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• VWR and Corning Sign Distribution Agreement
  VWR International, LLC has signed a distribution agreement with Corning Incorporated, effective January 2009. This agreement will significantly extend VWR's product offerings as well as enhance VWR...
• Nanoparticles in the Home: More and Smaller Than Previously Detected
  Extremely small nanoscale particles are released by common kitchen appliances in abundant amounts, greatly outnumbering the previously detected, larger-size nanoparticles emitted by these appliance...
• Two new matrix reference materials with certified values of aflatoxins in peanut butter
  The JRC-IRMM has released two new reference materials which will help laboratories to better detect aflatoxins - one the most carcinogenic substances known. The two certified matrix reference mater...
• EMBL and PerkinElmer announce corporate partnership to support EMBL Advanced Training Centre
  The European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] and PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences announced that they have entered into a corporate partnership in support of EMBL's Advanced Training Ce...
• FRITSCH as Authorized Economic Operator (AEO-F) certified
  This seal of quality identifies the FRITSCH GmbH - Milling and Sizing since the end of October 2008, as a "safe partner in trade" towards custom offices and customers. In regards to the safety init...
• Analytik Jena signs major contracts in China
  Analytik Jena AG received at the beginning of the new fiscal year the acceptance of a contract for several CDC (Center for Disease Control and prevention) projects in China. In six provinces in Chi...
• Dionex Enters into Agreement with Caliper Life Sciences to Acquire Product Line for Water Sample Preparation
  Dionex has entered into an agreement with Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., to purchase Caliper's AutoTrace® line of products, which had sales of $3.1 million in 2007. The AutoTrace SPE workstation auto...
• BioTek Instruments Announces New Scientific Director
  BioTek Instruments, Inc., a global leader in the development, manufacture and sale of microplate instrumentation for drug discovery and life science solutions, has hired Dr. Peter Banks as Scientif...
• Merck launches innovative SeccoSept closure for dried solvents
  Merck KGaA has developed and launched an innovative septum closure for its SeccoSolv® dried solvent range under the name SeccoSept.SeccoSept™ incorporates a special cap that can be rotated over a p...
• Dedication of the new FRITSCH production facility
  Construction started in March and already seven months later, the new FRITSCH production facility was dedicated. Management, employees, business associates and all involved in the endeavour were pr...