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Air Products Files Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification for Acquisition of Airgas
Posted in Business on 27 August 2010Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has filed notification with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) as required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976 for the acquisition of Airgas (NYSE: ARG). The HSR waiting period will expire on September 8, 2010 unless earlier terminated by the FTC. On August 16, 2010, Air Products [...]
Air Products to Build New Air Separation Unit in Gent, Belgium
Posted in Business on 27 August 2010Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that it has signed a long-term contract to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to ArcelorMittal Belgium N.V., a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal S.A., at its steel mill in Gent, Belgium. As part of the agreement, Air Products will build, own, operate and maintain a third on-site air separation unit (ASU) [...]
Air Products Issues Statement Regarding Airgas’ Request That Delaware Court Reject Valid By-law Amendment Regardless of Shareholder Vote
Posted in Business on 27 August 2010Air Products (NYSE: APD) today issued the following statement in response to a letter submitted today by Airgas (NYSE: ARG) to the Delaware Chancery Court. In the letter, Airgas stated that it intends to seek to invalidate any affirmative decision by a majority of Airgas shareholders to approve adoption of a new by-law at the [...]
Agilent Technologies Awards 2010 Russell Varian Laureate for Excellence in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Innovation
Posted in Science on 27 August 2010Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced Martin Karplus, professor emeritus, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University; and Laboratoire de Chimie Biophysique, ISIS, Université Louis Pasteur, the winner of the 2010 Russell Varian Prize. The prize is awarded to a researcher based on a single innovative contribution that has proven to have a significant [...]
Agilent Technologies’ SAS Compliance Test Software Provides Automated 6-Gbps and 12-Gbps Measurements for Oscilloscopes
Posted in Science on 27 August 2010Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced automated compliance test software for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) physical-layer transmitter compliance testing that includes measurement support for SAS 6-Gbps and 12-Gbps interfaces. Using the Infiniium 90000 Series or 90000 X-Series oscilloscope and the automated N5412B SAS-2 compliance test software, engineers can maximize their design margins and gain [...]
Agilent Technologies Updates Human Exon Target Enrichment Tool, Featuring New Expressed Genome Content and Optimized Uniformity
Posted in Technology on 27 August 2010Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the SureSelect Human All Exon v2 Target Enrichment kit, which was developed in close collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The kit, the 15th SureSelect product in Agilent’s portfolio, is a single tube assay that allows researchers to streamline experiments by sequencing the expressed genome [...]
Agilent Technologies Introduces Turbomolecular Vacuum Pump Portfolio
Posted in Business on 27 August 2010Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a new line of turbomolecular high vacuum pumps, well-suited for ultra-high vacuum (UHV) applications requiring the highest level of compression ratios for light gases. Using patented TwisTorr molecular drag technology, Agilent has developed the Turbo-V 750 TwisTorr, the Turbo-V 850 TwisTorr and the Turbo-V 2300 TwisTorr. The new [...]
AGCO’s Fendt Brand Sponsors the German Equestrian Team during the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky
Posted in Business on 27 August 2010AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE: AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, today announced that its Fendt brand will be the main sponsor for the German equestrian team during the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky. “The German equestrian team ranks among the world’s best and we are very pleased to sponsor such a [...]
AES Acquires 1,246 MW Generation Facility, Northern Ireland
Posted in Business on 27 August 2010The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) today announced that its subsidiary, AES Ballylumford Holdings Limited, acquired Premier Power Limited (PPL) through an all cash transaction for £102 million (approximately $160 million), which includes purchase price and working capital adjustment. PPL’s assets include the 1,246 MW natural gas-fired Ballylumford Power Station in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The [...]
AES Expands Small Hydro Platform in Turkey to 42 MW
Posted in Business on 27 August 2010The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) today announced the start of commercial operations for the 16 MW Damlapinar hydro power facility on the Goksu River in Karaman, Turkey. The hydropower facility is owned and operated by AES-IC Ictas Energy (“AES-IC”), a 51 percent AES owned joint venture. The project increases AES’ small hydro capacity in Turkey [...]