Agilent Technologies Acquires J&W Scientific; Acquisition Makes Agilent the World's Largest Supplier of Gas Chromatography Instruments, Solutions, Columns and Consumables.Business Editors and High Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000 Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : A) today announced that it has signed a merger agreement with J&W Scientific, the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of capillary gas chromatography gas chromatography (GC) Type of chromatography with a gas mixture as the mobile phase. In a packed column, the packing or solid support (held in a tube) serves as the stationary phase (vapour-phase chromatography, or VPC) or is coated with a liquid stationary phase (GC) columns. Located in Folsom, Calif., J&W develops and markets a wide range of GC columns and consumables, such as flowmeters, syringes and gas purifiers. The acquisition will greatly expand Agilent's current range of solutions it brings to the chemical, petrochemical, hydrocarbon processing and environmental industries. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. "From a modest beginning in a Sacramento garage, J&W Scientific has continually set the industry standard, developing proprietary manufacturing techniques which, when combined with other advances, have made us the world's largest supplier of GC capillary columns and related products," said Walt Jennings, co-founder of J&W Scientific. "We are especially pleased to become part of the world's largest supplier of gas chromatography instrumentation." "The acquisition of J&W Scientific will offer GC customers the highest level of expertise and technical support and the broadest range of instruments and supplies from a single source," said Jeff White Jeffrey Newman White (born February 19, 1977) is an Australian rules footballer. Making his debut in 1995 with the Fremantle Dockers, he was drafted with the number 1 pick in the 1994 AFL Draft. , general manager of Agilent's CAG CAG 1 Chronic atrophic gastritis 2 Coronary angiography, see there Consumables and Accessories Business Unit. "This will enable us to quickly and efficiently solve customers' GC problems. Agilent recognizes J&W's long tradition of outstanding customer service, and Agilent is committed to its continuation." Since 1978, J&W has been at the forefront of gas phase separation science, maintaining a strong commitment to research and development, rigorous manufacturing standards and exhaustive product testing. J&W was the first to develop a technique to permanently bond chemical coatings to the glass column in a process known as Durabond. In addition to its wide range of GC columns, J&W also manufactures capillary electrophoresis Capillary electrophoresis (CE), also known as capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE), can be used to separate ionic species by their charge and frictional forces. In traditional electrophoresis, electrically charged analytes move in a conductive liquid medium under the (CE) and solid phase extraction Solid-phase extraction (SPE) is a separation process that is used to extract compounds (called analytes) from a mixture of impurities. Analytical laboratories use solid phase extraction to concentrate and purify samples for analysis. (SPE SPE - Software Practice and Experience ) products, as well as Humonics flowmeters, Unimetrics syringes, and R&D separations gas purifiers. Information about Agilent's chemical analysis products and services can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com/chem. About J&W Scientific Founded in 1975, J&W Scientific has become the industry standard in GC capillary columns, developing proprietary manufacturing techniques which, when combined with other advances, have made them the world's largest supplier of gas chromatography capillary columns and related products. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a diversified technology company, resulting from Hewlett-Packard Company's plan to strategically realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. itself into two fully independent companies. With 42,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries, Agilent Technologies is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. The businesses comprising Agilent, a subsidiary of HP, had net revenues of more than $8.3 billion in fiscal year 1999. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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