Headlines
GENERAL LABORATORY
- VWR continues regional expansion - 2014-02-28
VWR International LLC (Radnor, PA) has continued the expansion of its regional distributor network with the acquisition of Peqlab Biotechnologies [...] - Andor gives in to OI’s advances - 2014-02-26
If the aim of Conor Walsh, the managing director of camera and microscope specialist Andor plc (Belfast, Northern Ireland) in [...] - SiliCycle buys reactor product line - 2014-02-26
SiliCycle Inc (Quebec City, PQ), a provider of silica-based products for chromatography, and analytical and organic chemistry, has acquired the [...] - More from GENERAL LABORATORY
- VWR continues regional expansion - 2014-02-28
LIFE SCIENCES
- Maverix raises funds for NGS informatics platform - 2014-02-28
Maverix Biomics Inc (San Mateo, CA), a supplier of software for the analysis of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data, has secured [...] - GE HLS and TFS deal not completed yet - 2014-02-27
As part of the Life Tech deal, the European Commission (EC) compelled Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (Waltham, MA) to sell [...] - Analytical Instruments in the new Thermo Fisher Scientific - 2014-02-27
The massive internal restructuring within Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (Waltham, MA) following the completion of the Life Technologies Corp (Carlsbad, [...] - More from LIFE SCIENCES
- Maverix raises funds for NGS informatics platform - 2014-02-28
PROCESS & ENVIRONMENTAL
- Lumense raises funds for sensor manufacturing - 2014-02-25
Lumense Inc, a developer of real-time gas and liquid sensors for quality control applications, has raised $2.7 million of funds [...] - Repligen sells drug assets - 2014-02-22
Repligen Corp (Waltham, MA), a developer of consumables for the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals, has sold its histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) [...] - Ametek expands German site of 3D metrology business - 2014-02-22
Ametek Inc (Berwyn, PA) has expanded the German facility of Creaform Inc (Levis, PQ) in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, near Stuttgart, having purchased [...] - More from PROCESS & ENVIRONMENTAL
- Lumense raises funds for sensor manufacturing - 2014-02-25
FINANCIALS
- Biolin goes into red in 2013 - 2014-03-08
For calendar 2013, Biolin Scientific AB, the only life science business owned by equity investor Ratos AB (both Stockholm, Sweden), [...] - IDEX beats on earnings in Q4 - 2014-02-28
The Health & Science Technologies segment of IDEX Corp (Northbrook, IL) grew sales in the fourth quarter by 4% from [...] - Bruker sails over targets in Q4 - 2014-02-28
Bruker Corp (Billerica, BA) found its stock touching a 12-year high as the firm announced fourth quarter results that sailed [...] - More from FINANCIALS
- Biolin goes into red in 2013 - 2014-03-08
FEATURES
- Pittcon Editors give top award to NIR mirror assembly
After a closely-fought contest, a global company mainly known for its semiconductor and pocket calculator products won the top prize at this year’s Pittcon Editors’ Awards for its first foray into the analytical instrument market. In its nineteenth year, the Awards’ organisers invited all journalists and editors attending the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy to find the most innovative and potentially market-changing new technologies presented for the first [...] - Global economy tilts towards recovery but lab markets remain sluggish
The primary markets for laboratory equipment and analytical instrumentation manufacturers were less than spectacular in the second quarter of calendar 2013, as weakness in the European chemical sector and on-going structural problems in big pharma combined with cutbacks in government research funding in the US, to create something of a perfect storm of headwinds. In the wider economy, Europe remained in recession, while US growth was decidedly subdued. Emerging markets too [...] - More from FEATURES
- Pittcon Editors give top award to NIR mirror assembly
APPOINTMENTS
- Shimadzu appointment - 2014-03-11
- Oxford Instruments appointment - 2014-02-26
- Bina Technologies appointments - 2014-02-25
- Ametek appointment - 2014-02-25
- InSphero appointment - 2014-02-25
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