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HP sells SFC business to Berger Hewlett Packard has sold its supercritical fluid chromatography business to Berger Instruments (BI), a new company being formed by Terry Berger and Mark Shuman, both of HP. The agreement grants BI license to HP's SFC patents and technology as well as for certain LC components of the instrument. The sale of the SFC instrumentation, along with earlier sales of the HP Optimized Robot for Chemical Analysis (ORCA) system to SAGIAN and the IR detector to Bio-Rad, is the result of HP's recent assessment and streamlining of its product offerings.
J&W Scientific to regain independence Cofounder Walter Jennings and other members of J&W Scientific's management, with financing from Saratoga Partners, have signed an agreement to acquire J&W from Fisons pic for $35 million in cash. J&W Scientific was founded in 1974 and sold to Fisons' U.S. laboratory supplies distributor Curtin Matheson Scientific in 1986. Bob Clarke, president of J&W, will continue in that role after completion of the transaction.
Perkin Elmer restructures Perkin Elmer has announced that it is restructuring its operations into four global business units: inorganic, organic, chromatography, and life sciences. Each unit will control its own research and development, marketing, sales, service, and finance. The four groups will share some of the administration and manufacturing activities. According to the company, Joe Malandrakis will manage the new inorganic business unit; Peter Macintyre will lead the chromatography group; Dave Binkley, former vice president of the analytical instruments division, will lead the organic business unit; and Mike Hunkapiller will continue to manage the life sciences group. Peter Barrett, former head of worldwide sales and service, will be responsible for corporate strategic planning and business development.
New Web sites American Society for Mass Spectrometry—http://beep.roadrunner.com:80/~asms/; includes information on membership, local area discussion groups, meetings, and employment opportunities. Analytical Laboratory Managers Association—http://www.siu.edu/ departments/shops/almahome.html; includes information on membership, the 1995 ALMA Conference, short courses, the ALMA e-mail listserver, and employment opportunities. Beckman—http://www.beckman.com; includes applications notes, technical bulletins, a calendar of events, and product information. Oriel—http://www.oriel.com ; includes technical and applications notes, tutorials, and product information. Scientific Instrument Services— http://www.sisweb.com; includes information on the company, products, service, training, and applications. The Society for Applied Spectroscopy—http://esther.la.asu.edu/ sas/; includes information on membership, the SAS newsletter, the journal Applied Spectroscopy, short courses, and spectroscopy conferences. CambridgeSoft—http: / /www.camsoft.com; includes information on desktop applications for chemists and engineers as well as a chemical database containing more than 3500 compounds searchable by name, chemical formula, and substructure. Bruker USA—http://www. bruker.com; includes general and specific information on NMR, FT-IR, MRI, EPR, and MS product lines. Perkin Elmer—http://www.perkin-elmer.com; includes corporate information, worldwide contacts, and information on products and applications. Hewlett Packard Analytical— http://www.dmo. external.hp.com:80/ apg/main.html; includes information about HP's analytical products group, detailed information about products, and a collection of literature. National Science Foundation— http://www.nsf.gov; includes an overview of NSF; news of interest; and information on organization and staff, program deadlines, NSF-funded research, grants, and publications.
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