US equity markets wavered in March due to the Federal Reserve’s ambiguous wordplay on raising interest rates and concerns over corporate profits due to the strengthening US dollar. The Fed continues to be unnerved by the fragility of the economy and growing market risks associated with loose monetary policies. The latest US GDP estimate for […]
Atomic Spectroscopy HORIBA updated its XRF-based sulfur-in-oil analyzer with the SLFA-6800, available in a single-sample arrangement or with an eight-position carousel. One improvement is the removal of lead from the circuit board. The system will begin shipping in May priced at about $38,000. JEOL’s benchtop JSX-1000S ElementEye for ED-XRF measurements was introduced late last year. […]
Published this month, the Congressional Research Service’s (CRS) report entitled “Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2016” provides updated government estimates for the fiscal year 2015 (FY15) (October 1, 2014–September 30, 2015) US federal government R&D budget. These numbers update the American Association for the Advancement of Science estimates for FY15 federal R&D spending published in […]
Among the many products at Pittcon released within the last six months of the show, IBO has selected three that stood out for innovation, technical achievement and commercial potential. This year’s top three products offer convenient solutions to technical bottlenecks and limitations. Shimadzu Nexera UC IBO’s top product pick for Pittcon is Shimadzu’s Nexera UC […]
Atomic Spectroscopy PerkinElmer added to its PinAAcle series of atomic-absorption spectrometers. The 500 is a corrosion-resistant, flame-only system designed primarily for environmental applications that require robust performance, such as the mining and petrochemical industries. The system will begin shipping in June at a price in the low $20,000 range. Bruker introduced the S2 Puma as […]
Fourth quarter 2014 IBO Life Science Index sales grew 7.3%, 9.0% organically, to $4,317 million, marking its strongest organic growth since the first quarter of 2010. Growth was driven by demand from US pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers, increased research spending in Europe and positive demand in China. However, delayed spending in Japan and weak academic […]
At Pittcon, IBO took the opportunity to talk to executives at four of the analytical-instrument and laboratory-product industry’s largest companies, PerkinElmer, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) (the US-based division of Japan’s Shimadzu), Thermo Fisher Scientific and Waters, to discuss challenges and opportunities for both their businesses and the instrument industry in general. Asked about challenges this […]
This year, Pittcon was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from March 7 to March 12. Unfortunately, the location did not appear to help attendance. According to the preliminary figures available as of March 9, total attendance was down 15.8% from last year, when the location was Chicago, Illinois (see IBO 3/31/14), to 13,683. The number […]
Global equity markets rebounded sharply in February, as a number of international indexes traded at multiyear or record highs due to continued accommodative monetary policies and a temporary financial rescue of Greece. US markets were supported by positive corporate earnings and reassurance by the Federal Reserve of maintaining low interest rates. US fourth quarter 2014 […]
Despite improvements in the US and China and in pharmaceutical and academic markets, currency effects curtailed sales and profit growth for major publicly held instrument and laboratory-product businesses in the fourth quarter of 2014. For the year, the businesses maintained revenue growth, helped by pharmaceutical sales and improved academic markets. Combined sales for the six […]
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