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Medical Device Link . The future of automation in clinical laboratories
downsizing and consolidation that is affecting clinical laboratories across the nation. One key goal for automation in clinical diagnostics is to minimize non-value-added steps in the lab processes like sorting tubes, decapping, centrifugation, loading analyzers, and sorting for storage. Non-value-added...
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A Cure for Hammer Rash: Measuring Powder Flowability with Shear Cell Testing
is the annular shear cell. The powder is loaded into. to promote powder flow. an annular (ring-shaped) shear cell and placed on the test. a. Vibrator. apparatus. Then a lid is placed over the cell to compress the. powder to various defined consolidation loads. For each. load, the powder is sheared...
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Medical Device Link .
. The consolidation that occurred among IVD manufacturers and laboratories was the inevitable result of healthcare reforms and new reimbursement policies. Once Medicare and private insurance companies began to view IVD tests as commodities, labs had to reduce their costs to compete. Group purchasing...
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MICRO:Archive:Back Issue TOC
Metrology sector seeks methods to measure up to new challenges Only a wee bit Moore? Opening start-up's first plant, outsourcing veteran sees vindication and consolidation Applied claims 21-tool launch; Selete approves FSI tool IMEC, Sematech enter R&D gate project; workshop agrees on soft...
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Medical Device Link .
The underlying theme in the IVD industry during the past couple of years has been consolidation. For example, building on its previous acquisitions of Diagnostic Products Corp. and Bayer Diagnostics, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics (Deerfield, IL) also purchased Dade Behring Inc. for $7 billion...
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EETimes.com | Electronics Industry News for EEs & Engineering Managers
teleport quantum bits Varian files law suit against Japan's Nissin Israeli IC routing startup snags $6.7 million More consolidation needed in ATE, says Credence CEO Semiconductor metrology firm raises $4.5 million Toshiba develops matchbox-sized fuel cell for mobile phones Markets depend on 90-nm...
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EETimes.com | Electronics Industry News for EEs & Engineering Managers
a trend that promises to raise the performance bar, at minimal cost, for a range of embedded systems. Japan's chip makers face crisis and consolidation In a flurry of activity and executive changes this week, Japan's chipmakers moved to stem their mounting losses in order to remain competitive amid...
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EETimes.com | Electronics Industry News for EEs & Engineering Managers
Downturn accelerates shakeout and alters landscape in DSL chip market SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The current downturn has altered the landscape and accelerated the consolidation in the communications IC market, especially in the digital subscriber line (DSL) chip set business. On Monday, for example...
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MICRO: News lead
system to monitor the composition of wafer process chemical by-products. The company is preparing for a major ramp-up in 2005-2006. Beta testing can dispel doubts, Hazard notes. "One of the things that is very difficult as the industry becomes more mature and there's more and more consolidation...