Large, publicly held testing, inspection and certification companies recorded solid growth last year but also continued to restructure operations. Two of the largest such companies are Intertek and SGS, which share a long history in the testing services business and diversified offerings serving a wide range of industries. Intertek, a provider of testing, outsourcing, certification, […]
Productivity growth for 10 of 17 major publicly held analytical instrument and lab product companies (see table, page 6) declined in fiscal 2012 (FY12) due to expansion in emerging markets and acquisitions. On a currency-neutral basis, the average sales-per-employee ratio for the 17 companies fell 0.4% to $293,902 in FY12. In spite of stable sales […]
Luminex’s xMAP suspension bead array systems have been widely adopted for research, drug discovery and IVD applications. The xMAP technology uses microscopic polystyrene beads as a carrier of a specific protein, antibody or nucleic acid. These beads are internally dyed using precise ratios of fluorophores, allowing researchers to detect specific reactions. Luminex offers three systems […]
As described in IBO’s March 15 and April 15 issues, fiscal 2013 (FY13) nondefense spending for US science agencies was cut by 5.7% as part of the sequestration bill approved in March. The NIH has released its final FY13 operating budget, which totals 5.5% less than FY12 at $29,151 million. Funding for the NIH’s 27 […]
Company Announcements In March, Roche signed an R&D agreement with BioLamina to jointly develop new cell culture systems for various applications, including stem cell research. The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Sony DADC announced a collaboration to further advance the Institute’s Organs-on-Chip technologies. Techne named Charles Kummeth CEO, effective April […]
Company Announcements Coherent entered into an exclusive agreement with PhaseTech Spectroscopy to offer the 2DQuick, a complete solution for 2D IR spectroscopy for investigating molecular dynamics. Following ASD’s acquisition by Spectris (see IBO 11/30/12), Bob Faus, vice president of engineering, was named vice president and general manager, NIR, and Michael Lands, vice president of sales […]
Company Announcements SynapDx formed a strategic relationship with Illumina for their respective autism technologies and sequencing platform to develop early detection tools for autism spectrum disorders. Susan Siegel resigned from Pacific Biosciences Board in March. Spiral Genetics closed a $3 million Series A financing in March and partnered with Omicia. Nabsys closed a $20 million […]
Company Announcements Cepheid 2012 Non-Clinical sales grew 19.3% to $35.2 million, or 11% of total revenues, primarily due to greater shipments of anthrax test cartridges to Northrop Grumman/US Postal Service (USPS). The company agreed to sell the test cartridges and associated materials used in the Biohazard Detection System directly to USPS through the period ending […]
Company Announcements BUCHI Labortechnik opened an office in Moscow, Russia, in January. Eppendorf’s 2012 revenues grew 8.9%, 4.0% organically, to €520.2 million ($666.9 million) (see IBO 5/15/13). Adjusted operating profit rose 13.5% to €109.4 million ($140.3 million). Sales in Asia/Pacific/Africa, North/Latin America and Europe rose 12.8%, 8.1% and 7.2%, or 6.6%, 4.9% and 1.7% on […]
IBO has selected Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Orbitrap Fusion MS as the product of the show for this year’s ASMS annual meeting. The new model features an all-new configuration that incorporates a quadrupole front end along with Thermo’s proven linear ion trap and Orbitrap mass analyzers. The improved system offers a resolving power of better than […]
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