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With the completed acquisition of Life Technologies (see IBO 2/15/14) in 2014, Thermo Fisher Scientific further solidified its number one position among IBO’s list of the top 30 analytical and life science instrument, aftermarket and lab product companies. All sales and sales growth figures in this article are based on IBO’s calculations of companies’ revenues […]
NMR provides a truly unique way to probe samples. While most forms of instrumentation probe the chemical, optical or electronic structure of molecules and atoms, NMR keys off the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei, which are ultimately due to the quantum mechanical–spin magnetic moment of the component neutrons and protons in each nucleus. In NMR, […]
Company Announcements JEOL announced in its fiscal 2014 annual report that it acquired a stake in JEOL RESONANCE in December 2013 and formed a subsidiary. JEOL France donated a 400 MHz NMR to France’s International Bureau of Weights and Measures for its new lab as part of the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology […]
Led by demand for Raman spectrometers, the total molecular spectroscopy market is expected to grow 3.7% in 2015 to more than $4 billion. This technology segment, which consists of nine techniques, has an extensive range of applications, from identifying water contaminants to determining protein structure. Offering a wide variety of molecular spectroscopy techniques, Bruker is […]
Merck KGaA and Sigma-Aldrich Consolidation continued in the lab-products market, as less than a year after Thermo Fisher Scientific’s purchase of Life Technologies (see IBO 2/15/14), Merck KGaA announced a $17 billion deal to buy Sigma-Aldrich (see IBO 9/30/14). The deal highlights the importance of scale and diversification and transforms Merck/EMD Millipore into a major […]
Company Announcements In October, investment firm Rangatira increased its stake in Magritek from 12% to 18%. Product Introductions Magritek introduced in July Spinsolve Phosphorus, calling it the world’s first phosphorus-31–capable benchtop NMR spectroscopy system. Oxford Instruments and Green Imaging Technologies launched the P5 Cell for high-pressure and -temperature studies of petroleum-reservoir rock core plugs. It […]
Santa Clara, CA 10/14/14—Agilent Technologies has announced that it is closing its NMR business because the business has not met growth or profitability objectives. Agilent entered the NMR market in 2010 with the acquisition of Varian (see IBO 7/31/09). “Today’s announcement represents a difficult decision necessary to drive improved profitability,” stated Agilent President, COO and […]
Company Announcements Freiberg Instruments, a provider of inline metrology solutions, announced in January the acquisition of German firm Magnettech, a supplier of electron spin resonance (ESR) systems. Dr. Kay Dornich succeeded Dr. Eberhard Friese as CEO, but Dr. Friese will remain with the company. More than 300 of Magnettech’s MS 400 ESR/EPR systems are installed […]
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