Tokyo, Japan and Madison, WI 3/30/15; Tokyo, Japan 3/30/15—Fujifilm has agreed to acquire Cellular Dynamics (CDI) for $307 million in cash, or $16.50 per share, a 108% premium to CDI’s March 27 closing price. CDI develops and manufactures fully functioning human cells, including iPSCs, in industrial quantities to specification. In 2014, CDI generated $16.7 million […]
Atomic Spectroscopy HORIBA updated its XRF-based sulfur-in-oil analyzer with the SLFA-6800, available in a single-sample arrangement or with an eight-position carousel. One improvement is the removal of lead from the circuit board. The system will begin shipping in May priced at about $38,000. JEOL’s benchtop JSX-1000S ElementEye for ED-XRF measurements was introduced late last year. […]
Published this month, the Congressional Research Service’s (CRS) report entitled “Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2016” provides updated government estimates for the fiscal year 2015 (FY15) (October 1, 2014–September 30, 2015) US federal government R&D budget. These numbers update the American Association for the Advancement of Science estimates for FY15 federal R&D spending published in […]
On-line process GC (PGC) systems are permanently installed instruments used to analyze complex mixtures in real time. Like all GC systems, including laboratory and portable systems, a PGC instrument is comprised of three functional components: a sample-handling system, a chromatograph oven and controller electronics. One of the largest application areas for PGC systems is the […]
Company Announcements Arrayit sold its Avant Diagnostics subsidiary to American Liberty Petroleum in December 2014. Fluidic Analytics announced in January that it raised $2.4 million in a Series A financing. The company has developed a chip-based technology for characterizing proteins’ sizes and concentrations. Toxic Reports announced it January the acquisition of the assets of PathoGenetix […]
Company Announcements In January, Agilent Technologies named Alacris Theranostics as an Agilent Certified Service Provider for target enrichment. PreAnalytiX, NuGEN Technologies and RUCDR Infinite Biologics partnered to validate an end-to-end workflow for the reproducible collection and processing of whole blood for RNA-Seq in clinical studies. In February, Japan’s Quantum Biosystems announced that it raised ¥2.4 […]
Company Announcements Eurocontrol announced that its letter of intent to acquire Austin Automation and Instrumentation (see IBO 11/30/14) expired as of December 31, 2014. Austin will continue to distribute the products of Xenemetrix, a Eurocontrol subsidiary, in the US and Asia. Anton Paar announced that it will integrate DECTRIS’s EIGER R 1 M detection into […]
Company Announcements Aqua Metrology Systems, a provider of on-line trihalomethane monitoring for drinking-water applications, acquired TraceDetect, a trace-metals–analysis and –monitoring equipment company, in December 2014. Finesse Solutions opened an office in Shanghai, China, in January. In February, Dutch firm microLAN announced the acquisition of Austria-based mbOnline, enabling microLAN to offer a full range of fully […]
Company Announcements BioMérieux 2014 Industrial Applications revenue declined 0.9%, up 0.8% on a like-for-like basis, to €327 million ($436 million) to represent 19% of sales. Sales for Industrial Applications rose in all regions except China. R&D-related revenue was flat at €7 million ($9 million). GE Healthcare announced on its quarterly conference call that 2014 Life […]
Among the many products at Pittcon released within the last six months of the show, IBO has selected three that stood out for innovation, technical achievement and commercial potential. This year’s top three products offer convenient solutions to technical bottlenecks and limitations. Shimadzu Nexera UC IBO’s top product pick for Pittcon is Shimadzu’s Nexera UC […]
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