Company Announcements FEI’s 2009 sales declined 3.6% to $577.3 million (see IBO 3/31/10). Electronics sales fell 16.9%, Research and Industry Sales declined 3.0%, Life Sciences sales grew 15.5%, and Service and Components revenue was flat to make up 22%, 40%, 14% and 24% of sales, respectively. Veeco Instruments’ 2009 sales declined 14.2% to $380.1 million […]

MS technology has continued to advance at a rapid pace. While advanced lab-based MS applications receive the majority of attention, portable and in-field MS has grown as well. Technological improvements over the past decade have allowed the portable and in-field MS market to blossom, leading to strong demand from several industries. Rapid technological development has […]

Product Introductions Cole-Parmer introduced the Oakton pH 700 benchtop meter, which measures the pH, mV and temperature of up to four probes. The system features five-point calibration and recall of up to 100 data sets. Thermo Fisher Scientific released its Orion rugged dissolved oxygen (RDO) biochemical OD STAR bench meter and probe for stir-free, optical […]

Product Introductions Accelrys released a new version of the Pipeline Pilot Analytical Instrumentation Collection for integrating NMR data into scientific workflows containing other data, such as images, chemistry and text. Automation of analysis tasks is supported by an out-of-the-box integration with Modgraph Consultants’ NMRPredict. Active Spectrum announced its new Micro-ESR series of online and portable […]

Company Announcements Cepheid’s 2009 product revenues increased 0.6% to $170.6 million (see IBO 1/31/10). Adjusted net loss was $5.0 million, compared to $7.1 million the year before. Clinical and Industrial sales increased 28.5% and 24.1% to make up 70% and 12% of sales. BioThreat and Partner sales declined 30.8% and 70.3% to make up 15% […]

First-quarter revenues for IBO’s Laboratory Instrument Sales Index climbed 10.2% to $4,713.32 million, including 3.9% growth from currency transactions. Operating profit improved 23.8% to $871.20 million, and operating margin climbed 200 basis points to 18.5% of sales. Revenues benefited from improved demand and a weak year-over-year comparison, while cost saving initiatives sustained operating profit growth. […]

Belfast, Northern Ireland 4/14/10; London, England 4/14/10—Andor Technology, a supplier of digital cameras, has acquired Photonic Instruments and Imaginative Optics for $5.0 million, the issue of 156,627 ordinary shares at 2p ($0.03) each and earn-out provisions. Photonic Instruments develops and manufactures laser and lamp-based illumination and ablation systems for confocal and widefield microscopy. In 2009, […]

Hong Kong 4/21/10—Techcomp has announced a strategic alliance with Shanghai Precision & Scientific Instruments for the manufacture and sale of analytical balances in China. The companies have formed Techcomp Jingke Scientific Instruments, in which Techcomp holds a 51% share and Shanghai Precision holds a 49% share. Techcomp Jingke Scientific Instruments will acquire Shanghai Precision’s analytical […]