http://www.masshightech.com/latestnews.html Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology : breaking news from Mass High Tech Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:28:47 -0500 en-US http://www.masshightech.com/ http://www.masshightech.com/images/flag.gif http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/16/daily35-Pressure-BioSciences-closes-12M--tranche.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Pressure BioSciences Inc., a developer of bench-top instruments that use pressure cycling technology, has sold about $1.16 million in stock and warrants, as a first tranche of a $2.5 million private placement. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/02/daily22-MassTLC-merges-MassNetComms-into-the-fold.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Mass Technology Leadership Council Inc. reports it is merging with the Massachusetts Network Communications Council, making a super-group of tech boosterism that now combines consumer and enterprise software, hardware, robotics, Internet commerce, network devices, network management and security software, and mobile software and hardware. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/08/31/daily37-Thermo-Fisher-acquires-German-diagnostics-firm.html Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the Waltham-based instrumentation and research products company, has signed a deal to buy in-vitro diagnostics test firm BRAHMS AG for about $470 million. Upon completion of the acquisition, the company will become part of the Specialty Diagnostics unit of Thermo Fisher’s Analytical Technologies Segment. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/07/27/daily4-GE-Billerica-unit-wins-Navy-sensing-contract.html Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) reports its Sensing & Inspection Technologies division has landed a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide remote visual inspection equipment. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/06/15/daily21-Zygo-sells-assets-does-OEM-deal-with-Nanometrics.html Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Zygo Corp. reports it has sold inventory and certain assets to competing optical metrology technology company Nanometrics Inc. of California, in a deal that will have Middlefield, Conn.-based Zygo supplying sensors to Nanometrics. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/06/15/daily12-Bruker-ponders-raising-275M-in-stock-offering.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Science lab equipment maker Bruker Corp. plans to raise up to $275 million from the sale of 35 million shares of common stock. Billerica-based Bruker reports that it has filed a shelf registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission saying that it will offer up for sale 35 million shares of primary common stock. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/06/08/daily31-Avidyne-lands-two-grad-students-at-MIT-with-60K-fellowships.html Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Avidyne Corp. reports it has given $60,000 fellowships to two students who will do their graduate studies at the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The fellowship recipients also have first consideration to be hired by Avidyne for paid summer internships during their studies, and for permanent positions upon graduation. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/04/27/daily37-PerkinElmer-picks-Wilson-for-CFO-role.html Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Waltham-based lab and research gear provider PerkinElmer Inc. has appointed Frank Wilson as its CFO. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/04/27/daily32-DEA-buys-Waters-chromatograph.html Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has bought an Acquity UltraPerformance Liquid Chromatograph from Milford instruments maker Waters Corp. to use in forensic chemist training at Virginia’s Special Testing and Research Laboratory. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/04/13/daily44-Waters-establishes-mass-spectrometry-center-in-UK.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology Waters Corp. reports it will establish a center at the University of Warwick in England focused on biomedical mass spectrometry research.