Sample storage and management (SSM) systems provide storage and retrieval of compounds, biological samples or specimens used in a wide array of industries and applications from biotechnology, combinatorial chemistry, personalized medicine and biobanking. Typically, there are two types of SSM systems: smaller units, which are able to fit in most labs, and larger units, which […]
Safety is increasingly on the radar of laboratories. An October 2011 Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board report recommended new hazard evaluation guides and safety bulletins for labs. A company whose products are dedicated to the safe handling of hazardous liquids is SCAT Europe. Based in Mörfelden, Germany, SCAT Europe was founded in 2003 to […]
With the updated financials from Oxford Instruments, HORIBA and Shimadzu, the IBO Laboratory Sales Index has been slightly revised from the numbers that appeared in IBO’s May 15 issue. First-quarter Index sales grew 1.9% organically to $5,752 million. Operating profit climbed 8.6% to $1,253 million, and operating margin was 18.5% of sales. For the fiscal […]
Company Announcements Biolog named new distributors in March: IUL Instruments for Germany and Austria, Awel International for France, A&LCO Industries for Italy and IUL for Spain. In April, CM Technologies appointed Dync as its new distributor for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg; D.I. Biotech as its distributor for South Korea; and Mars Bioanalytical as its […]
Company Announcements EDF, TOTAL, the French National Center for Scientific Research, Ecole Polytechnique, Air Liquid, HORIBA Jobin Yvon and RIBER announced in March the creation of the Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-France, a project selected by France’s Commission for Future Investments as an Institute for Excellence in Carbon-free Energy. Ocean Optics and Tornado Medical Systems formed a […]
Company Announcements Agilent and Universiti Putra Malaysia announced in April a collaboration to strengthen Malaysia’s research capabilities for halal food products. Agilent will provide a 6490 triple quadrupole LC/MS system. In April, Waters selected the Irish National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training and Professor Pauline Rudd for its Centers for Innovation Program. AB SCIEX […]
Company Announcements Fluidigm established a Chinese subsidiary in January. In May, Fluidigm and the Broad Institute established a research center for the development of research methods and discoveries in mammalian single-cell genomics. Aushon BioSystems entered into an exclusive North American distribution agreement with Fisher Scientific in February. In April, Sequenom purchased Helicos BioSciences’ US Patent […]
Higher investments in new product development and increased R&D personnel spending elevated R&D spending in 2011. Total R&D spending in US dollars for 18 major publicly held analytical and life science instrument and lab product companies grew 14.2% to $1.96 billion, compared with 12.1% growth for the same companies in 2010 (see table, page 6). […]
This month, the NSF released preliminary R&D spending numbers for the US federal government for fiscal year 2011 (FY11), ending September 30, 2011. The data suggest the substantial impact that the absence of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding had on R&D spending in FY11 (see IBO 6/15/12) and general changes in […]
Company Announcements QIAGEN’s first-quarter sales rose 13% at constant exchange rates, including 7% growth from acquisitions and a 1% decline from currency. At constant exchange rates, sales in the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia-Pacific grew 15%, 12% and 14% to make up 47%, 34% and 18% of sales, respectively. Seven emerging countries accounted for 10% […]
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