Flow cytometry companies have been making news lately, with new products, agreements and an acquisition. Advances in lasers, detectors and reagents have allowed for more complex and sensitive analysis. Applications of flow cytometry include apoptosis, cell-cycle phosphorylation status, surface markers, protein expression and DNA-content determination. In 2009, the market for research flow cytometers is valued […]
In August, US equity markets experienced broad gains driven by positive economic data and government spending. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ ended the month up 3.5%, 3.4% and 1.5%, respectively. Economists projected a 2% GDP growth for the US for the third quarter. The Commerce Department revised the US second-quarter GDP […]
Compared to the first quarter of the calendar year, little changed in the second quarter for a number of major, publicly held analytical instrument and laboratory product companies. However, several companies indicated that they believed the worst effects of the recession were over. In fact, many companies reported sequential improvements in either orders or sales […]
India’s 2009–2010 budget, finalized on July 29, shows a continuing commitment to funding science and technology. The country’s Ministry of Science and Technology, which is in charge of much of the government’s R&D spending, received a 13.6% budget increase to INR 4125 crore ($843.6 million). In addition, infrastructure spending by the Ministry of Chemicals and […]
Gold Award Veritide’s Ceeker is the recipient of this year’s IBO Gold Design Award for portable instrumentation. The optical-based spore detection system was built with the New Zealand industrial design firm 4ormfunction. It weighs 2.1 kg (4.6 lb), measures 25 x 13 x 26.5 cm (10 x 5.25 x 10.5 in) and costs around $25,000. […]
Gold Award IBO’s 2009 Gold Design Award winner for lab equipment is Genevac’s Rocket. Eschewing a boxy exterior for smooth curves, the centrifugal evaporator’s coiled form lends it a futuristic look. The originality of the system’s design matches its technical novelty. The Rocket is the company’s first centrifugal evaporator that features a low-temperature, low-pressure steam-heating […]
In the second quarter of 2009, revenues for IBO’s Laboratory Sales Index fell 7.8% to $4,285.24 million. Operating profit slipped 1.0% to $746.27 million, but operating margin gained 120 basis points to 17.4% of sales. Revenue growth for a majority of the companies in the Index was negatively impacted by currency translation and reduced capital […]
Now in its 15th year, IBO’s Industrial Design Awards recognizes the best in industrial design of analytical and life science instruments, portable instruments (page 7) and laboratory equipment (page 6). The winners are chosen based on their aesthetic appeal and how the product’s physical form contributes to its functionality and usability. A good-looking product not […]
The analytical instrument industry will soon add another multibillion-dollar company to its ranks. Late last month, Agilent Technologies announced an agreement to acquire Varian Inc. for $1.5 billion (see IBO 7/31/09). Agilent Bio-Analytical Measurement (BAM) is currently the world’s third largest provider of analytical and life science instrumentation (see IBO 4/15/09). Varian is the 11th […]
Organized by the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute (SEMI), Semicon West was held this year from July 14 to 16 in San Francisco. Preliminary visitor attendance for the show was 16,700, a 2% decrease from last year. Like last year (see IBO 7/31/08), the trade show was held in conjunction with Intersolar North America, which […]
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