Analytical instrument and lab product company executives’ expectations have diminished since last fall, according to the latest IBO Business Climate Survey. This is not a surprise considering updated macroeconomic forecasts. In April, the International Monetary Fund revised its January projections for global growth downward two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.2%. This followed a February […]
Analytica 2016 featured a wide variety of new products. Below is a list of products officially launched at the show or in recent months. The list is not all inclusive. Atomic Spectroscopy Agilent Technologies introduced the 5110 ICP-OES spectrometer. The 5110 features a dichroic spectral combiner that integrates light from both the axial and radial […]
Laboratories use a variety of software products to organize and manage their data, methods and workflows. LIMS are the most prominent and powerful platform of this type, allowing users to obtain, store and report lab data. ELNs provide users with a more error proof and convenient method of experimental record-keeping than physical notebooks. Finally, Scientific […]
IBO’s first of its biannual articles on patent infringement litigation involving analytical instrument and laboratory product companies highlights three new suits and a string of settlements. New Suits Illumina is once again the defendant in a patent infringement case. The nonprofit Scripps Research Institute filed suit in March in the US District Court for the […]
Backlog Lifts Bruker Bruker’s Scientific Instruments segment (BSI) sales grew 5.2% organically to $350.4 million to account for 93% of company sales (see page 12). Organic growth was driven by a sturdy NMR backlog and higher MS sales, along with strength in North America and China. System and aftermarket revenues grew roughly 7% and 5% […]
Lab productivity, workflow-based solutions and ease of use were major themes for instrument companies at Analytica 2016. Major instrument firms have positioned themselves to serve these needs by providing a broad range of analytical techniques; an integrated offering of hardware, software, consumables and services; and a focus on all aspects of application-based workflows. IBO spoke […]
Held May 10–13 in Munich, Germany, Analytica 2016 attracted 35,002 attendees, stable nearly the same number as in 2014. However, the number of exhibitors increased 6.5% to 1,244. The largest number of exhibitors were from Germany, China and the US. Attendance at the scientific sessions grew 12.3% to 1,839. The exhibition booths were crowded with […]
US equity markets remained unnerved in April on account of mixed earnings reports and weak economic data. First quarter US GDP growth edged higher at a listless 0.5%, representing the slowest quarterly growth rate since the beginning of 2014. Slower consumer spending, weak business investments and lower exports pressured economic growth in the quarter. However, […]
The 2016 American Association for Cancer Research conference (AACR) was held April 20–26 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Keynote speaker Vice President Joe Biden addressed nearly four thousand assembled on the final day and remarked, “There is more brain power in this room than exists in many countries. And we need you. You’re the very best […]
Executive compensation tapered in FY2015 due to the lower value of equity awards and a strong FY2014 comparison, in which average total pay jumped double digits (see IBO 5/15/15). Presidents and CEOs For the 17 presidents and CEOs in IBO’s Laboratory Instruments and Products Stock Index (Lab Index), who have served in their respective roles […]
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