The US National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released its updated “NSF Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development FY 2007–2009” (see IBO 2/15/08 for fiscal 2008 projections) detailing the R&D spending and “R&D plant” spending by 27 federal agencies for fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2009. R&D plant expenditures are spending for facilities construction, acquisition […]
This month, the US Congress passed the appropriation bills for fiscal 2010 (October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010) for several US government agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice (DOJ). The bills now await President Obama’s signature. NSF Excluding American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, the […]
The EPA budget, excluding funding for emergencies including repairs and fire prevention, experienced a sharp increase of 35.5% to $10.3 billion for fiscal 2010. The EPA’s Science and Technology appropriation, which supports programs for air quality management focused on vehicular emissions control, climate protection and research in fields including clean air and clean water, increased […]
The US dollar continued to slide in November reaching a 15-month low against the euro. Other factors influencing the markets were better than expected US home sales and a decline in unemployment claims. However, consumer confidence levels and manufacturing activity declined this month. In addition, on November 24, the US Commerce Department revised downward the […]
Sequential improvements in quarterly revenue growth provided some good news for major, publicly held analytical and life science instrument and laboratory product companies in the calendar-year third quarter. But despite the trend, revenues were down year over year for seven of the nine companies whose results are presented in the table on page 10. Fourth-quarter […]
R&D investments by 2,000 of the world’s largest companies grew 6.9% in aggregate in fiscal 2008, compared to 9.0% growth in fiscal 2008, according to the European Commission’s “2009 EU Industrial R&D Scoreboard.” The Scoreboard tracks R&D spending by 1,000 EU and 1,000 non-EU firms. The economic downturn’s effect on these industrial sectors is not […]
Sample introduction is an important step in the use of inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectroscopy, as only a sample which has been broken down into a fine aerosol can be properly introduced into an ICP’s plasma discharge. ICP sample introduction has also been the source of much success for CETAC Technologies. The company was founded […]
The annual meeting of the American Association for Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) was held November 8–12 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The AAPS’s early estimates put attendance at roughly 8,500, flat with last year’s meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. IBO attended the meeting on Wednesday, November 11, and found an exhibition hall with few visitors. But […]
Several companies revealed additional details of their acquisitions in their quarterly SEC filings, including purchase price. PerkinElmer paid a total of $64.6 million for its four instrument and lab product–related acquisitions over the last year. The company purchased Analytica of Branford and its MS technology in May for $24 million in cash (see IBO 5/15/09). […]
In the third quarter of 2009, revenues for IBO’s Laboratory Instrument Sales Index declined 3.0% to $4,405.53 million, while operating profit decreased 2.3% to $762.90 million. Operating margin slipped 10 basis points to 17.3% of sales. For the three companies (Oxford Instruments, Shimadzu and Tecan) that did not report earnings before this issue’s publication, modest […]
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