IDEX Corporation Completes Acquisition of Flow Management Devices LLC

February 28, 2020 IDEX Corporation(NYSE:IEX) today completed its previously announced acquisition of Flow Management Devices, LLC (Flow MD), a privately-held provider of flow measurement systems that ensure custody transfer accuracy in the oil and gas industry. “Adding Flow MD to the IDEX family of businesses extends our expertise in the energy sector, where we already serve refineries,... Read more

PerkinElmer Collaborates with Public Health England on SCID Screening Evaluation Initiative

Provides Newborn Screening Technology for Two-Year SCID Evaluation Program WALTHAM, Mass. – February 28, 2020 – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced its selection as one of the providers of a newborn screening test for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in collaboration with  Public Health England’s SCID evaluation... Read more

Swift Biosciences and LGC Partner on Targeted Sequencing Assays for AgBio Market

(ANN ARBOR, Mich. – February 24, 2020) Swift Biosciences, Inc., a leader in commercialization of DNA and RNA library preparation kits for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), today announced a partnership agreement with LGC, Biosearch Technologies, a global leader in specialty genomic analysis tools to leverage Swift’s targeted sequencing technology into LGC Biosearch Techologies kits and service... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Collaboration to Develop Highly Sensitive Analytical Workflow for Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Patient Monitoring

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Collaboration to Develop Highly Sensitive Analytical Workflow for Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Patient Monitoring SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and NanoPin Technologies, Inc., the developer of the novel NanoPin diagnostic platform for rapid and quantified results from patient blood samples,... Read more

MTS Partners With Auburn University To Advance Additive Manufacturing

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems, motion simulators and sensors, today announced a strategic alliance with Auburn University to accelerate additive manufacturing research and test development. Auburn University is home to the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME), which is... Read more

Agilent Technologies Announces Twist Bioscience Agrees to Pay $22.5 Million Settlement in IP Litigation

Agilent Technologies Announces Twist Bioscience Agrees to Pay $22.5 Million Settlement in IP Litigation SANTA CLARA, California, February 06, 2020 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has reached an agreement with Twist Bioscience under which Twist has agreed to pay Agilent a sum of $22.5 million to settle Agilent’s claims against Twist, as... Read more

Neogen partners with ripe.io to bring blockchain to food safety and animal genomics

CONTACTs: Neogen: Joe Heinzelmann, 517/372-9200, jheinzelmann@neogen.comripe.io: 415/494-7767, press@ripe.io LANSING, Mich., Feb. 5, 2020 ― Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has entered into a partnership with food industry blockchain pioneer Ripe Technology (ripe.io) to adapt innovative blockchain technology for use with Neogen’s food safety diagnostics and animal genomics. Blockchain is a form of digital technology that... Read more

Neogen acquires U.K.-based culture media company

CONTACT: Steven J. Quinlan, Vice President & CFO, 517/372-9200 LANSING, Mich., Feb. 3, 2020 — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has acquired the United Kingdom-based Abtek Biologicals Limited — a developer and supplier of culture media supplements and microbiology technologies that increases Neogen’s current solutions portfolio. With the acquisition, Abtek’s Liverpool operations will... Read more

IDEX Corporation to Acquire Flow Management Devices LLC

January 29, 2020 at 4:02 PM EST PDF Version LAKE FOREST, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 29, 2020– IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Flow Management Devices, LLC (Flow MD), a privately-held provider of flow measurement systems that ensure custody transfer accuracy in the oil and gas industry, for cash consideration of $125 million,... Read more