Astrotech Board of Directors Authorizes a Repurchase of up to $5 Million of The Company's Outstanding Common Stock
12.16.2014
Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC) a company that specializes in the commercialization of valuable space and defense technologies for uses in industrial process control, explosives detection, research and healthcare markets, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program authorizing the company to repurchase up to $5.0 million of its common stock through December 31, 2015....
ASTROTECH'S 1ST DETECT APPOINTS SEASONED INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE BOB KIBLER AS CEO
12.04.2014
1st Detect, a subsidiary of Astrotech (NASDAQ:ASTC), has announced today that it has hired Mr. Bob C. Kibler as its new CEO. ...
ASTROTECH’S 1ST DETECT ANNOUNCES OEM-1000PI AWARDED RoHS COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION
11.19.2014
1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC), announced today that its RoHS compliant OEM-1000PI mass spectrometer has been certified by Underwriter Laboratories as a recognized component meeting IEC 61010-1:2010 (3rd Edition) standards. Recognized component status enables our OEM customers to safely integrate the OEM-1000PI into their own products....
ASTROTECH’S 1ST DETECT ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN CE CERTIFICATION FOR MMS-1000™
11.18.2014
1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC), announced today that the MMS-1000 mass spectrometer has met the regulatory requirements for CE certification. The CE testing process ensures the safety and performance of the MMS-1000 according to standard testing methodologies published by the European Commission as IEC 61010-1:2010 (3rd Edition) and IEC 61326:2012‐07. ...
ASTROTECH REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2015 FINANCIAL RESULTS
11.14.2014
Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC), a premier developer of innovative chemical detection technologies for use in the research, security, industrial, process flow and healthcare markets, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended September 30, 2014....
ASTROTECH'S 1ST DETECT ANNOUNCES ITS SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION OF THE iONTRAC AT THE GULF COAST CONFERENCE
11.12.2014
Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC), a leader in commercializing space technology and chemical detection technologies for use in the research, security, industrial, process flow and healthcare markets, today announced financial results for its second quarter ended December 31, 2014....
ASTROTECH REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL YEAR 2014 FINANCIAL RESULTS
09.29.2014
Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC), a leading provider of commercial aerospace services and products and a manufacturer of next generation chemical detection instrumentation, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2014....
ASTROTECH’S (NASDAQ:ASTC) 1st DETECT AWARDED NEW CONTRACT FOR NEXT GENERATION CHEMICAL DETECTION SOLUTION
09.11.2014
1st Detect, a subsidiary of Astrotech (Nasdaq:ASTC), announced today its breakthrough technology has reached a key milestone in the military’s test and evaluation process for Multi-Sample Identifier Detector (MSID) solutions, by being awarded one of the competitive prototype contracts for the Next Generation Chemical Detector (NGCD) program....
ASTROTECH CORPORATION COMPLETES THE SALE OF ITS ASTROTECH SPACE OPERATIONS UNIT
08.22.2014
Astrotech Corporation [NASDAQ: ASTC] has completed the sale of substantially all of the properties and assets related to or used in its Astrotech Space Operations business unit to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation for $61 million. This transformative transaction is an important step in the Company’s strategic evolution that allows us to maximize the value of our remaining operations, assets, and intellectual property....
ASTROTECH CORPORATION ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF SPECIAL MEETING
08.20.2014
Astrotech Corporation [NASDAQ:ASTC] has received the approval from 14,835,132, or approximately 75% of its outstanding shares, to sell substantially all of the properties and assets related to or used in the Astrotech Space Operations business unit to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation for $61 million. 12,407,003, or approximately 82% of shares that voted, also approved The Golden Parachute Proposal by non-binding advisory vote. The final vote tabulation was concluded as part of a Special Shareholders Meeting that was held at 9:00AM CDT on August 20, 2014 in Austin, TX....
ASTROTECH ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
07.01.2014
Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC), a leading provider of commercial aerospace services, today announced the results of the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2014.
The shareholders of the Company’s common stock re-elected six directors to the Company’s Board of Directors. The Board of Directors now consists of Thomas B. Pickens III, Mark Adams, John A. Oliva, Sha-Chelle Manning, William F. Readdy, and Daniel T. Russler, Jr. ...
ASTROTECH’S (NASDAQ:ASTC) 1ST DETECT UNIT INTRODUCES ITS LATEST TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGH
06.26.2014
1st Detect, a subsidiary of Astrotech (Nasdaq:ASTC), is pleased to pleased to announce a strategic alliance with SparkCognition, developers of MindSpark, the award winning Cognitive Analytics platform for the industrial internet. By embedding novel Data Science algorithms and advanced neural network powered analytics in our MMS-1000 instrument, 1st Detect will be well positioned to bring the first adaptive and predictive data analysis solution to the chemical detection and monitoring industry....
1ST DETECT AWARDED U.S. PATENT FOR IMPROVING MASS SPECTROMETER PERFORMANCE
06.12.2014
1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC), announced today that the United States Patent Office (“USPTO”) has allowed the issuance of a key patent for controlling the company’s unique ion trap used for chemical analysis and detection. “We are extremely pleased that the USPTO has allowed this patent....
ASTROTECH COMPLETES INTERNAL REORGANIZATION TO OWN 100% OF SUBSIDIARY EQUITY
06.11.2014
Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC), a leading provider of commercial aerospace services, today announced that it has completed an internal reorganization and will now own 100% of its subsidiary companies 1st Detect Corporation (“1st Detect”) and Astrogenetix Inc. (“Astrogenetix”), in which it had previously issued equity grants to employees....
ASTROTECH CORPORATION TO SELL ASTROTECH SPACE OPERATIONS BUSINESS TO LOCKHEED MARTIN FOR $61 MILLION
05.29.2014
Astrotech Corporation [NASDAQ: ASTC] today announced a major step in its strategic evolution with the signing of a definitive agreement to sell the assets constituting its Astrotech Space Operations business (ASO) to Lockheed Martin Corporation, including the assets of its wholly owned subsidiary, Astrotech Space Operations, for $61 million....
ASTROTECH REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2014 FINANCIAL RESULTS
05.14.2014
Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC), a leading provider of commercial aerospace services, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2014 third quarter ended March 31, 2014....
ASTROTECH CORPORATION SETTLES WITH FORMER CFO
04.30.2014
ASTROTECH CORPORATION, (NASDAQ: ASTC), a leading provider of commercial space services, announced today that it has resolved all claims asserted by John Porter, former Chief Financial Officer ("CFO ") of the Company....
Astrotech Announces Annual Meeting of Shareholders
04.14.2014
Astrotech Corporation (“Astrotech” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:ASTC), a leading provider of commercial space services, today announced that its Board of Directors has set the date for the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) as well as the record date for shareholders eligible to vote at the meeting.
The Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 9:00 am (Central Time) at 221 West 6th Street, 21st Floor in Austin, Texas. Shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 9, 2014 will be eligible to vote at the meeting....
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS DISMISSES LAWSUIT BY FORMER CFO
02.25.2014
ASTROTECH CORPORATION, (NASDAQ: ASTC), a leading provider of commercial space services, today announced that the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former employee against the company’s CEO and the members of its Board of Directors....
ASTROTECH REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2014 FINANCIAL RESULTS
02.14.2014
Astrotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ASTC), a leading provider of commercial aerospace services, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2014 second quarter ended December 31, 2013....