Eppendorf: New production site in Shanghai metropolitan region

Centrifuge business to be bolstered in the growth market of China

14-Feb-2023 - The globally positioned Eppendorf Group is expanding its production operation in the Chinese market. The company signed a contract for a new production site in Shanghai metropolitan region on February 8. Eppendorf centrifuges will be made here for the local market. “This is an important and ...

Eppendorf acquires centrifuge business of Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.

20-Mar-2020 - Eppendorf AG and Koki Holdings Co., Ltd., have reached an agreement that Eppendorf will acquire Koki’s centrifuge business, including the premium himac brand. A corresponding agreement was signed by both companies in Tokyo. The acquisition marks a targeted step by Hamburg-based Eppendorf AG to ...

Understanding properties of nanoparticles and quantum dots using Hansen Solubility Parameters

16-Nov-2016 - Devices based on quantum dots and smart nanoparticles are currently getting a lot of attention. For instance, the colours, contrast and brightness of displays based on quantum dots provide benefits for users of TVs and phones. In addition, such particles can create value when incorporated into ...

Asphaltene analysis takes a giant step

Rice researchers develop accurate measure of aggregating particles that block oil production lines

26-Feb-2015 - Rice University researchers have developed an easy and accurate technique to detect and quantify the amount of asphaltene precipitated from crude oils, which bedevils the oil industry by clogging wells and flow lines.Asphaltene is a complex of hydrocarbon molecules found in crude. As the name ...

Laying down a discerning membrane

08-Oct-2013 - One of the thinnest membranes ever made is also highly discriminating when it comes to the molecules going through it. Engineers at the University of South Carolina have constructed a graphene oxide membrane less than 2 nanometers thick with high permeation selectivity between hydrogen and carbon ...

New centrifuge technology will enable multi-sample adhesive and composite strength testing

20-Feb-2013 - A new analytical centrifuge is being used to test adhesive bonds, coatings and composites. BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing’s scientists had the idea that samples should no longer be clamped, but simply inserted. Simply inserting the specimen makes rapid loading possible. ...

GEA awarded major orders from Morocco and Hong Kong

19-Oct-2010 - GEA Mechanical Equipment has received 2 major orders for the delivery of fuel systems for a gas turbine power plant in Morocco and of decanters for the municipal waste water clarification plant of the mega-zone Hong Kong. For the expansion of the gas turbine power plant “Kenitra” to the north of ...

Tiny bubbles clean oil from water

New method targets oil sheen, other pollutants

17-Nov-2009 - Small amounts of oil leave a fluorescent sheen on polluted water. Oil sheen is hard to remove, even when the water is aerated with ozone or filtered through sand. Now, a University of Utah engineer has developed an inexpensive new method to remove oil sheen by repeatedly pressurizing and ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires FIBERLite Centrifuge, Inc.

Acquisition Reinforces Thermo Fisher's Portfolio of Laboratory Centrifuge Rotors

29-Jul-2008 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced that it has acquired FIBERLite Centrifuge, Inc., of Santa Clara, California, supplier of carbon fiber centrifuge rotors. "We have been offering FIBERLite rotors as an alternative to aluminum and titanium rotors in our Thermo Scientific laboratory ...

Gold Award for LUM-Researchers: The Filtration Society Gold Medal bestowed upon T. Sobisch et al.

09-May-2008 - During the 10th World Filtration Congress in Leipzig the Gold Medal Award 2007 of The Filtration Society was awarded to T. Sobisch, D. Lerche, T. Detloff (L.U.M. GmbH) and M. Beiser, A. Erk (Universität Karlsruhe) for their outstanding publication "Tracing the Centrifugal Separation of ...