ACD/Labs News Archives

TORONTO, 14 December, 2001 - ACD/Labs Spectroscopy Software Used for Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Advanced Chemistry Development Spectroscopy software has been chosen by Dr. David Kiemle, in order to assist in compiling data for his contribution to the Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 4^th Ed., published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Dr. Kiemle is an Instructional Support Specialist at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY. As the Instructional Support Specialist for Analytical and Technical Services, he must process several NMR, MS and IR spectra on a daily basis. By using ACD/NMR Processor, ACD/MS Processor and ACD/UV-IR Processor, Dr. Kiemle is now able to process these different types of spectra in their native vendor formats. More...

MORRIS PLAINS, NJ, 9 November, 2001 - ACD/ChromManager 5.0 is SC&I Editor's Choice
Chromatography processing and databasing product ACD/ChromManager 5.0 has been designated a November 2001 Editor's Choice product by the magazine Scientific & Computing Instrumentation. "ChromManager is the portal to our Method Development Suite," commented Mike McBrien, ACD/Labs Chromatography Product Manager. "We are delighted that it is achieving critical recognition." Commenting that ACD/ChemFolder won Reader's Choice Award at SC & I Magazine in July 2001, McBrien stated, "ChromManager is also well on its way to becoming a popular favorite in the next polling."

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TORONTO, 15 October, 2001 - ACD/Labs Announces 120,000 downloads of ACD/ChemSketch Freeware
With the advent of our ChemSketch Freeware 5.0 (placed on download pages in August 2001) our server began to experience heavy download demand. Accordingly, we reached our milestone of 120,000 downloads of ACD/ChemSketch in the blink of an eye, it seems! The lucky 120,000th downloader of ACD/ChemSketch freeware is Dr. Albert Adrian, who is a European Patents Attorney in Cologne, Germany. More...

TORONTO, 1 October 2001 - Advanced Chemistry Development Inc. Announces New Director of Marketing
ACD/Labs is proud to announce Dr. Robert S. DeWitte as the new Director of Marketing. Robert will work with Antony Williams, Vice President of Scientific Development and Marketing, to develop marketing strategies for ACD/Labs product and service offerings. Robert will assume responsibility for all aspects of marketing operations at ACD/Labs. In addition to overseeing tradeshow preparation, marketing campaigns, advertising, and press release generation, Robert will apply his knowledge and understanding of the Drug Discovery process to ACD/Labs software in order to emphasize its value in various scientific markets. More...

TORONTO, 28 September 2001 - ACD/Labs Announces 100,000 Web Site Registrations
If you've ever downloaded our software, subscribed to one of our newsletters, or viewed one of the dozens of presentations available from our web site, you have been on the Web User Registration page. In September 2001 we hit a new milestone: 100,000 web user registrations had been completed! The vitality of our web site and the diversity of our users continues to grow, thanks to your response, and your enthusiasm in passing along our URL to your friends, students, teachers, and colleagues. The lucky 100,000th web registrant is Dr. Kerry Loomes, who hails from New Zealand. More...

PISCATAWAY, NJ and TORONTO, CANADA, 25 September, 2001 - ACD/Labs Naming Software Will Be Applied to PDB Worldwide Repository of Protein Structures
Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs) and the Protein Data Bank (PDB) are proud to announce a collaboration in which ACD/Labs will provide their naming software product ACD/Name to the PDB for use in its data processing and annotation operations. The algorithms in ACD/Name allow rapid systematic chemical naming according to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Recommendations on Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (1979 and 1993) for almost any organic structure, as well as selected classes of biochemical, organometallic, and inorganic structures. More...

TORONTO, 18 September 2001 - ACD/Scientific Scholar of the Year Award Winners - Undergraduate Stream - 2000
We are pleased to announce the results of the ACD/Labs Scholar of the Year 2000 Award, Undergraduate Stream. The work presented was of the highest scientific standard and we are honored to reproduce the award winners' work at this website. The three winners, in order, were (1) Ian C. Stewart of the the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI; (2) Michael T. Forrester of Northwestern University in Evanston, IL; and (3) Jennifer L. Stockdill of Virginia Polytechnic in Blacksburg, VA. Honorable mention is given to Gloria V. López, of the Universidad de la República, in Montevideo, Uruguay. We thank everybody for their participation. You are all winners! We encourage students to enter the next ACD/Scholar of the Year Award.

MUMBAI and TORONTO, 7 September, 2001 - The rankings of the 33rd International Chemistry Olympiad have been announced, and Advanced Chemistry Development congratulates all participants
This year's Chemistry Olympiad was held in Mumbai, India from July 6th to the 15th, and was organized by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Scientific Education. The top three prizes went to Siyuan Chen from China, Iouri Chliapnikov from the Russian Federation and Esteban Andres Ganc from Argentina. A special prize for Best Overall Performance was also given to Siyuan Chen, and Shadi Rajabi from Iran received the Best Performance Among Female Participants award. More...

COLUMBUS, OH, August 26, 2001 - CAS uses ACD/Labs properties in their databases
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has extended the reach and content of its databases, already recognized as the world's most comprehensive for chemistry-related research and substance information. Researchers seeking candidate substances for new drugs will benefit especially by CAS's addition of calculated property data from Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. (ACD/Labs). More...

TORONTO, August 24, 2001 - ACD/Labs named one of Canada's Fastest Growing Technology Companies
Advanced Chemistry Development has been chosen as one of the fastest growing technology companies in Canada, according to the 2001 "Canadian Technology Fast 50" program, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada. More...

TORONTO, 24 August 2001 - 110,000 Downloads of ACD/ChemSketch Freeware
Classes are over, and many labs and offices are quiet, with lots of employees going on vacation. Nonetheless, the popularity of ACD/ChemSketch has continued to climb, as evidenced by another milestone: 110,000 downloads of ACD/ChemSketch! ChemSketch continues to develop based on your valuable feedback so please keep letting us know your favorite uses, and what you'd like to see included in a future release! The lucky 110,000th downloader of ACD/ChemSketch freeware is Dr. Jess V. Ford, who works for Custom Sensors and Technology in St. Louis, Missouri as an applications chemist. More...

MORRIS PLAINS, NJ, 10 August, 2001 - ACD/LC Simulator named SC&I Editor's Choice
Chromatographic prediction software ACD/LC Simulator has been named an August 2001 Editor's Choice product by the magazine Scientific & Computing Instrumentation. "LC Simulator is an important component of our Method Development Suite," commented Mike McBrien, ACD/Labs Chromatography Product Manager. "With the newest release, 5.0, we have a seamless connection with experimental results."

TORONTO, 25 July 2001 - Advanced Chemistry Development Inc. announces the release of version 5.0 - "bigger, better and faster" processing, prediction and database software. The databases are bigger, several new features have been added to our processing and prediction modules, and the software runs much faster, thanks to an across-the-board conversion to 32-bit. More...

TORONTO, July 30 2001 - Advanced Chemistry Development announces the appointment of Dr. Guy Desmarquets as our new ACD/Labs Director of European Operations. Guy will be responsible for coordinating all ACD/Labs activities in Europe, including the annual European Users' Meeting to be held this November. Guy will be providing our European distributors with sales support training, assisting in global solutions and custom installations of ACD/Labs software, as well as keeping our distributors up-to-date on ACD/Labs' latest developments. More...

MORRIS PLAINS, NJ, July 10, 2001 - ACD/ChemFolder was declared a winner in the annual Readers' Choice Scientific Computing and Instrumentation (SCI) Awards. ACD/SpecManager was declared a finalist in its class. Kim Sekel, the editor of SC&I Magazine commented, "This year's awards reflect the products our readers found exceptional based on value, reliability, quality, and ease of use." This year's awards join the recognition in previous Readers' Choice polls of ACD/ChemSketch (2000) and ACD/MS Manager (1999).

TORONTO, July 2, 2001 - Congratulations to the 100,000th Downloader of ACD/ChemSketch!
Acting on the recommendation of a colleague, Dr. John Minatelli of DSM Catalytica Pharamaceuticals, Greenville, NC, decided to download his own copy of ACD/ChemSketch freeware and try it out. After a smooth installation, Dr. Minatelli spent an enjoyable hour drawing and calculating properties of many aromatic compounds. He even sent his colleague a newly drawn ChemSketch structure by e-mail. A week later, ACD/Labs Account Manager Sherry Gregory left a message on his voice-mail: "congratulations, you are the 100,000th downloader of ACD/ChemSketch!" Continue...