The first of IBO’s biannual new laboratory roundup focuses on new facilities for cancer treatment and research, along with new genetically modified (GM) crop labs and consumer products labs. In addition, the table on page 6 highlights plans for new labs for the automotive, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries. Three organizations, including two universities, have announced […]
IBO’s first patent litigation article for 2013 summarizes new patent infringement litigation involving instrument and lab product companies, as well as settlements and development in ongoing suits. New Suits In the US District Court of Delaware, Illumina is the defendant in a case brought by optics firm Cirrex Systems (see table, page 3). Cirrex alleges […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker’s N8 Horizon instrument was introduced in November 2012. The N8 has a brilliant microspot source with a 0.5 mm spot size, and a sample holder that can be configured for small-angle and grazing incidence XRD. The standard Vantec area detector can also be augmented by an optional linear detector to provide wide-angle […]
The US federal government’s primary science R&D agencies must deal with less funding for fiscal 2013 (FY13) (October 2012–September 2013) in the wake of the finalized budget. The budgets for most science R&D agencies are cut by an automatic 5.0% as part of the sequestration (see IBO 3/15/13), in addition to any reductions from FY12 […]
Fourth-quarter 2012 IBO Lab Equipment/Consumables Sales Index revenues grew 2.1%, 3.4% excluding currency, to $4,316 million. Operating profit advanced 0.4% to $735 million. Operating margin declined 50 basis points to 17.9% of sales. Full-year 2012 Index sales grew 1.6%, 2.6% excluding currency, to $16,472 million. Adjusted operating profit rose 2.7% to $2,889 million. Operating margin […]
In a year with modest economic growth, it was consolidations, divestments and growing technology bases that were some of the factors that altered rankings among IBO’s list of the top 30 analytical and life science instrument and aftermarket companies for 2012. Among the list’s most notable changes was Illumina’s entry into the top 10 due […]
Thermo Fisher Scientific announced plans to acquire Life Technologies on April 15 for $13.6 billion (see page 2), making it one of the largest acquisitions in the history of the analytical and life science instrument industry. The acquisition brings together the largest and third-largest analytical instrument and lab product suppliers (see page 1), creating a […]
With 16 of the 18 companies in IBO’s Lab Instrument Sales Index having now reported results for calendar year 2012 fourth quarter, Index sales and operating profit results have been updated from the February 15 issue (see IBO 2/15/13). For the fourth-quarter 2012, Index revenue grew 2.7%, or 3.7% excluding currency, and operating profit slipped […]
US equity markets trended higher in March, despite financial concerns over sequestration, higher payroll taxes, renewed European debt woes and a sluggish US fourth-quarter GDP growth rate, which was revised slightly higher from 0.1% to 0.4%. Instead, investors focused on the stronger consumer sector, including higher home prices, personal spending and retail sales, which should […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker debuted the Aurora Elite inductively coupled plasma (ICP)–MS, a high-performance sibling to its existing Aurora M90. The improved ion optics and fast electronics increase the sensitivity of the system, and Bruker considers it the most sensitive single quadrupole ICP-MS on the market. The base price is $178,000, though a complete system with […]
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