Agilent Technologies Launches Life Science and Chemical Analysis Centers of Excellence in California, India and Europe.New Demonstration Centers Highlight Agilent's Full Portfolio of Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis Capabilities SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- 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 launched a new product demonstration center at its Santa Clara, Calif., corporate headquarters, showcasing its life sciences and chemical analysis capabilities. The Center of Excellence launch follows Monday's opening of a similar center in Bangalore, India, and recent expansions of Agilent product demonstration centers in Paris, France; Manchester, U.K.; and Waldbronn, Germany. Planned for late 2007 is yet another center in Little Falls Little Falls is the name of some places in the United States of America:
Agilent also has Centers of Excellence specializing in life sciences and chemical analysis in Beijing, Shanghai and Hajiochi, Japan. "These centers provide a one-stop customer experience highlighting our entire portfolio of products and services," said Agilent's Chris van Ingen, president, Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis. "They demonstrate Agilent's commitment to our customers and business partners as the premier measurement company. We look forward to working alongside our customers on the applications, proof of performance and product demonstrations that these Centers of Excellence will facilitate." Customers visiting the demonstration centers have the opportunity to interact with Agilent senior management and applications specialists. They are able to observe and participate in proof of performance for Agilent's chemical and bioanalytical systems using their own samples in a state-of-the-art, fully equipped facility. The 5,000-square-foot Santa Clara facility houses a complete array of Agilent's core platform products, including liquid and 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 systems, LC and GC mass spectrometry mass spectrometry or mass spectroscopy Analytic technique by which chemical substances are identified by sorting gaseous ions by mass using electric and magnetic fields. systems and Agilent's DNA Microarray Scanner, the centerpiece of the Agilent microarray platform. The facility features multimedia-equipped conference rooms, a general wet lab, a proteomics prep lab, a genomics lab and an ICP-MS ICP-MS Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy lab. For further information about Agilent's involvement in the life sciences and chemical analysis sectors, visit www.chem.agilent.com. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 19,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $5.0 billion in fiscal 2006. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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