This month truly exemplified the unpredictable nature of the stock market. Just as investors seemed to embrace a renewed faith in steady interest rates and unrelenting mergers and acquisitions, questions surrounding the housing market and federal interest rates resurfaced. The Dow Industrial Average and S&P 500 began June with new highs of 13,676.32 and 1,539.18, […]
In fiscal 2006, productivity of selected analytical and life science instrument companies increased, but at a slower rate than the previous year, as new employee growth outpaced revenue growth. Following initial productivity gains for larger companies, spurred by IT investments, manufacturing efficiencies and increased outsourcing, such a slowing is not unusual. In addition, as the […]
Horiba Jobin Yvon introduced the second-generation XGT-1700 WR and 5700 WR ED-XRF imaging microscopes, designed for production line usage. Additions include a 3 mm X-ray beam and a combined dual optical filter. New Wave Research launched the U193-FX, a 193 nm, short-pulse excimer laser ablation system for ICP-MS. Elvatec introduced the ElvaX mini ED-XRF alloy […]
Bio-Rad Laboratories released KnowItAll Enterprise Server 3.0 and the KnowItAll AnyWare 1.0 browser-based client. Bio-Rad launched KnowItAll U for academic research and teaching. Sapio Sciences introduced Exemplar LIMS, addressing the complete pipeline from sample receipt in the lab through clinical trial management. Labtronics released Nexxis CLA (Instrument Calibration Manager) 4.0. Strand Life Sciences released Sarchitect, […]
In 2006, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the energy industry totaled $566 billion, up from $372 billion in 2005. Already, the value of deals announced this year has reached $356 billion. While the recent pace of transactions is reminiscent of the merger boom of the 1990s, current M&A activity is not dominated by the companies […]
In April, Oxford Instruments announced that it is in negotiations “to exit the High Field NMR business.” The divestment is expected to lead to a one-time noncash write off not to exceed £3 million ($5.9 million).
Cyntellect received a $1.3 million Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant to continue development of its LEAP system for automated purification and the cloning of cells based on specific secretion of native or recombinant proteins. Fluxion Biosciences received a $1.2 million Phase II SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health for the […]
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) will get a total of AUD 2.8 billion ($2.4 billion) over the next four years, according to Australia’s 2007–08 budget, which was released in May. CSIRO’s National Research Flagships program will receive AUD 174 million ($146.7 million) over the next four years. Specific allotments include AUD 60 […]
Integrating organizational structures has been the focus of Horiba and Shimadzu, two of the largest analytical instrument companies. Based in Japan, both companies have sought in recent years to improve profitability through consolidating operations, new manufacturing facilities and strengthening their US businesses. As the results for each company’s most recent fiscal years show, these efforts […]
This issue, IBO has made a of couple changes to its Life Science Sales Index. Gene Logic, Tripos and Molecular Devices were removed from the Index. Tripos sold its Discovery Informatics division in March (see IBO 11/30/06), while Gene Logic increased the service orientation of its business. Molecular Devices was acquired by MDS on March […]
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