Company Announcements Nikon Instruments expanded its distribution of JOEL’s NeoScope benchtop scanning electron microscope (see IBO 3/15/08) to Europe in December 2008. In January, SPECS GmbH, a developer of surface analysis tools and UHV equipment, acquired Nanosis GmbH, a supplier of nanotechnology control equipment. Nanosis’s operations will remain in Zurich, Switzerland. FEI’s 2008 revenues grew […]
Fourth-quarter sales for the Lab Equipment/Consumables Sales Index declined 1.2% to $866.20 million, while operating profits improved 5.6% to $265.08 million. Operating margins rose 200 basis points to 30.6% of sales due to cost savings initiatives by a majority of companies in the Index. For the year, Index sales improved 7.5% to $3,557.89 million, operating […]
R&D spending by members of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) increased 4.9% last year to an estimated $50,253.6 million. Domestic R&D spending rose 5.0% to $38,437.8 million and foreign R&D climbed 4.7% to $11,825.7 million. As a percentage of sales, R&D expenditures totaled 17.4%, compared to 17.5% in 2007. In 2007, PhRMA […]
The first of IBO’s biannual new laboratory roundup focuses on the Middle East and food testing in Asia. Despite the drop in the price of oil, oil money continues to stimulate new lab growth in the Middle East. The establishment of food safety testing laboratories in Asia is a high priority for independent testing laboratories, […]
The cosmetics and personal care market is a bright spot for many chemical companies during the recession. Univar Personal, Gelest and Rhodia are among the firms that have indicated continuing demand for cosmetic and personal care products and ingredients. However, customers are switching to more cost-effective brands and products. To continue to attract customers and […]
Since last fall, labs worldwide have struggled to cope with a shortage of acetonitrile (ACN), the most commonly used organic solvent for LC mobile phase. Companies supplying LC products have responded with information, support and solutions for end-users looking to conserve the now precious chemical compound, for which prices have skyrocketed. ACN suppliers’ measures have […]
Company Announcements MoBiTec GmbH agreed to distribute NIZO’s NICE (NIsin Controlled Gene Expression Systems) system for controlled gene expression in L. lactis. Luminex COO Douglas C. Bryant resigned in January to become president and CEO of Quidel. Sequenom named Allan T. Bombard, MD, to the newly created position of chief medical officer in January. Previously, […]
Eight French research organizations (the CNRS, Inserm, the CEA, Inra, Inria, the IRD, the Institut Pasteur and the Conférence des Présidents d’Université) have formed the National Alliance for Life and Health Sciences. The Alliance is designed to further the government’s policy for research coordination, and will engage in scientific, operational and strategic efforts. Objectives will […]
Boston, MA 4/2/09—The Boston Globe reported on April 2 that DNA synthesis and reagent firm Condon Devices has shut down due to an inability to raise new financing. According to the newspaper, Board members voted in late March to cease operations. No formal announcement was made by the company. Condon Devices’ investors included Alloy Ventures […]
Farmingdale, NY 4/7/09—Misonix, a provider of ultrasonic medical device technology, has sold its Ultrasonic Laboratory business to iSonix for $3.5 million in cash. The business manufactures and markets scientific and industrial ultrasonic equipment, including the Sonicator liquid processors and cell disruptors, and generated $4.6 million in revenue in fiscal year 2008. Misonix stated that the […]
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