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nanotimes
10-02 :: February 2010
Companies
Facts
Companies – Summaries
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he 3M™ LITTMANN
®
ELECTRONIC STETHO-
SCOPE MODEL 3200 and the companion ZAR- A
LPS Electric (Tokyo: 6770) announced the
development of the SSAJ series, a 0.7mm-high
GIS
®
CARDIOSCAN™ software from Zargis Medical slide switch that
were jointly named a finalist in the 2010 Edison Best enables the design
New Product Awards in the Electronics and Com- of more compact
puters category on the 163rd birthday of renowned electronic devices
inventor Thomas Alva Edison, at a press conference including mobile
at the legendary Friars Club in New York City. phones, digital
cameras and com-
pact music players.
ALPS has develo-
ped the industry’s
3M, through its New Ventures business, has entered smallest slide switch, which, at 5.5mm wide by
further into a strategic relationship with MAMA 2.5mm deep by 0.7mm high, boasts a 36% reduction
Sustainable Incubation AG – a newly formed tech- in volume, thus decreasing the space required on a
nology incubator specializing in the development of circuit board compared with the Company’s con-
solutions for emerging green-markets such as renew- ventional SSAD series (6.7mm × 3.2mm × 0.7mm)
able energy, sustainable architecture and water products. Moreover, this slide switch supports lead-
treatment, based in Berlin, Germany. Terms of the free soldering. Sample shipments will commence
transaction were not disclosed. from February 2010.

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SSAJ/SSAJ_E.PDF
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blynx, the biopharmaceutical company focused
on the discovery and development of Nano-
bodies
®
, announced its plans to launch a Secondary A
MRI (NASDAQ: AMRI) announced the
acquisition of Excelsyn Ltd., a well recognized
Public Offering (the „SPO“ or „Offering“). On 23 Fe- leader in providing chemical development and ma-
bruary 2010, the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insu- nufacturing services to the pharmaceutical industry
rance Commission („CBFA“) approved the Prospectus in Europe. Located in Holywell, North Wales, UK,
relating to the Offering. The Offering will start as of Excelsyn has 60 employees and generated revenue
the first day of the offering period, which will begin of $15 million in 2009.The acquisition of Excelsyn
on or about March 08, 2010. expands AMRI’s portfolio of development and large

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