Sanford, ME 12/11/12—Maine Manufacturing has acquired from GE the assets of its laboratory filter and membrane business. The acquired product lines include the Cameo brand of syringe filters, capsule and cut disc filters; transfer membranes; and flat sheet and roll stock microporous membranes. Maine Manufacturing will continue to operate the Westborough, Massachusetts facility that makes […]
Munich, Germany 11/30/12; Tokyo, Japan 12/3/12—Konica Minolta Optics has acquired German firm Instrument Systems effective December 1 for an undisclosed amount. Instrument Systems provides LED light source and other lighting-related measurement systems based on spectroscopy. Headquartered in Munich with 99 employees, the company’s fiscal 2012 sales grew 26.8% to €30.3 million ($40.4 million = €0.75 […]
Radnor, PA 12/4/12—VWR International has acquired France-based Labonord and Belgium-based Switch for undisclosed amounts. Labonord supplies consumables and chemicals, including histology products. Switch manufactures cytology and histology reagents and dyes under the Q-Path brand, which are sold in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Labonord is a Switch distributor.
Solid phase extraction (SPE) is among the most widely used sample preparation techniques for chemical and biological analyses. SPE is used to purify a compound by concentrating liquid phase components onto a solid phase substrate and extracting the target analytes. Greater sample complexity and more sensitive instrumentation have driven the need for SPE advancements. Also […]
Instrument and laboratory product companies have been building manufacturing facilities in developing nations for years (see IBO 3/15/11). Such facilities offer more than lower manufacturing costs, as they encompass several components of a company’s strategy for the country and surrounding region. Among these components are expanding local R&D, offering local products and services, and meeting […]
Tokyo, Japan 12/10/12; Tokyo Japan 12/12/12; Tokyo, Japan 12/12/12—Hitachi High-Technologies and SII NanoTechnology, a unit of Seiko Instruments, have announced that the companies’ merger will proceed (see IBO 5/31/12, 8/15/12). The acquisition is expected to be completed by January 1, 2013. The announcement follows the decision by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) that the […]
Laboratory glassware washers rely on a number of interactions. The mechanical action of the water creates a scrubbing effect, while the detergent chemically reacts with the contaminants to fully cleanse glassware. Other factors include water temperature and time. Proper water temperature is used to aid the chemical reactions, while sufficient time is required to complete […]
Company Announcements Genedata and Insilico Biotechnology integrated their respective Genedata Selector and Insilico Discovery simulation software to create an end-to-end platform for industrial biotechnology research. In September, ChemAxon opened a new East Coast headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ingenuity Systems partnered with Life Technologies in October to develop a joint solution for interpretation of molecular profiling […]
Company Announcements MTS Systems announced in July an agreement with the US Attorney’s General Office for the District of Minnesota settling for $7.75 million the Department of Justice’s potential claims against the company for its past disclosures on its government certifications and representations (see IBO 8/15/11). MTS Systems’ Test revenue for the fiscal year ending […]
Earlier this month, the Safe Food for Canadians Act became law. The move streamlines provisions of the country’s Food and Drugs Act, Fish Inspection Act, Meat Inspection Act, Canada Agricultural Products Act, and Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act into one law to reduce health risks and improve industry compliance. The Food and Drugs Act will […]
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