Briefs: Abcam records strong growth in 1H08; CSR, Murata reach 200m Bluetooth units together
Abcam plc, the bioscience company which markets antibodies online, said sales in the half year to end December 08 increased 50.6% to £23.1m, while pre-tax profits increased 128.3% to £6.8m.
CEO Jonathon Miller said: "We are particularly pleased with the performance.
"It is testament to the strength of our business model, the traction of our brand, the relatively protected and growing markets in which we operate and in no small part to the hard work of our employees.
"Trading has begun well in the second half year though we have highlighted in the past the uncertainties faced by all companies in the current economic climate. It is difficult to assess what impact, if any, a global recession might have on our trading so we will continue to focus on maximising our performance by offering the highest quality products to new and existing customers."
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CSR and Murata celebrated production of the 200 millionth module to combine their technologies. Murata, a module vendor, and CSR, Bluetooth and connectivity supplier, have worked together almost since CSR's inception. CSR's streamlined products are well suited to the small form-factor designs desired by Murata's customers, CSR said in a statement.
Murata produces various mobile phones, PC, automotive and other applications using CSR's Bluetooth chips.
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Cambridge University Press, the Boston University School of Law and the Swedish language company, TransLegal, have launched the world's first online language training for the global legal community. The training is targeted to a market of over 2m lawyers around the world providing English language training to lawyers and law students in an era when the rapid growth of cross-border transactions and business is placing increasing demand on the global legal community to communicate in English.
