Stratophase doubles manufacturing capacity and increases applications development with move to larger facility

16-Jul-2010 - Stratophase has doubled its sensor chip manufacturing capability and moved to a larger site. Three times larger than the old building, Stratophase’s new facility has been fitted with offices, meeting rooms and high tech laboratory space, and has the capacity to expand further with minimal ...

Chemist stitches up speedier chemical reactions

New details about the Piers catalyst will help chemical industry improve products

11-May-2010 - Some people have streets named after them. Warren Piers, a chemistry professor at the University of Calgary, has a catalyst penned after him. And in a paper published in the online edition of Nature Chemistry, Piers and former graduate student Edwin van der Eide reveal the inner workings of the ...

Intertek Strengthens European Analytical Laboratory Capabilities in the UK

15-Jul-2009 - Intertek is strengthening its technical capabilities in the UK by merging two key facilities, creating a European Analytical Testing Centre of Excellence in Manchester. The resources and expertise of Intertek’s North West Technology Centre (NWTC) at Bebington and the Analytical Sciences Group ...

Cooperation Makes Microreactor Technology Accessible to Fine-Chemistry and Pharmacy

13-Oct-2008 - The Dutch companies Micronit Microfluidics, FutureChemistry and Flowid announced the start of a cooperation named Access2Flow. Together, the three companies will offer a new generation of microreactor systems that enable chemists to quickly and safely perform fluid reactions on an industrial ...

Alfa Aesar Expands Operations to New Facility

22-May-2008 - Alfa Aesar, a Johnson Matthey Company, has opened a 35,000 square foot facility in Ward Hill, Massachusetts. The new facility will serve as a warehouse and distribution center for storage and dispatch of non-hazardous materials. The new facility provides a significant increase in capacity to ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Extends Reach in India with Addition of Leading Laboratory Chemicals Supplier

30-Jul-2007 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Qualigens Fine Chemicals, a division of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (GSK India) based in Mumbai. Qualigens is India's largest laboratory chemical manufacturer and supplier, serving customers in a variety ...

Enigma Diagnostics appoints Professor Christopher Lowe as non-executive director

22-Dec-2006 - Enigma Diagnostics, a life sciences company developing rapid molecular diagnostics systems, announced the appointment of Professor Christopher Lowe as Non-executive Director. Professor Lowe is Director of the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Royal ...

CEM & USEPA Enter into R&D Agreement for Research into Green Microwave Chemistry Scale-up Methods

28-Sep-2006 - CEM Corporation has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The goal of the agreement is to develop large-scale, microwave chemistry methods for a wide variety of chemistries using solvents that are more environmentally friendly, such ...

Buchwald wins Siegfried Medal from University of Zurich

30-Aug-2006 - The University of Zurich and Siegfried Ltd announced that Professor Stephen L. Buchwald of Massachusetts Institute of Technology will receive the 2006 Siegfried Medal for his achievements in process chemistry. Professor Buchwald's contributions have effected process chemistry primarily in the ...

EU chemical industry: Good prospects for 2006 with modest slowdown for 2007

19-Jun-2006 - According to its spring "Economic Outlook", Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council, expects output in the chemical industry (excluding pharmaceuticals) to grow by 2.6% in 2006, compared to 2.4% in 2005. The year 2007 may show a modest slowdown, possibly reaching growth of 2.2%. The ...