Instrument Business Outlook

IBO is the premier source of news, analysis and information for providers of scientific solutions.

For 30 years, IBO has provided the analytical and life science instrument and laboratory products industry with essential news, data, analysis and feature articles. We give you a comprehensive, broad-based view of the market, telling you what companies are doing and why it matters.

What does IBO answer?

What are the latest acquisitions and why do they matter?
How fast are sales growing this quarter for the industry as a whole?
What are the new sales growth opportunities by region, industry and application?

IBO special features provide unique insight found nowhere else:

Annual forecast issue: sales forecast and market breakdown for 10 technology sectors
Annual reviews of company R&D spending, executive compensation and M&A activities
Biannual Business Climate Survey

Additional IBO features:

Online access to 10+ years of searchable archives
Export charts and figures to Excel and PowerPoint to support internal presentations
Exclusive access to our indexed press release library

Analytical technologies covered in IBO:

Life sciences instrumentation and consumables, including NGS and cell analysis
Mass spectrometry
Chromatography
Informatics
Microscopy
Molecular spectrometry
Atomic Spectrometry

Feature Articles

IBO highlights developing markets, industry-wide trends and market dynamics.

Types of questions answered: what opportunities and challenges characterize the clinical MS market? How do companies successfully transfer basic research technologies into applied applications? How will Danaher most benefit from its acquisition of GE Biopharma? How is the market for commercially available NGS secondary analysis solutions developing and how are vendors helping it advance?

Breaking News

Including exclusive interviews and analysis.

Examples: Who acquired whom, even those acquisitions that may not have been widely publicized, and why did the company make this acquisition?

Financial Articles

Questions answered: What are companies’ latest financial results and the reasons behind these markets? How is the industry performing in the stock market and what companies are performing the best? How are my competitors doing?

Market Profile

Providing an overview of a technology, including top vendors, market size and applications, written by an SDi analyst.
Questions answered: What is this technology? How is it used? Who sells it? What are the growth prospects? Cost?

Regional and industry end-markets trends, statistics and key events

Reports and articles not widely covered anywhere else.

Questions answered: What is on the mind of my customers or potential customers? What are countries spending on R&D? What is the boosting testing demand?

News

Categorized by technology category, consisting of company announcements, new products, and sales/orders and including news not widely covered. IBO monitors over 300 companies for news.
Questions answered: What partnerships have been signed? What new products have been introduced? What executive changes are going on?

Latest Financial Results

Public companies presented as a quick reference material.
Question answered: Who reported financial results this week and how did they do in terms of revenue, operating profit and net income?