The seven instrument and lab product businesses whose quarterly results are reported on pages 9–11 ended the year facing a tough business climate, challenged by retrenched academic and government spending and the continued slowdown among industrial end-markets. However, sales in Asia and selected product markets, as well as recurring revenues, delivered growth. In making forecasts […]

Multi-vendor laboratory services have proved to be a fast growing and strategic market for analytical instrument companies. Such services not only expand a particular instrument company’s share of an end-user’s service revenues, but also provide greater customer intimacy and an expanded presence in the end-user’s lab. As a result, the breadth of such offerings has […]