Washington, DC 12/15/14; Washington, DC 12/15/14—The SEC and Bruker have announced charges and a settlement in the SEC’s investigation of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by the firm (see IBO 8/15/11). The SEC charged the company with violating the FCPA by providing non-business–related travel and improper payments to Chinese government officials. The […]
Frankfurt, Germany 12/2/14; Munich, Germany 12/2/14—Private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has acquired the Duran Group from ADCURAM for an undisclosed amount. Duran manufactures borosilicate glass, which is highly resistant to chemicals and temperature, and is mainly used for laboratory glassware, chemical-process engineering and in-home appliances. The DURAN brand provides premium laboratory glass. Based […]
As new products introduced this year have shown, HPLC systems continue to evolve. Speed, resolution and ease of use remain key criteria for end-users so as to increase productivity. Vendors continually optimize and develop HPLC techniques, such as UHPLC and LCxLC, to meet these demands. Agilent Technologies, Shimadzu and Thermo Fisher Scientific each launched new […]
Nanoindentation technology is used to analyze the mechanical properties of a material specimen, such as hardness and modulus of elasticity. Instruments used for nanoindentation testing are operated by pushing an indenter made of hard material, such as diamond or sapphire, onto a softer material for a prearranged pressure and time interval. Material specimens are mounted […]
With more than $200 million in sales last year, Austrian firm Anton Paar has a long history of manufacturing analytical instruments for several product markets. This breadth is not common among companies of its size, and its instruments range from materials characterization to molecular spectroscopy to process analytics systems. The company’s high proportion of R&D […]
Fiscal fourth quarter sales ending September 30 for Brooks Automation’s Life Science Systems (LSS) segment climbed 77.4% to $20.0 million to account for 16% of company sales. Excluding the acquisition of Matrical (see IBO 7/31/13), sales grew 63% driven by demand for automated sample-management systems and services. Including the acquisition, Product and Service revenue grew […]
Countercurrent chromatography (CCC) is a preparative separation technique using two immiscible liquids. One carries the sample, forming the mobile phase, while the other serves as the stationary phase. The three types of CCC are droplet (DCCC), hydrostatic or centrifugal-partition chromatography (CPC), and hydrodynamic. DCCC uses gravity to draw the mobile phase with the sample through […]
Company Announcements Hamilton Scientific acquired the assets of Dancker, Sellew and Douglas, a long-standing dealer partner, in August. In August, VWR rescinded the purchase agreement for LABRep (see IBO 6/15/14) after identifying inappropriate business practices and received a full refund of the purchase price, according to an SEC filing. In September, Esco set up a […]
Company Announcements GenoLogics was selected by Illumina in September as the preferred LIMS provider to support HiSeq X Ten sequencing-system customers. Nabsys named Steve Lombardi as president and CEO in September. Sunquest Information Systems and Partners Healthcare established a strategic alliance that includes a strategic investment by Sunquest in GeneInsight. SeqLL, which offers Helicos’ sequencing […]
Company Announcements DECTRIS signed a frame contract in June for the delivery of detectors for Shimadzu’s XRD systems. Thermo Fisher Scientific announced in August that its Persistent Organic Pollutants Center of Excellence and the UK’s University of Birmingham will host research related to an EU grant for studying the sources and pathways of brominated–flame-retardant pollution. […]
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