In this article, IBO examines free cash flow (FCF) for the first six months of 2013 at seven major publicly held instrument and lab product companies, and details how the companies are spending and plan to spend their cash. Excluding certain one-time payments, FCF (operating cash flow less net capital investments) for six of the […]
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was historically the first form of electron microscopy to be developed and successfully marketed. The technology represented a true breakthrough in microscopy, as it allowed researchers to achieve resolutions far beyond the capabilities of conventional light microscopes. Optical microscopes, being dependent on light, are generally limited to resolving features no smaller […]
Company Announcements Hach announced in April a sales partnership for LuminUltra’s microbiological monitoring solutions. In May, ASD named United Spectrometer Technologies a primary mining reseller in Southern Africa for its TerraSpec system. Korean firm Mecasys opened its first US office in Seattle, Washington, in May. In June, Analyze IQ announced a partnership under which Shimadzu […]
Company Announcements In April, Nikon named Alta Tecnologia en Laboratorios an authorized dealer for Mexico for its Eclipse and SMZ Biological Microscopes, Digital Sight Microscope Cameras and NIS-Elements Microscope Imaging Software. In May, ZEISS reported that revenue for its Microscopy business group for the half year ending March 31 fell 2.3% to €303 million ($394 […]
Company Announcements In May, QIAGEN opened the QIAGEN (Suzhou) Translational Medicine Center to accelerate the discovery and validation of biomarkers and create companion diagnostics for the Chinese market. The Center is a joint venture with BioBAY, a life sciences cluster located near Shanghai. QIAGEN (Suzhou) is expected to grow to about 50 employees within three […]
Company Announcements Sigma Life Science agreed in April to distribute the European Collection of Cell Cultures, a collection of human and animal cell cultures. Sigma has exclusive distribution rights, excluding the UK, Australia and Japan. The Business Standard reported in April that Sigma-Aldrich will distribute GE Healthcare’s Whatman products in India. In April, BellBrook Labs […]
IBO’s annual Industrial Design Awards recognize recently introduced products whose physical appearance and features make a distinct and valuable impression, enable the products’ functionality and successfully communicate the products’ messages. In a more general sense, the Awards highlight how the looks of the products make people want to use the products. The IBO Industrial Design […]
IBO’s Industrial Design Awards for Portable Analytical Instruments recognize instruments whose design addresses the special challenges of transportability, including small size, light weight, ruggedness and, in some cases, difficult operating conditions. Portable instruments are defined as instruments that run on batteries and are intended to be easily transported, often for use outside of a lab. […]
The IBO Design Awards for Laboratory Equipment recognize unique, innovative industrial designs of laboratory equipment that enhance usability. Laboratory equipment is defined as a product that receives an electrical current, will last for at least one year and does not analyze a sample characteristic. The designs of this year’s three winners showcase user-friendliness and a […]
The Union Health Ministry has approved the budget for the Department of Health Research’s (DHR) plan to improve health research and research infrastructure in India as part of the DHR’s new mandate to promote research. The plan will create 80 multidisciplinary research units (MRUs) at India’s medical colleges and research facilities. An investment of INR […]
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