Oxford Instruments Signs Contract Extension with Varian Inc.

13-Oct-2004 - Oxford Instruments plc announced that it has signed a new contract with Varian Inc. for the continued supply of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) products, including superconducting magnets for Varian´s NMR instruments. The three-year contract builds on the current long-standing supplier agreement ...

Varian, Inc. to Acquire Magnex Scientific Ltd.

12-Oct-2004 - Varian, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Magnex Scientific Limited for $32 million in cash and assumed net debt, subject to certain net asset adjustments. The transaction will also include an opportunity for additional purchase price payments over three ...

LGC wins contract with GE Infrastructure

05-Oct-2004 - LGC has won a significant contract with the Sentinel product line business of GE Infrastructure Water and Process Technologies to provide water sample analysis for the detection of corrosion in domestic central heating systems. Sentinel, a leading water treatment specialist, supplies products to ...

Agilent Technologies Sponsors American Chemical Society's 2005 Chromatography Award for Young Investigators

Nomination Deadline Nov. 1, 2004

01-Oct-2004 - Palo Alto, Calif.. Agilent Technologies Inc. announced its sponsorship of the 2005 American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry (ACS-DAC) Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of separation science by a young ...

Thermo Electron EstablishesNew Center of Excellence for Elemental Speciation Analysis at Pau University in France

27-Sep-2004 - Thermo Electron Corporation has concluded a collaboration agreement with the Biogeochemistry, Ultra Trace and Isotopic Analysis group at the University of Pau in France in order to create a Center of Excellence for speciated analysis techniques. This collaboration will establish, promote, ...

Pranalytica Wins Major Contract for Development of Detection Technology and Instrumentation for Toxic Gases

22-Sep-2004 - Pranalytica, Inc.announced that they were awarded a major contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the development of new technology and instrumentation for the detection of chemical warfare agents (CWAs), toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) and explosives. The ...

Wiley Launches SpecInfo on Wiley InterScience

17-Sep-2004 - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. announced the launch of SpecInfo on Wiley InterScience, its dynamic online publishing platform. With over 434,000 curated spectra, SpecInfo is among the world's largest collections. This launch marks the first time Wiley has made the collection available on the Internet ...

Varian, Inc. Acquires Digilab Spectroscopy Products for Life Sciences and Materials Research

16-Sep-2004 - Varian, Inc. announced that it has acquired certain molecular spectroscopy assets of Digilab, LLC for $14 million in cash, subject to certain net asset adjustments. The transaction also includes an opportunity for an additional purchase price payment if the acquired product lines reach specific ...

AnalyticaChina establishes itself as leading international trade fair for analysis and lab technology for the Chinese market

15-Sep-2004 - Together with 200 exhibitors from 18 countries, more than 6,600 visitors from 40 countries and regions confirmed the success of AnalyticaChina, which was held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC), Shanghai Pudong, China from September 7 - 9, 2004. It was the second edition of the ...

Thermo Electron Acquires InnaPhase Corporation

15-Sep-2004 - Thermo Electron Corporation announced it has completed the acquisition of InnaPhase Corporation, a premier supplier of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets, for approximately $65 million in cash, subject to a post-closing adjustment. ...