Company Announcements Agilent announced the acquisition of the Blos bead nitrogen/phosphorous detector technology in March. In April, OI entered into an agreement with DANI Instruments SpA to sell DANI’s sample introduction and detector accessories. Sales began in May 2008. OI entered into a one-year value added resellers (VAR) agreement with Agilent Technologies effective June 1, […]
First-quarter revenues for the IBO Lab Equipment/Consumables Index grew 10.5% to $887.72 million. Operating profits improved 14.8% to $265.8 million, and operating margin climbed 110 basis points to 29.9% of sales. Favorable currency transactions continued to increase revenue growth for a majority of companies in the Index. However, despite positive results from businesses, such as […]
According to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and New Energy Finance, R&D expenditures for renewable energy and energy efficiency totaled $16.9 billion in 2007, up from $16 billion in 2006. Corporate R&D accounted for more than half of this spending, rising 8% to $9.8 billion, based on the expenditures of […]
Pharmaceutical R&D spending in Europe rose 5.0% to an estimated €26.0 billion ($35.6 billion) in 2007, according to the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Association’s (EFPIA) 2008 Edition of “Pharmaceutical Industry in Figures.” R&D as a percentage of sales for EFPIA members was 18.5%, similar to 2006’s figure of 18.6%. The EU pharmaceutical industry […]
The analytical and life science instrument industry has made impressive gains in productivity, as measured by sales per employee, in recent years due the greater use of lean manufacturing programs, enterprise resource planning systems, as well as outsourcing and offshoring. At the same time, companies continue to invest in sales and marketing to drive market […]
Santa Clara, CA 6/18/08—Agilent Technologies has acquired RVM Scientific, a manufacturer of direct heating/cooling systems for GC capillary columns. Financial terms were not disclosed. RVM’s Low Thermal Mass technology enables rapid and efficient heating or cooling of GC columns for reduced cycle times and is currently used with Agilent’s GC systems. Robert Mustacich, president and […]
Santa Clara, CA 6/30/08—Agilent Technologies has acquired MTS Systems’ Nano Instruments business unit. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Nano Instruments business unit provides nanoindentation systems and related equipment for imaging, characterizing and quantifying nanomechanical material properties. “With Agilent’s robust sales channel and global infrastructure, we anticipate growing the Nano Instruments business and offering a […]
Despite record prices and demand for the mining industry, the industry’s profit margins may have peaked. A new report from PriceWatershouseCoopers (PwC) found that 2007 revenues for the world’s 40 largest mining companies rose by a third last year to $312 billion due to the strength of diversified companies and mining firms in emerging nations. […]
Company Announcements Poland’s Selvita Life Sciences Solutions was named an authorized partner of Starlims Technologies. In May, Starlims Technologies acquired Laboratory Expertise Center and launched a unit to provide strategic informatics consulting services to its customers. CambridgeSoft formed an alliance with Stewart Computational Chemistry in April to ensure compatibility between their respective MOPAC2007 semiempirical quantum […]
On a basic level, a workflow is a sequence of steps necessary to complete a designated task. In a laboratory, there are many workflows. For example, a workflow may consist of the specific procedures for preparing a sample for analysis. Another workflow may encompass sample preparation as well as sample analysis. Laboratory product and instrument […]
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