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Announcements
Advanced Instruments Acquires D & F Control Systems Inc.
NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, USA, September 15, 2008 -- Advanced Instruments, Inc., of Norwood, Massachusetts, announced today that it has acquired 100% of the shares of D & F Control Systems, Inc., of Dublin, CA. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
D & F Control Systems manufactures and markets milk preservative products and somatic cell dyes for laboratories around the world. Their patented preservatives ensure component analysis accuracy through a neutralized absorbency formula, purity of ingredients and long-term stability. The tablet dye product provides laboratory technicians with a safer, economical and easier method for making stock dye solutions.
Advanced Instruments is a major supplier to the dairy industry, providing instrumentation for cryoscopy, pasteurization confirmation, component analysis and somatic cell counting. The company provides products that are internationally recognized as benchmarks for performance.
“D & F Controls is an ideal addition to our family of companies,” said John
Coughlin, President and CEO, Advanced Instruments. “It is the world leader
in supporting the accurate analysis of fluid milk. This acquisition expands
our product range and demonstrates our commitment to the growing worldwide
dairy market,” he said.
D & F Control Systems strives to provide safe, effective, convenient products
that are easily handled by dairy laboratory technicians. Their products have
also found uses in other applications including medical, on-farm, food industry,
water, and test kit reagents.
Download D&F Controls Acquisition Press Release
PDF
Advanced Instruments to Showcase Model 3320 Osmometer at
2008 AACC Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo
One-step osmometry delivers accurate, reliable results in one minute
Advanced Instruments, Inc., of Norwood, Massachusetts, will
showcase the Model 3320 Single-Sample Micro-Osmometer at the 2008 AACC Annual
Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo.
The Model 3320 is an automated, single-sample freezing point depression (FPD)
micro-osmometer that determines the total concentration of dissolved molecules
in biological fluids, such as serum or urine. The technology is utilized by clinical
laboratories and clinicians to provide fast, accurate and precise results for
monitoring and diagnosing fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
“Our FPD osmometers have been used in clinical chemistry laboratories for more
than 40 years, as they provide a direct measurement of osmolality,” said Peter
Costas, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Advanced Instruments (www.aicompanies.com).
A low profile and compact instrument, the Model 3320 offers simple architecture
that eliminates sample errors, simplifies testing, and promotes maintenance-free
operation.
Additional features of the Model 3320 include:
Advanced Instruments is exhibiting at booth #230 during
the 2008 AACC Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo, July 29-31.
Advanced Instruments
to Feature Industry-Leading Food and Dairy Product Testing Solutions at Worldwide
Food Expo ’07
NORWOOD, MA — October 24, 2007 — Advanced Instruments, Inc.
and its subsidiaries, Spiral Biotech and Delta Instruments, will highlight its
world-class collection of leading dairy and food products testing and analysis
solutions at the year’s largest food and beverage processing, and packaging event
in the world — the Worldwide Food Expo ’07.
At the Worldwide Food Expo ’07, Advanced Instruments, Inc., and its subsidiaries, will showcase a host of
solutions and systems ranging from the world’s only three-minute fluorometric test method with multiple
international agency approvals to the industry’s leading selection of consumable test materials. All represent
leading solutions in their respective applications in terms of accuracy, reliability, efficiency, ease of
use, and customer support. Click here for pdf of full release
Advanced Instruments to Debut World’s Fastest High Throughput Freezing Point Osmometer at BioProcess International Conference & Exhibition
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – October 1, 2007 – Advanced Instruments,
Inc. will introduce the world’s fastest freezing point osmometer to the biotechnology
industry at the 2007 BioProcess International show in October. The revolutionary
high throughput Multi-Sample 20G Osmometer measures 96 samples in about 35 minutes.
Click here for pdf of full release
Advanced Instruments Unveils Industry’s 1st Fully Automated Dairy Lab Sample Handling and Analysis System
The new “CombiScope AutoLab” teams robotic system and CombiScopes;
to automate and deliver consistent, reliable, results and cost savings.
Tulare, Calif. —February 13, 2007 -- Advanced Instruments,
Inc. today introduced the CombiScope™ AutoLab™,
the dairy industry’s first fully automated dairy laboratory
sample handing and analysis system.
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Archives
Ethanol Fuel Producers Can Dramatically Speed, Simplify Process Control & QA Testing With Osmometry
Ethanol fuel production plant managers can streamline key control processes and
dramatically cut the time to determine Dextrose Equivalence of liquefaction samples
by eliminating their manual titrations with automated osmometry instrumentation
offered by Advanced Instruments.
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here for a printable version
Spiral Biotech Presents
Poster on Color QCount® Study at IAFP 2006
In the study,
the automated Color QCount was successfully validated against the manual method
of counting colonies on agar plates. The instrument allows users to quickly
and easily differentiate between colony types and automatically count colonies,
improving laboratory efficiency and saving valuable time for technicians.
The instrument can process 400 plates per hour, with total analysis time of
one second - even when counting overlapping colony clusters.
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here for a printable version
Advanced® Fluorophos® Test System Gains Unanimous Approval
as Full International Standard
NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, USA - June 14, 2006 - Advanced Instruments'
Fluorophos Test System, a rapid, extremely sensitive fluorimetric method
for assessing alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in milk and milk products, has
received unanimous approval as a full international standard method by The
International Dairy Federation (IDF 155), the International Standards Organisation, (ISO
11816), and CEN European Standards Organisation...
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Advanced®
4250 Single-Sample Cryoscope:
Superior Accuracy and Reliability in 2 Minutes
The Advanced® 4250 Single-Sample Cryoscope uses the industry preferred freezing-point method to precisely determine added water in milk.
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Advanced Instruments
Introduces Model 3320 Osmometer
Advanced Instruments, Inc., today introduced the Advanced® Model 3320
Osmometer, the industry's most accurate and reliable instrument for osmolality
measurement…
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a printable version
Advanced Instruments Introduces the SomaScope™ Analyzer
Advanced Instruments,
Inc., a leader in analytical instrumentation, today announced the introduction
of the SomaScopeTM Analyzer to the North American dairy market.
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version
PetriScan® System
Receives NCIMS Approval
…The industry's fastest Petrifilm™ bacterial colony counter -
has received NCIMS (National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments)
approval.
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here for a printable version
Advanced Model 3250
Single-Sample Osmometer
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a printable version
Advanced Model 2020
Multi-Sample Osmometer
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here for a printable version
Color QCount color
colony counter
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version
PetriScan Automated
dry film colony counter
click here for a
printable version
Renol External
control solution made specifically for osmometers
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version
Advanced Instruments
Inc. acquires Delta Instruments
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here for a printable version
Advanced Instruments
Annouces 24/7 technical Support
In an effort to improve customer relations AI has introduced 24 hour technical
support
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Fiske® Associates Introduces
New Compact Osmometer.
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here for a printable version
Could Our Milk
Be Safer? Controlling
pasteurized milk. Editors Note: Reprinted from Milk Industries International
- Technical and Research Supplement, December 2000.
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