Artel was founded in 1982 as an electro-optics contract manufacturer for customers with defense-standard requirements. It was only later that the company introduced its first product utilizing its signature technology, ratiometric photometry. The Pipette Calibration System employs ratiometric photometry, which is based on taking absorbance ratio readings from two standardized dyes at the same time, […]
Total US R&D expenditures increased an estimated 5.8% in 2007, or 3.1% when adjusted to 2000 dollars to exclude inflation, to $368,098 million, according to the latest data from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Industry was the primary source of the increase, continuing a trend evident since the 1980s that also reflects slower increases in […]
When transgenic crops were first introduced in 1996, research was primarily focused on making the plants more resistant to herbicides and pesticides. As recent announcements indicate, the six companies that dominate the transgenic crop market are increasing R&D levels and constructing new labs as they develop further traits such as drought and heat resistance, disease […]
In the second quarter of 2008, revenues for IBO’s Life Science Sales Index grew 11.0% to $2,358 million, while operating profit jumped 26.9% to $382 million and operating margin climbed 200 basis points to 16.2% of sales. Second-quarter sales for Beckman Coulter’s Life Science segment grew 9.3%, or 4.3% in constant currency, to $127.5 million […]
For nearly five years, microreactor technology has been touted as being on the verge of a break through and of being adopted in place of accepted methods such as batch reactions and microwave synthesis for both large- and small-scale organic chemical synthesis. Due to the simplicity of batch reactions and the lack of a killer […]
Despite sustained economic volatility during August, the US equity markets and US dollar strengthened. Investors were encouraged by better-than-expected manufacturing data, consumer confidence and durable goods orders for July, as well as falling crude oil prices, which declined 7% to end the month at $115.45 a barrel. On August 27, the US Commerce Department revised […]
In the calendar-year second quarter, major analytical instrument and laboratory supply companies in general reported an increase in business compared to calendar-year first quarter as applied markets, Asia and consumables continued to be the main growth drivers. In addition, Europe gained some momentum as both Waters and Dionex reported a return to European sales growth, […]
Over the past 14 years, the annual IBO Design Awards have showcased the best in analytical instrument industrial design. Industrial design encompasses the appearance and form of an instrument. The industrial design is a fundamental part of a product, helping determine how the end-user will evaluate, use, maintain and value a product, and, indirectly, how […]
Gold Award IBO’s 2008 Gold Award for laboratory equipment design goes to Hamilton’s automatic pipettor, the Microlab Nimbus. The idea for the Nimbus came about after “Hamilton identified an unmet demand in the biopharmaceutical marketplace for . . . automated pipetting in key fundamental applications such as plate replication, serial dilution and reagent additions, while […]
In the second quarter of 2008, revenues for IBO’s Laboratory Sales Index grew 13.7% to $4,624 million, compared to growth of 13.3% in second quarter of 2007. Operating profit climbed 20.4% to $747 million, and operating margin climbed 90 basis points to 16.2% of sales. While several companies, such as Affymetrix, Harvard Bioscience and Tecan, […]
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