PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that revenues for the 40 largest mining companies (with market capitalization of $2.3 billion or more) increased 23% in 2008 to $349 billion. However, operating expenses grew 27% to $208 billion and net profit declined 14% to $57 billion. Capital expenditures increased 38% to $66 billion. The sharp decline in metal prices in […]
Tests for the rapid diagnosis of swine flu have a high failure rate, according to a study in The Journal of Clinical Virology and a soon-to-be-released study from the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention. The manufacturers of these tests include Quidel, Inverness Medical Innovations, 3M, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Meridian Bioscience, and Becton, Dickinson. The […]
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 […]
Billerica, MA 8/10/09—Millipore has acquired BioAnaLab, a service provider that specializes in the analysis of biologic drugs and vaccines, for an undisclosed amount. Based in Oxford, UK, BioAnaLab’s service offerings include assay transfer/development, validation and sample analysis, pharmacokinetics/toxicokinetics, immunogenicity, biological potency and vaccine services. Millipore stated that the acquisition expands its biopharmaceutical services business into […]
Singapore and Hong Kong 7/31/09—Laboratory product manufacturer and distributor Techcomp has announced the acquisition of a 75% stake in France’s HCC Group for €1.95 million ($2.8 million = €0.696 = $1) in cash. The HCC Group operates as Froilabo SAS, Frilabor SRL and Craponne Tolerie SARL, which specialize in temperature control equipment for laboratories, such […]
Madison, WI 8/3/09—Promega, a supplier of life science reagents and equipment, has purchased Turner BioSystems for an undisclosed amount. Turner BioSystems provides luminometers, fluorometers, photometers and multimode instruments for life science research. “Over the years, innovating with Promega has created productive instrument/reagent systems that scientists highly value. Both companies are eager to optimize this total […]
St. Louis, MO 8/6/09—Sigma-Aldrich has acquired cheminformatics firm ChemiNavigator, a provider of discovery research informatics software tools used for the design, selection and procurement of chemical compound libraries. The purchase price was not disclosed. “ChemNavigator is well-recognized for its fast and efficient virtual discovery tools and for its extensive database of chemical compounds,” stated Dr. […]
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 […]
Most surface science technologies offer a wide array of particular subtechniques that offer complementary information to enhance the primary imaging mode. Electron microscopy is certainly no exception. All but the simplest electron microscopes offer a number of ports for the installation of additional analyzers. One particular type of analysis is known as cathodoluminescence (CL), which […]
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