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PerkinElmer Buys Thermal Analysis Product Line From Triton

Jan 02, 2007
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - PerkinElmer yesterday said it has bought the thermal-analysis product line from Triton Technologies, a British electronics company.
 
PerkinElmer said Triton's Dynamic Mechanical Analysis product line is used in the polymer, pharmaceutical, and food industries for research and quality control.
 
PerkinElmer's president of Life and Analytical Sciences, Robert Friel, said the DMA 8000 "is the type of novel, next-generation technology we are investing in" to enable customers to increase speed and quality in their research.
 
Financial terms of the acquisition were not provided.

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