although the company has commercialized one product itself, it is relying on partnerships to facilitate its technology’s development. ALL was founded in 2004 and today has 65 employees. ALL currently has four partnerships, with one resulting in a […]
Company Announcements De Novo Software and ChemoMetec signed a comarketing agreement in October 2011. Nexcelom Bioscience signed a licensing agreement with De Novo Software in October 2011. Partec agreed in November 2011 to sell De Novo Software’s FCS Express software with its CyFlow Cube instrument and to resell the software worldwide. Synthetic biology firm Intrexon […]
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