Corporate Profile for Molecular Dynamics Inc., dated May 24, 1996.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine See AOL. , CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company, Prodigy, Comtex, and many others. -0- Published date: May 24, 1996 Company name: Molecular Dynamics Inc.
Address: 928 E. Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale, Calif. 94086-4520
Telephone No.: 408/773-1222 Chief Executive Officer: Jay Flatley Chief Accounting Officer: Lynne Wagoner Investor Relations Contact: Jay Flatley and Lynne Wagoner Business number: 408/737-3000 and 408/737-3002 Public Relations Contact: Jay Flatley Business number: 408/737-3000 Trading symbol: MDYN (NASDAQ) Industry: Biotech Instrumentation Company description: Molecular Dynamics is a leading supplier of integrated instrumentation, software and reagent systems for fluorescence imaging, filmless autoradiography Autoradiography A photographic technique used to localize a radioactive substance within a solid specimen; also known as radioautography. A photographic emulsion is placed in contact with the object to be tested and is left for several hours, days, or , densitometry densitometry /den·si·tom·e·try/ (den?si-tom´i-tre) determination of variations in density by comparison with that of another material or with a certain standard. , confocal microscopy, and high-throughput biomolecule biomolecule /bio·mol·e·cule/ (-mol´e-kul) a molecule produced by living cells, e.g., a protein, carbohydrate, lipid, or nucleic acid. biomolecule a molecule produced by living cells, e.g. quantitation. These systems simplify, automate and accelerate DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. and protein analysis experiments to help life scientists improve laboratory productivity. (TM)Vistra Systems -- an alliance between Amersham Life Science and Molecular Dynamics -- consolidates the reagent technologies and resources of Amersham with Molecular Dynamics' laboratory instrumentation development expertise. Molecular Dynamics (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MDYN) has sales and service professionals in 36 countries. Headquarters and manufacturing are in Sunnyvale, Calif. The following table sets forth the Company's annual sales and net income for the years ended Dec. 31, 1995 and 1994. -0-
1995 1994
In thousands In thousands
Sales $38,938 $33,860 Gross margin $21,406 $17,941 Net income (loss) $(2,987) $(4,704) Net income (loss per share) $(.30) $(.47) The high and low closing sales price on the National Market system for the fiscal years 1995 and 1994 are as follows:
1995 1994
Stock high 9.63 14.25 Stock low 4.88 5.25 CONTACT: Molecular Dynamics Inc. |
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