Laboratory automation equipment increases laboratory efficiency, especially in areas where processes depend on repetition and precision. It also increases productivity, throughput and lowers the cost per-sample analyzed. However, this segment of the instrument market was perhaps the most affected by the recession last year. Demand for the overall lab automation market declined 6.5% in 2009 […]
For the first time in many years, the overall MS market actually declined in revenues in 2009, although the 2.5% contraction in demand was fairly small compared to the broader analytical instrument market, let alone the broader economy. IBO expects the MS market to rebound significantly in 2010, growing 8.2% and reaching nearly $2.5 billion […]
The market for separations techniques was hit hard in 2009 due to weakness in the industrial segments, including the chemicals industry, and the pharmaceutical industry. The separations market declined 5.7% in 2009 and accounted for $6.2 billion in sales. While the market is not expected to make a full recovery just yet, it is estimated […]
The Great Recession The overall downturn in demand for laboratory instruments and other laboratory products continued into 2009, as the world economy was largely stagnant before a gradual recovery mid-year. Sales to industrial end-markets were the weakest, as companies slowed or shut down production lines and delayed new projects. New instrument sales suffered as customers […]
Port Washington, NY 1/12/10—Pall has acquired MicroReactor Technologies for an undisclosed amount. MicroReactor Technologies provides a miniature bioreactor platform for process development and fermentation, which is reliable, easy to use and cost effective, according to Pall. The company’s High Throughput Process Development (HTPD) systems control, monitor and record process parameter for multiple individual cell culture […]
London, UK 11/16/09; London, UK 1/13/10; Luton, UK 1/7/10—Mettler-Toledo has purchased Anachem’s Manual Liquid Handling (MLH) business, a UK-based distributor of pipettes, tips and consumables, from Diploma for £7.8 million ($12.7 million = £1.62 = $1) in cash. The MLH business generated £10.7 million ($17.3 million) in revenue for the year ended September 30, 2009, […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 1/12/10—QIAGEN NV has acquired ESE GmbH, a developer and manufacturer of UV and fluorescence optical measurement devices, for $19 million in cash. ESE’s detection technology is fast, compact and can be manufactured at a low cost, according to QIAGEN, making it suitable for point-of-need testing and integration into lab instruments. The devices […]
Carlsbad, CA 1/12/10—Life Technologies has agreed to acquire AcroMetrix for an undisclosed amount. AcroMetrix provides molecular and serological diagnostic quality control products to clinical laboratories, blood screening centers and in vitro diagnostic manufacturers. “With the growth of DNA and other molecular based tests, there is a growing need for high quality, independently provided controls to […]
Billerica, MA 1/7/10; San Diego, CA 1/12/10; San Francisco, CA 1/13/10; Hopkinton, MA 1/14/10—Three instrument companies have announced preliminary revenue guidance for the fourth quarter of 2009. Illumina stated that it expects fourth-quarter sales of $176 million, compared to earlier guidance of minimum sales of $165 million. As a result, 2009 revenues are expected to […]
It is that time of the year again to peer into our crystal ball and proffer the future of the analytical and life science instrument industry. This year’s task is somewhat easier than that which confronted IBO in January 2009 (see IBO 1/15/09), although some uncertainty still persists. A year ago we were trying to […]
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