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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Super-sensitive detection of asbestos in soil samples

05-Mar-2013 - 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. If ...

LUM is nominated for the Innovation Award Berlin-Brandenburg 2012

Adhesion Analyser LUMiFrac is a hot favourite for a prize

29-Oct-2012 - LUM GmbH is nominated for the Innovation Award with the new Adhesion Analyser LUMiFrac. From more than 100 applications LUM was nominated into the final five candidates. With the LUMiFrac® LUM, currently known as market leader in innovative analysers for direct and accelerated stability analysis ...

FRITSCH Milling and Sizing subsidiary officially dedicated in Beijing

25-Oct-2012 - Confucius said: “It is of no importance how slow you go as long as you do not stop.“ And FRITSCH continuously takes a step ahead: Besides subsidiaries inRussia and Singapore, FRITSCH Milling and Sizing now founded a subsidiary in the Chinese capital of Beijing. Since decades FRITSCH is involved ...