Restek opens branch office in Japan
February 27th 2009Restek has announced the opening of a new branch office in Japan. According to the company, Restek Japan is an integral part of the company?s growth in Asia and will strengthen its position as a supplier of LC and GC chromatography columns and accessories, analytical reference standards and sample preparation products in Japan.
Biological mass spectrometry facility opens
February 20th 2009Agilent Technologies and the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, announced the opening of a biological mass spectrometry facility on the NUI Galway campus. The facility features Agilent?s latest quadrupole time-of-flight (Q?TOF) and triple quadrupole (QQQ) mass spectrometer platforms.
LINEX (Automatic Liner Exchange) New Capping/Decapping station with Optic 3 injector
February 20th 2009Shimadzu - LINEX (Automatic Liner Exchange) New Capping/Decapping station with Optic 3 injector The Optic 3 injector is a versatile tool for the Shimadzu GC and GCMS product range. It can be operated with split, splitless, on-column/AT-Column, LINEX–TD (Thermodesorption), LINEX–DMI (Difficult Matrix Introduction) and large volume injections.
11th International Trade Fair of Analytical, Measurement and Control Technology "EuroLab"
February 20th 2009State-of-the art solutions, technologies, scientific achievements and a unique opportunity to learn about products of leading companies and institutions in chemical analytics, metrology, biotechnology and Life Science - this is just a part of the offer at the International Trade Fair of Analytical Measurement and Control Technology "EuroLab".
Thermo Fisher reports record fourth quarter
February 13th 2009Thermo Fisher Scientific has reported that its revenues increased 1% to a record $2.65 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008, compared with $2.62 billion the previous year. For the whole year revenues grew 8% to a record $10.5 billion compared with $9.75 billion previously.
Waters acquires Thar Instruments
February 13th 2009Waters has announced the acquisition of Thar Instruments for an undisclosed amount. "By combining Thar's advanced supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) instrumentation with our chromatography expertise, we are committed to bringing the benefits of SFC to more laboratories for analytical and purification applications worldwide," said Rohit Khannna, vice president, worldwide marketing for Waters Division.