Hettich Group enters growth partnership with Bregal Unternehmerkapital

Investor to support further expansion, particularly in Asia and the USA

03-Jul-2024 - The Hettich Group, a third-generation family-owned life science equipment company, enters into a growth partnership with Bregal Unternehmerkapital GmbH. Centrifuges are the heart of every medical laboratory; they make a decisive contribution to diagnostics and therapy. The Hettich Group, based in ...

Köttermann acquires Danish laboratory equipment manufacturer

04-Mar-2024 - The Köttermann Group, a company of the Czech BHM Investment Group, acquires the Danish company Labflex. Founded in Skive, Denmark, the manufacturer of laboratory infrastructure solutions focuses on the industrial, education and life science as well as medical care sectors in Northern Europe. The ...

A Köttermann laboratory is being built in Mecca

09-Feb-2024 - Manufacturing a laboratory for the holy Zamzam water from Mecca in Saudi Arabia: What almost sounds like the title of a fairytale story is becoming reality for Köttermann, based in Hänigsen, Lower Saxony. Commissioned in January 2024, the new laboratory facilities in Mecca are to be completed by ...

ABB Robotics and Mettler-Toledo join forces to accelerate global adoption of flexible lab automation

Companies will redefining the limits of robotics in laboratories to accelerate innovation and address labor shortages

02-Feb-2024 - ABB Robotics and METTLER TOLEDO have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to offer an innovative solution that seamlessly integrates ABB’s robots with LabX™, METTLER TOLEDO’s laboratory instrument management software. The combined solution will enable greater levels of efficient and ...

Hettich successfully completes acquisition of Kirsch Medical

05-Jan-2024 - In 2023, Hettich Group experienced its most lucrative year yet in its 120-year history. For the first time, the Tuttlingen-based company, specializing in centrifuges and incubators for clinical-medical applications across three European locations, significantly surpassed the 100 million euro ...

A milestone on the pathway to Lab 4.0: A new standard for the smart lab

SPECTARIS presents the first industrial communication standard for laboratory and analytical devices

28-Dec-2023 - As of December 14, 2023, the Laboratory & Analytical Device Standard (LADS) can be officially used and integrated within laboratory and analytical devices. After a four-year development phase, the first version is now available and has been guided by key use cases from industrial practice. LADS ...

analytica 2024: On the path to the zero-carbon lab

More sustainability in the laboratory

13-Dec-2023 - From analytics in mini format with reduced solvent requirements to energy-efficient laboratory technology: at analytica, the Green Lab becomes reality. Exhibitors from all over the world will be presenting their innovations and sustainability concepts in Munich from April 9 to 12, 2024. “With ...

Start-up Better Basics Laborbedarf Wins First Place at the "Wiley Analytical Science Award 2024"

SmartRack® wins in the Separation, Laboratory Automation & Equipment Category

22-Nov-2023 - Better Basics Laborbedarf, the developer and provider of the first organizational system for laboratory workspaces, has been awarded the first place in the Separation, Laboratory Automation & Equipment category of the Wiley Analytical Science Award 2024 for its SmartRack®. This coveted prize is ...

Pure practice: Fritsch inspires with live demo for mechanical comminution and particle measurement!

Students from Geisenheim University visit FRITSCH

21-Jul-2023 - The University of Geisenheim is one of the leading universities in the field of viticulture, beverage technology, food production. 16 students including teachers of the master course food safety around Prof. Dr. Loos-Theisen followed the excursion invitation of FRITSCH GmbH - Milling and Sizing ...

Verder Group acquires specialist for particle characterization

12-May-2023 - The Verder Group announces the acquisition of Formulaction S.A. of France. As part of the group’s Scientific Division Formulaction will be integrated into Microtrac MRB, a leading manufacturer of Particle Characterization Systems. Formulaction is a recognized innovator in the field of laboratory ...