IndustryNews
Oxford Instruments plc Enters the FTSE 250
Te FTSE Index Company has announced that Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high-technology tools and systems for industry and research, has been promoted to the FTSE 250 index. Oxford Instruments plc said that it would remain highly focused on sustaining shareholder value and achieving its new three-year plan to target 14% annual revenue growth and ROS of 14% by 2014.
Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis
www.oxford-instruments.com
DigiPath Licenses Olympus Digital Pathology Patents
DigiPath, Inc® and Olympus America Inc. have entered into a nonexclusive worldwide agreement allowing DigiPath and its OEM partners to access an extensive portfolio of Olympus patents in the field of virtual microscopy and digital pathology. Te patents involved in the licensing agreement cover methods, soſtware, and technology for creating, storing, and delivering virtual microscopy images. Virtual microscope slides enable professionals to review images without handling traditional glass slides and to share digital microscope images electronically.
DigiPath, Inc.
www.olympusamerica.com/microscopes
VSG and Xradia Sign Joint Partnership Agreement to Provide 3D Imaging and Analysis Solutions
VSG, Visualization Sciences Group, and Xradia Inc. announced they have signed an OEM partnership agreement. Xradia will offer VSG’s Avizo Fire soſtware as their primary product offering for high-end 3D visualization and analysis in conjunction with the company’s 3D X-ray imaging solutions. Te offering enables fast analysis and modeling of Xradia’s 3D imaging solutions for computed tomography at submicron and nanometer levels of resolution.
VSG, Visualization Sciences Group, and Xradia Inc.
www.xradia.com
New 64-bit LightField™ 4.0 from Princeton Instruments
Princeton Instruments introduces LightField 4.0, a new 64-bit image and spectral acquisition soſtware package that provides a cutting-edge user interface and the powerful
functionality needed to set up and perform complex optical diagnostic experiments. Tis unique and revolutionary soſtware puts hundreds of useful—and very easy to use— features at researchers’ fingertips. LightField fully supports Princeton Instruments PIXIS, PI-MAX®3, ProEMTM, PyLoNTM, and Quad-RO cameras as well as Acton Series spectrographs, including the popular LS785.
Princeton Instruments
www.princetoninstruments.com
50 Protochips Expands Its Distribution Network
Protochips, a company specializing in revolutionary products for in situ electron microscopy, today announced the domestic and international expansion of the distribution network for the AduroTM and PoseidonTM product lines. Te continued growth of the Protochips distribution network reflects increased demand as well as the corporate objective to deliver exceptional customer service. Te most recent additions to the Protochips’s distribution network include: Angstrom Scientific, JoeXray, and PicoScientific.
Protochips, Inc.
www.protochips.com
FEI and OHSU Partner to Create a “Living Lab for Cell Biology”
FEI and Oregon Health & Science University announced a partnership to create the OHSU/FEI Living Lab for Cell Biology that will provide researchers with microscopes to advance the understanding and treatment of complex diseases such as cancer and AIDS. Te OHSU/FEI Living Lab will be equipped with a variety of high-performance equipment including a Titan KriosTM transmission electron microscope and a Helios NanoLabTM DualBeamTM.
FEI Company
www.fei.com
Nanounity and Topcon Announce Partnership
Nanounity announces that it has entered into an agreement with Topcon to distribute their Aquila Hybrid Scope in the U.S. Te Aquila is a compact scanning electron microscope (SEM) combined with a light optical
microscope, capable of microanalysis with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) that brings the strength of all three techniques together in a compact design. Te Aquila offers truly useful functionality, optical, SEM, and microanalysis, without the high cost normally associated with SEMs.
Nanounity
www.nanounity.com
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Donates a Microscope to UMass Labs for the Worcester High School Program
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging announced that it donated a $5,000 state-of-the-art microscope for use in the UMass Labs for the Worcester Area High Schools program, which allows advanced placement biology students from public high schools and technical schools in and around Worcester, Massachusetts, to visit and learn from scientists in UMass Medical School laboratories. Te microscope includes a monitor that allows small groups of students to observe the specimen simultaneously.
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, LLC
www.zeiss.com/micro
doi:10.1017/S155192951100126X
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