Cannabis testing in the US has made progress on multiple fronts but still has a long way to go, resulting in new opportunities for lab product and instrumentation companies. Testing demand is growing as more states legalize recreational use, and institute testing and lab requirements. But the fragmented market and unique business environment creates challenges […]
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 […]
Atomic Spectroscopy HORIBA updated its XRF-based sulfur-in-oil analyzer with the SLFA-6800, available in a single-sample arrangement or with an eight-position carousel. One improvement is the removal of lead from the circuit board. The system will begin shipping in May priced at about $38,000. JEOL’s benchtop JSX-1000S ElementEye for ED-XRF measurements was introduced late last year. […]
Atomic Spectroscopy PerkinElmer added to its PinAAcle series of atomic-absorption spectrometers. The 500 is a corrosion-resistant, flame-only system designed primarily for environmental applications that require robust performance, such as the mining and petrochemical industries. The system will begin shipping in June at a price in the low $20,000 range. Bruker introduced the S2 Puma as […]
Company Announcements Horizon Discovery named Tegent Scientific as its exclusive distributor for China, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Alpaqua Engineering signed a distribution agreement in October 2014 with NimaGen for the EU and certain neighboring countries for magnet plates and accessories. Pressure BioSciences signed a three-year, exclusive distribution agreement with Powertech Technology for China. AutoGen named […]
Electrochemistry systems, lab balances, radioactivity-analysis systems, dissolution-testing equipment, and continuous-flow (CF) and discrete analyzers make up the market referred to as general analytical techniques (GAT). The markets for each of these lab techniques share several characteristics: routine usage, mid-to-low price ranges and a large share of replacement sales. Many diverse vendors participate in this market, […]
Company Announcements For the fiscal first quarter ending June 30, Hitachi High-Technologies Science and Medical Systems (SMS) sales climbed 33% to ¥38.8 billion ($380.1 million = ¥102.09 = $1) to account for 25% of company revenues (see IBO 7/31/14). Medical product sales jumped 53%, and sales of Biotechnology and Other products grew 16% to account […]
Solid-supported liquid extraction (SLE) is an efficient sample preparation method that eliminates the need for conditioning, equilibration and washing. Compared to other sample preparation techniques, such as liquid-liquid extraction (LLE), SLE has lower solvent requirements, a greater degree of reproducibility and can be fully automated. Analogous to LLE, SLE uses the same aqueous sample-solvent system […]
Company Announcements In June, Pressure Biosciences engaged IssuWorks to provide strategic advisory services to the company in order to review strategic and financing alternatives, including the possible spin-off of vertical market applications. Invent Biotechnologies named MoBiTec as a distributor for European markets. Product Introductions BioVision released in April the EZEnrich Polyubiquitin Beads, EZDetect Polyubiquitin Probe, […]
Company Announcements Spinomix named Nasri Nahas as CEO in January. He previously served as CEO of GeneBio. In 2014, CambTek named the following exclusive distributors: Pragolab for the Czech and Slovak Republics, Synersy for France and ITS Sciences for South Korea. In February, Agilent Technologies agreed to comarket CambTEK’s Rapid Extraction System sample preparation technology […]
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