In IBO’s first look this year at instrument and laboratory product firms’ patent infringement litigation, familiar names abound. New Litigation Last month, Illumina was named the defendant in a patent infringement suit brought in Delaware District Court. The initial complaint named only Columbia University as the plaintiff. An amended complaint filed in April listed Intelligent […]
The first of IBO’s biannual new laboratory roundup focuses on new pharmaceutical and consumer product labs, along with labs in Brazil. The table on page 6 showcases plans for new academic, chemical and nonprofit labs. New pharmaceutical labs have been announced in the US and Asia. Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a current hot spot for new […]
The 23rd Analytica exhibition and conference took place in Munich, Germany, from April 17 to 20. As usual, it was a roaring success. Although the attendance of 30,000 was down slightly from 32,061 in 2010, it was hard to tell, given the general enthusiasm throughout the exhibition’s five halls. The number of exhibitors was up […]
The IBO Laboratory Sales Index has been updated from the February 28 issue. For the fourth quarter of 2011, Index sales grew 7.8%, 7.4% excluding currency, to $6,374.87 million. Operating profit climbed 16.2% to $1,442.69, and operating margin rose 60 basis points to 20.5% of sales. For the full-year 2011, revenues grew 9.1%, 7.1% organically, […]
Fourth-quarter 2011 IBO Lab Equipment/Consumables Sales Index revenues grew 4.8%, 3.9% excluding currency, to $4,226.97 million. Operating profit expanded 6.1% to $732.54 million, and operating margin improved 90 basis points to 18.1% of sales. Full-year 2011 Index sales increased 5.5%, 3.7% on a currency-neutral basis, to $1,6221.51 million. Adjusted operating profits rose 5.0% to $2,813.79 […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Elvatech introduced the ElvaX Mobile portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument. It is controlled by a PDA and is currently shipping. PG Instruments released a new version of its most recent atomic absorption system, the AA500, which was released in mid-2011. The new version includes an embedded PC. The AA flame can run on […]
IBO’s 2011 list of the top 30 analytical and laboratory instrument and product companies illustrates the results of growing consolidation within the analytical and life science instrument industry. Agilent Technologies, Danaher, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Merck KGaA have each made major acquisitions in recent years, growing their sales and rankings. Despite concerns over the European […]
Atomic Spectroscopy LECO introduced new configurations for its latest generation of inorganic and organic elemental analysis systems. Late last year, sulfur and oxygen analyzers were released for the CHN628 analyzer. Each option has a price of about $8,000 to $10,000. In May, a sulfur option will become available for the TruMac series at an additional […]
At Pittcon, IBO sees many new products, which are defined as products released within six months of the show. From these products, each year IBO selects three that it feels are the most noteworthy for their innovation, technical achievements and commercial potential. This year, IBO has chosen instruments that meet these requirements in three different […]
Pittcon returned to Orlando, Florida, on March 11 to 15, making it the conference’s fifth stop at this location in 10 years. As expected, attendance suffered compared with last year, when the conference was held in Atlanta, Georgia (see IBO 3/31/11). Total attendance declined 8.4% this year to 15,754. Full conferees accounted for 34% of […]
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