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GENERAL LABORATORY
- OI completes new Plasma Technology facility - 2026-02-10
Four years after starting building work, Oxford Instruments plc (OI; Abingdon, England), a major provider of instrumentation for materials research, [...] - Battery Ventures combines Markes with Velaris platform - 2026-02-09
Markes International Ltd (Bridgend, Wales), a specialist in combining Thermal Desorption (TD) and headspace sampling for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) [...] - Atlas Copco’s VT expands with seven acquisitions over two years - 2025-12-31
Of the seven companies Atlas Copco AB (Stockholm, Sweden) joining the Vacuum Technique (VT) division through acquisition over last two [...] - More from GENERAL LABORATORY
- OI completes new Plasma Technology facility - 2026-02-10
LIFE SCIENCES
- Cost structure change to improve PSS’ profitability - 2026-02-18
A developer of automated sample-to-result polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technologies, which combine nucleic acid extraction with amplification and result analysis, [...] - Protein expression firm expands distributor network - 2025-12-31
Over the last 12 months, a developer of protein expression technology, Nuclera Ltd (Cambridge, England), expanded the commercial reach for [...] - Cytek closes WA manufacturing - 2025-12-28
In July, flow cytometry company Cytek Biosciences Inc (Fremont, CA) has initiated the transition of its manufacturing operations from Seattle, [...] - More from LIFE SCIENCES
- Cost structure change to improve PSS’ profitability - 2026-02-18
PROCESS & ENVIRONMENTAL
- Halma acquisitions favour Safety division - 2026-02-07
While the majority of acquisitions by Halma plc (Amersham, England) over the last 18 months have benefitted its Safety Sector [...] - Yokogawa expands portfolio for optimising energy production - 2026-01-13
Yokogawa Electric Corp (Tokyo, Japan), the measurement, process control and software company, built on the 2024 acquisition of BaxEnergy GmbH [...] - Merck to buy chromatography business from JSR Life Sciences - 2025-12-24
To strengthen its downstream process offering of advanced filtration and chromatography solutions, Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany), through its Life Science [...] - More from PROCESS & ENVIRONMENTAL
- Halma acquisitions favour Safety division - 2026-02-07
FINANCIALS
- PSS eyes profitability after management changes - 2026-02-18
Having only turned a profit in three of its 10 most recent financial years ended 30th June, the latest 12-month [...] - Twist Bio forecasts breakeven for fourth quarter 2026 - 2026-02-14
Beating its sales forecast for the fiscal year, ended 30th September 2026, though not by much, Twist Bioscience Corp (South [...] - US decisions on trade and investment shake up Takara Bio - 2026-02-13
A good example of the havoc the US government’s tariff policy and its cuts to research investments are causing in [...] - More from FINANCIALS
- PSS eyes profitability after management changes - 2026-02-18
FEATURES
- Stellaromics’ Pyxa platform arrives in Europe
A start-up developer of 3D spatial biology technology working from tissue slices of 100 µm thickness or more, Stellaromics Inc (Boston, MA) has entered an its first early access partnership for its Pyxa™ platform in Europe, through its collaboration with Dr Nigel Jamieson and his team at the University of Glasgow. By applying the full Pyxa workflow – from sample preparation and 3D spatial sequencing to data analysis – [...] - Timegate Instruments expands global reach with distributors
Timegate Instruments Oy (Oulu, Finland), developer of a detector for Raman spectroscopy that suppresses a majority of fluorescence and photoluminescence interference of the signal through the Timegated® Technology, had signed Horizo Inc (Akazava, Japan) as distributor and reseller of Timegate’s product offering in the Japanese market. This includes the PicoRaman M3 instrument, a system for real-time, online bioprocess monitoring and control, first launched two years ago, and several add-ons: the ProbePro [...] - More from FEATURES
- Stellaromics’ Pyxa platform arrives in Europe
APPOINTMENTS
- Markes International appointment - 2025-12-17
- Ginkgo Bioworks appointment - 2025-11-22
- Tecan departures - 2025-12-01
- Ansa Biotechnologies appointment - 2025-12-15
- Qiagen departure - 2025-12-30
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