Advanced Automation Technologies agrees to acquire GERSTEL

Expanding automated sample preparation capabilities

26-Nov-2024 - Advanced Automation Technologies, a platform of laboratory-automation brands backed by global investment firm Battery Ventures, announced an agreement to acquire GERSTEL GmbH & Co. KG and its international subsidiaries. GERSTEL, headquartered in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany and with sales ...

Development of robot-based solutions for laboratory automation

University of Rostock and Yaskawa agree to continue their cooperation

17-Apr-2024 - The Center for Life Science Automation (CELISCA) at the University of Rostock and Yaskawa have agreed to continue their cooperation in the development of robot-based solutions for laboratory automation. As one of the first European users ever, the institution will also employ a robot model of the ...

FRITSCH Change of Generations

20-Mar-2020 - After almost 40 years as managing director of FRITSCH GmbH, Robert Fritsch was bit farewell on his retirement on 1st January 2020. He looks back on times of modernization, economic growth and success. In 1920 the medium-sized family business was fund in Idar-Oberstein as a technical precious ...

Albemarle’s ribbon cutting ceremony

17-Dec-2018 - Malvern Panalytical announced that a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the successful installation of the Claisse® rFusion system for Albemarle Corporation was held on May 2, 2018 in Bayport, TX (USA). This event celebrates the achievement of a major project that will provide customers with ...

Tecan to acquire SPEware Corporation

01-Sep-2016 - The Tecan Group announced the acquisition of US-based SPEware Corporation (SPEware) to further expand Tecan's dedicated solutions offering into a new market segment. SPEware is a leading provider for mass spectrometry sample preparation solutions, with a focus on the North American market. ...

The FRITSCH Variable Speed Rotor Mill PULVERISETTE 14 premium line was granted two awards

The INDUSTRIEPREIS 2016 - Best of 2016 - and Best Products award of the EuroLab 2016

16-Jun-2016 - For the eleventh time the Huber publishing house for Neue Medien GmbH (New Media) selects outstanding companies from the industry for the INDUSTRIEPREIS (industry award) within the time period of the HANNOVER MESSE. And the winners for progressive products and solutions are chosen: the FRITSCH ...

FRITSCH: Production Facility II officially dedicated

09-Oct-2014 - The construction of the new two-storey production facility with an area of 4.900 square meters has been completed and was officially dedicated during a celebration together with the FRITSCH employees, as well as numerous guests from politics, trade and industry. During the dedication ceremony, ...

Plastics analysis at analytica 2014: Optimum quality assurance thanks to the latest developments

24-Mar-2014 - Modern and functional materials play an increasingly important role in our everyday lives – from medical instruments and consumer goods to industrial high-tech products in the electronics and automotive industries. Complex materials testing and quality control call for increasingly sophisticated ...

Microanalysis technique makes the most of small nanoparticle samples

26-Feb-2014 - Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have demonstrated that they can make sensitive chemical analyses of minute samples of nanoparticles by, essentially, roasting them on top of a quartz crystal. The NIST-developed ...

Raman keeps lipstick evidence in the bag

14-Aug-2013 - Scientists at the University of Kent, UK have used Raman spectroscopy to identify different types and brands of lipstick on crime scene evidence without having to remove it from the evidence bag. Lipstick marks can link someone to a crime scene and can be crucial for establishing physical contact ...