In a year with modest economic growth, it was consolidations, divestments and growing technology bases that were some of the factors that altered rankings among IBO’s list of the top 30 analytical and life science instrument and aftermarket companies for 2012. Among the list’s most notable changes was Illumina’s entry into the top 10 due […]
Thermo Fisher Scientific announced plans to acquire Life Technologies on April 15 for $13.6 billion (see page 2), making it one of the largest acquisitions in the history of the analytical and life science instrument industry. The acquisition brings together the largest and third-largest analytical instrument and lab product suppliers (see page 1), creating a […]
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