Materials characterization instruments use a variety of techniques to analyze the physical properties of a sample. These properties include temperature, thermal response, force, hardness and particle size. Many materials characterization techniques involve more than one of these properties so that particular response curves can be calculated. In combination, these techniques provide information on the chemical, […]
The life science instrumentation market grew 8.7% to $9.2 billion in 2007. The market consists of DNA and peptide sequencers, DNA and peptide synthesizers, nucleic acid amplification or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) systems, gel electrophoresis equipment, molecular biology purification kits, microarray-based products, biosensors, bioinformatics and cheminformatics, cell analysis technologies and in vivo animal imaging. The […]
The molecular spectroscopy market is as consistent as any segment of the entire analytical instrument market. Overall, the molecular spectroscopy market is expected to grow 6.3% in 2008, a scant 0.1% increase over the forecast for 2007. Furthermore, with the exception of Raman spectroscopy, which is the smallest of all molecular spectroscopy segments, no other […]
Most everyone would agree that 2007 was a very good year, except for the last few months when subprime loans and housing issues dominated the news. The analytical and life science instrument industry turned in an unexpectedly strong performance. Instrument companies continued to focus on emerging markets. Biotech spending was robust and pharmaceutical expenditures improved […]
Laboratory automation equipment can increase laboratory efficiency, especially in areas where processes depend on repetition and precision. Lab automation is also a way to increase productivity, throughput and, perhaps, most importantly, lower the cost per sample analyzed. In 2007, growth for the overall lab automation market was disappointing. Historically, the automation market grows between 7% […]
As a feature of our annual forecast issue, IBO selects a firm from our industry as “company of the year.” In designating the company of the year, IBO recognizes an analytical instrument maker that has accomplished significant technical, operational and financial achievements. Such achievements are a function of strong financial performance, market leadership, innovative product […]
The major US stock markets managed to sustain positive gains in 2007 for the fifth consecutive year, despite extreme market volatility caused by the credit crisis and housing downturn. Strong corporate earnings and the Federal Reserve’s cuts in interest rates were enough to overcome selling pressure in the major US markets, which finished the year […]
Datacolor introduced the Spyder3Elite and Spyder3Studio display calibration and printer profiling solutions for photographers and digital imaging professionals. Camspec released the M108 programmable Vis spectrophotometer, the result of a design, production and supply partnership with a Chinese-American company. Sensor Technologies launched the three-channel, benchtop QuantumXpert fluorescence correlation spectrometer. Quantitech released the portable InfraCal Filtometer and […]
San Diego, CA 12/21/0—-Illumina has announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will reexamine four of the five patents (US Patent Nos. 5,545,531; 5,795,716; 6,355,432 and 6,646,243) that are the subject of Affymetrix’s patent infringement suit against the company. In March, a jury ruled in favor of Affymetrix, finding that Illumina infringed or […]
According to government estimates, 2007 Canadian R&D spending reached almost CAD 29.0 billion ($27.1 billion), a 3.3% increase over 2006’s CAD 28.1 billion ($24.8 billion). Academia accounted for 50.0%, or CAD 459 million ($428.2 million) of the increase, and industry accounted for 45.4%, or CAD 416 million ($388.1 million). Industry was the largest performer of […]
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