Company Announcements Magritek announced in August a merger with ACT GmbH. The companies will jointly manufacture NMR solutions for rock core analysis and materials scanning. The companies have worked together for years. Business Day reported that no cash was exchanged and that ACT will take the Magritek brand name. In September, Agilent Technologies entered into […]
Demand for portable gas analyzers that incorporate IR sensors has gradually grown into a sizeable market. Technological improvements now allow for the combination of multiple types of sensors into easily portable instruments. The potential implementation of carbon dioxide emission regulations is likely to be the largest driver of demand. IR-based portable gas analyzers typically use […]
Although not the sexiest of instrument techniques, refractometry is a useful method that is widely applied in routine analyses. Its low cost and simplicity make it attractive for applications as distinct as beer brewing and the hydration levels of athletes. Growth in demand tends to be slower but more stable than many other analytical techniques, […]
Company Announcements Under a strategic partnership announced in May, Mettler-Toledo will bundle its density, refractive index and pH instruments with Konica Minolta Sensing’s CM-5 or CR-5 spectrophotometers to provide a system for quality monitoring in the flavors and fragrances industry. In July, Tornado Medical Systems and Arjae Spectral Enterprises announced a plan to merge the […]
Company Announcements Aspect Imaging expanded its cooperation with Bruker in April for manufacturing and distribution. Aspect will provide Bruker with technology for use in its Icon 1 T MRI system. Aspect will now focus on its clinical and industrial markets and no longer sell its M2 system directly to the preclinical market. It will refer […]
Diversification by end-market is a strategy designed to guarantee an instrument and lab product company a wider user base and greater sales opportunities. However, a company focused on a particular industry, whether due to the company’s origins, the application fit for its technology, or a deliberate effort to serve a growing market, can succeed by […]
In January, when IBO issued its industry forecast for 2012 (see IBO 1/15/12), the industry had just finished two consecutive years of robust growth, which suggested it might be possible for such strong growth to continue. Although at the time we developed the forecast, we did not have the benefit of fourth quarter results for […]
Company Announcements EDF, TOTAL, the French National Center for Scientific Research, Ecole Polytechnique, Air Liquid, HORIBA Jobin Yvon and RIBER announced in March the creation of the Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-France, a project selected by France’s Commission for Future Investments as an Institute for Excellence in Carbon-free Energy. Ocean Optics and Tornado Medical Systems formed a […]
Formulaction is unique in its offering of multispeckle-diffusing wave spectroscopy (MS-DWS) instruments. The technique, which is based on dynamic light scattering, analyzes the stability of concentrated or opaque products with no sample preparation. The firm also offers instruments that analyze stability with multiple light scattering. “We measure end-use properties like physical stability, gelation, recovery and […]
Product Introductions HORIBA Scientific introduced the Aqualog benchtop fluorometer, which simultaneously measures absorbance spectra and fluorescence excitation–emission matrices, for the faster measurement of colored dissolved organic matter in water. X-Rite released NetProfiler 3.0 to verify, optimize and certify handheld and benchtop spectrophotometers used at locations worldwide on a regular basis. It now includes embedded profiling […]
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