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BioMark HD System is designed for researchers who require the sensitivity and throughput needed to study gene expression down to the single-cell level -- especially those who have limited amounts of sample or study rare populations of cells. In addition to the sizeable throughput advances, the new BioMark HD System features a number of other important design changes incorporated to improve performance, lower operating costs and provide an expanded applica- tions suite.
http://www.fluidigm.com/biomark-system.html
F
irst Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) has acquired RayTracker, Inc., a tracking technology and
photovoltaic (PV) balance-of-systems firm that is an operating company of Idealab, a creator and opera- tor of technology companies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
In advance of the acquisition by First Solar, technolo- gy developed by RayTracker includes its GC-Series™ single-axis trackers, its unique PV-Platform™ Soft- ware Toolset for system design and operation, wire- less infrastructure technology, and other PV balance- of-system innovations.
RayTracker, Inc. was founded to meet the need for robust, reliable, and cost-effective solar trackers, as well as for software and hardware to enable the lowest cost design, installation and operation of solar PV plants.
http://www.raytracker.com http://www.firstsolar.com
F
ries Research & Technology (FRT), Germany, has developed a universal measurement solution for the increasingly popular 3D IC technology that
fulfils the typical measurement tasks during a 3D IC production process with just one device. The Micro- Prof TTV multi-sensor measuring tool is suitable for developers and producers of electronic and MEMS chips that already count on the innovative 3D IC technology in their production processes or want to introduce it in the future.
http://www.frt-gmbh.de
G
E (NYSE: GE) announced the successful closing of its $3 billion acquisition of Dresser, Inc.,
a global energy infrastructure technology and service provider, from funds managed by Riverstone Hol- dings LLC and First Reserve Corporation, Dresser management and its other stockholders. The move significantly expands GE’s offerings for energy and industrial customers worldwide and is the latest in a series of acquisitions over the last 10 years that have transformed GE’s global energy portfolio.
http://www.ge.com
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igOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX), a leading supplier of high performance electronic and electro-
optic components that enable next generation 40G and 100G optical networks, and CIVCOM Devices and Systems LTD (CIVCOM), were awarded a US- Israel Bi-national Industrial Research & Development (BIRD) Foundation grant to develop low power, highly integrated components and modules for next generation 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s communication systems.
The grant will initially help fund the development of a Small Form Factor (SFF) 40Gb/s RZ-DQPSK transponder. GigOptix will develop an integrated 40Gb/s RZ-DQPSK optical modulator and the corre- sponding broadband amplifiers to drive the modu-
11-01 :: December 2010 / January 2011
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