Spectris Appoints Group Human Resources Director

Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces the appointment from today of Andrew Harvey as Group Human Resources Director, a newly-created position on the Spectris Executive Committee. Andrew’s responsibility will be to provide central leadership for the Group’s HR activities and, in particular, to support the strategic growth initiatives as... Read more

William Linton is new member of the Supervisory Board

Hamburg, Germany, January 13, 2017 –  On January 9, 2017, William A. Linton was elected as a member of the Supervisory Board of Eppendorf AG, Hamburg, during an extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting. “With William Linton, we are very pleased to welcome a successful entrepreneur and experienced manager from the life science sector to our Supervisory Board,”... Read more

VWR Acquires SEASTAR CHEMICALS Inc.

Acquisition Extends VWR’s High Purity Reagents Capabilities RADNOR, Pa., Jan. 12, 2017 /CNW/ — VWR (NASDAQ: VWR), the leading global independent provider of product and service solutions to laboratory and production customers, announced today that it has acquired SEASTAR CHEMICALS Inc., a manufacturer of high purity reagents used in the global research, laboratory and microelectronics... Read more

More Than 115 Presentations and Posters Feature PacBio SMRT Sequencing to Decipher Complex Plant and Animal Genomes at Annual PAG Conference

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) today announced that its Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing technology will be featured in at least 57 podium presentations and 60 posters at the International Plant & Animal Genome (PAG) XXV Conference  taking place January 14-18 in San Diego, California.  From specialty beverage... Read more