Entries by Joseph Yates

Steady Demand in the Industrial Market for Analytical and Scientific Instrumentation

One can look at the inventions of the semiconductor and the battery to show why the industrial end-market plays a pivotal role in advancing technology. However, manufacturers of semiconductors, batteries, chemical products, plastics and other products would be unable to make advancements without the assistance of analytical technologies. Due to its importance to society and […]

Continued Modest Growth Predicted for the Analytical and Scientific Instrumentation Market in Europe

Despite macroeconomic and industry-related challenges, Europe has been a steady regional market for the analytical and scientific instrument industry. IBO’s publisher, Strategic Directions International (SDi), part of Science and Medicine Group, believes market growth in Europe will occur for various reasons. For example, the EU’s scientific research funding program, Horizon Europe, has led to demand […]

2023 Dividend Changes for Laboratory Tool Companies Reflect a Chink in the Armor

The role of what dividend-paying companies in the US stock market would play in 2023 shifted from positive to negative as 2023 continued to be another year of volatility. According to the Wall Street Journal, analysts forecasted in the beginning of 2023 that dividend-paying companies in the stock market would be wise investments for investors […]

Bioprocessing Analytical Technologies: Enabling Biopharma Production

The bioprocessing analytical technology sector is critical to the biopharmaceutical industry and becoming more so as continuous and single-use solutions are becoming widely adopted and the number of biotherapeutics coming to market increases. These technology solutions include custom-built and highly specialized bioprocessing technologies. In August 2023, Strategic Directions International (SDi) released the “SDi Bioprocessing Markets […]

The Untapped Potential of the Analytical and Scientific Instrumentation Market in Latin America

According to IBO’s publisher Strategic Directions International (SDi), part of Science and Medicine Group, the analytical and scientific instrument industry plays a crucial role in various end-markets in Latin America. For instance, SDi states that top vendors that supply products, such as GCs and petroleum analyzes, to Latin American oil and gas companies benefit greatly; […]

The Importance and Role of the Lab Instrumentation Service Market

Service revenues play a small yet pivotal role in lab instrumentation companies’ revenues. As analytical and life science technologies’ applications diversify in various end-markets, the maintenance and upkeep of associated instruments become even more important. For example, with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, remote and software support proved essential for end-users due […]

The Lab Instrumentation Market and the Biopharmaceutical Industry: An Essential Partnership in Drug Development

The biopharmaceutical industry plays a critical role in ensuring people’s health and treating diseases. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 tested the biopharmaceutical industry’s capabilities as new vaccines and therapies were urgently required to counteract the virus’s spread. Aiding the biopharmaceutical industry in this goal as well as its overall R&D efforts is […]

A Surge in IPO Activity in Lab Tool Industry in 2021

Though the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the lab tools industry in 2020, like other sectors, the industry was able to adapt by playing pivotal roles in slowing the spread of the coronavirus. For instance, many companies provided analytical instruments for developing vaccines and therapies and/or diagnostic test kits. As a result, many companies in the […]

Modest Growth Expected for the Analytical and Scientific Instrumentation Industry in Europe

According to IBO’s publisher Strategic Directions International (SDi), part of Science and Medicine Group, the analytical and scientific instrument industry plays a crucial role in various end-markets in Europe. A prime example was the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with top vendors providing products and services to European pharmaceutical developers and manufacturers to […]