CEM Corporation has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The goal of the agreement is to develop large-scale, microwave chemistry methods for a wide variety of chemistries using solvents that are more environmentally friendly, such as water or polyethylene glycol (PEG). These environmentally-friendly solvents could be employed to produce valuable intermediates and products useful in the development of pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and nanomaterials. According to the agency, the EPA has developed new chemical processes and solvent schemes that are significantly safer for the environment. Under the terms of the research agreement, CEM will contribute the time of its scientists and apply existing technology or technology currently in development at the Company to establish scale-up protocols of EPA chemical processes. Likewise, the EPA will also contribute the time of its scientists, and will provide required laboratory analysis in support of the project.
Substantial improvements made in EPA’s IRIS program
A new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council says that changes EPA has proposed and implemented into its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) process are “substantial improvements.” While acknowledging the progress made to date, the report offers further gui ... more
Super-sensitive detection of asbestos in soil samples
A new method of sample preparation, developed by a group of US scientists, promises to increase the sensitivity of asbestos analysis 100-fold, to the point where it can be used to detect the substance in soil. Although at a low level, asbestos contamination in soil is of potential concern. ... more
Evotec AG announced that Evotec has entered into a multi-year compound management agreement with the United States EPA. The contract covers a period of five years and has a total value of up to EUR7.7 million (approx. USD 10 million).Under the agreement Evotec, through its San Francisco ope ... more
CEM Announces Formation of Japanese Subsidiary
CEM Corporation announced the formation of a new subsidiary headquartered in Tokyo with an additional office in Osaka, Japan. CEM Japan will be responsible for all sales, marketing, technical support and service of the Company’s entire line of laboratory instrumentation in Japan and selecte ... more
CEM Receives Fourth Patent for Microwave Peptide Synthesis
CEM announced that its fourth US patent covering microwave-assisted peptide synthesis (US7,582,728) was issued on September 1, 2009. The patent contains broad claims regarding the process of using microwave energy to accelerate two key steps in performing almost all solid phase peptide synt ... more
CEM Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for the Sprint Rapid Protein Analyzer
CEM Corporation has won a 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the Greener Reaction Conditions category for its Sprint(TM) Rapid Protein Analyzer. The company accepted the award during a ceremony at the Carnegie Institute for Science (CIS) inWashington, DC. The award, prese ... more
Microwave Digestion System BLADE
The future of microwave digestion systems is here. The BLADE brings speed, simplicity, performance, and flexibility to labs to increase their capabilities and drive them into the future of elemental analysis. more
New microwave synthesis with lots of power, camera and accessories
The Discover® 2.0 is the premier microwave reactor for performing any organic or inorganic synthetic chemistry. Featuring a best-in-class 300 mL single more
Ultrafast Fat Analyzer for All Foods
Oracle allows you to determine the fat content even in unknown samples - without method development or cumbersome calibration more
Ultrafast Fat Analyzer for All Foods
Process and laboratory staff in the food industry are increasingly pressed for time. The fat content of ever more samples must be determined fast and accurately. Until recently, there was no reliable method to determine the fat content in different foods in less than 30 seconds. One method ... more
Microwave Peptide Synthesis – Pure Peptides in a Few Hours
CEM Corporation is transforming the way chemists perform peptide synthesis once again with the introduction of the Liberty Blue microwave peptide synthesizer. With 4 minute cycle times and a 90% solvent reduction, no other peptide synthesizer on the market can even come close to the perform ... more
Phönix Microwave Muffle Furnace
The Phönix Black™ Muffle Furnaces enable companies in many diverse industries to improve their process control, allowing them to make rapid adjustments to reduce "out-of-specification" product. These systems can perform many high temperature applications up to 97% faster than traditional mu ... more
CEM is the leading provider of microwave solutions for the laboratory, industrial and scientific marketplace. Since creating this market 20 years ago, we have sold almost 20,000 systems. Despite this obvious success, we believe microwave chemistry is still an emerging technology and present ... more
CEM Corporati on is a private company based in Matt hews, North Carolina and the leading global provider of microwave laboratory instrumentati on for bioscience, chemical synthesis, analytical, and compositional testing applications, which in many instances have helped reduce or eliminate t ... more
