Thermo Fisher Scientific completes acquisition of FEI Company

21-Sep-2016 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced that it has completed its acquisition of FEI Company, Inc. a manufacturer of high-performance electron microscopy, for $107.50 per share in cash, or a total purchase price of approximately $4.2 billion. The completion of the transaction follows the receipt ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Opens New Global Headquarters

14-Sep-2016 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. officially opened its new global headquarters at 168 Third Avenue in Waltham, Mass. The company designed and constructed the new 286,000-square-foot facility in accordance with green building rating systems, making it eligible for LEED (Leadership in Energy & ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Agreement to Acquire Alfa Aesar

30-Jun-2015 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alfa Aesar for £256 million (or approximately $405 million) in cash. Based in Heysham, U.K., Alfa Aesar has 480 employees and operates in key research hubs in the United States, Germany, China, South Korea and ...

A Toxic-Free Alternative: Rigorous Assay of Chloride and Sulfate in Adenosine

30-Jun-2014 - Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a fast and robust ion chromatography (IC)-based method for the determination of chloride and sulfate in adenosine. Application Note 1075: Ion Chromatography Assay for Chloride and Sulfate in Adenosine demonstrates that this method supports high sample ...

Thermo Fisher buys Prionics

"We believe this will have a strong and worldwide impact on the animal health industry."

20-Mar-2014 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of Prionics AG, a privately held animal health diagnostics company. “Combining Prionics under the Life Technologies’ brand is certainly a win-win, since the products and capabilities are highly complementary,” said Dr. ...

New forensic technique for identifying cloth fibers

31-Oct-2013 - Crime-scene investigators may soon have a new tool to help them catch evildoers. Researchers have demonstrated the proof-of-principle for a new forensic technique to identify individual fibers of cloth, which often all look alike. "White cotton fibers are so common and have so few visual ...

Ion Chromatography Method Quantifies Ammonia in Tobacco Smoke

16-Sep-2013 - Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed an ion chromatography(IC)-based method for the accurate determination of ammonia in tobacco smoke. Ammonia is on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) list of toxic compounds in tobacco smoke. Application Note 1054: Determination of Ammonia in ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire Life Technologies Corporation

16-Apr-2013 - Thermo Fisher Scientific and Life Technologies Corporation have signed a definitive agreement under which Thermo Fisher will acquire Life Technologies for $76.00 in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately $13.6 billion, plus the assumption of net debt at close ($2.2 billion as of ...

Improved Method for Separation of Anthocyanins in Cranberry and Bilberry Extracts

14-Dec-2012 - Thermo Fisher Scientific announced an enhanced method to separate anthocyanins in cranberry and bilberry extracts with increased speed and reduced solvent consumption per analysis as compared to a previously developed method. Application Note (AN) 1042: Rapid Separation of Anthocyanins in ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Immundiagnostik Collaborate To Develop Mass Spectrometry-Based Clinical and Research Tools

18-Oct-2012 - Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. and Immundiagnostik AG announced a collaboration to develop novel mass spectrometry-based assays for qualitative and quantitative analysis of proteins and peptides. The goal is development of commercial assays to be widely applicable in research and routine clinical ...