In the third quarter of 2009, revenues for IBO’s Laboratory Instrument Sales Index declined 3.0% to $4,405.53 million, while operating profit decreased 2.3% to $762.90 million. Operating margin slipped 10 basis points to 17.3% of sales. For the three companies (Oxford Instruments, Shimadzu and Tecan) that did not report earnings before this issue’s publication, modest […]
Cambridge, MA 11/9/09—Two months after hiring Thomas Weisel Partners to explore strategic alternatives for the company, including a sale (see IBO 9/15/09), Helicos BioSciences has announced that it is no longer pursuing such discussions due to improving prospects and market valuation. However, the company continues to work with Thomas Weisel on a long-term financing strategy. […]
Hillsboro, OR 11/3/09; Eindhoven, The Netherlands 11/3/09—FEI Company has sold its Phenom Scanning Electron Microscopy product line to Phenom-World BV for an undisclosed amount. Phenom-World was established November 3 and is a majority-owned subsidiary of NTS Group BV, FEI’s manufacturing and development partner for the Phenom. Phenom-World will be responsible for marketing, sales and distribution […]
Billerica, MA 11/9/09; Washington, DC 11/13/09—Bruker has announced two changes at the executive level. The company has appointed CFO Bill Knight to the newly created position of chief operating officer, effective February 1, 2010. “Over the past five years, Bill Knight has demonstrated strong financial and operational leadership at Bruker, and in his newly-created COO […]
Carlsbad, CA 11/10/09; Woburn, MA 11/10/09—Life Technologies has agreed to acquire BioTrove for an undisclosed amount. The purchase involves BioTrove’s OpenArray high-throughput gene expression and genotyping analysis system for PCR. Applied Biosystems and BioTrove have collaborated since 2007 (see IBO 11/30/07). “This acquisition and other enhancements recently made to our PCR offerings enable us to […]
Venlo, The Netherlands 11/9/09—QIAGEN NV has agreed to acquire SABiosciences for $90 million in cash, subject to purchase price adjustments. SABiosciences is a developer and manufacturer of more than 100 disease- and pathway-focused PCR assay panels. Based in Frederick, Maryland, SABiosciences has around 100 employees. “These assay panels are designed for use with and leveraged […]
The market for analytical instruments used in the environmental testing sector is currently undergoing slower growth in reaction to global economic conditions. In coming years, the highest levels of sales growth are expected for techniques that make up only a small percentage of the market. In 2010, the environmental analysis instrument market is expected to […]
Another major acquisition rocked the analytical instrument and laboratory product industry this year as Agilent announced a $1.5 billion offer for Varian (see IBO 7/31/09), uniting two top-15 instrument companies and affecting multiple product markets. However, the deal’s value paled in comparison to other large-scale M&A activity in recent years, such as Invitrogen’s $6.7 billion […]
Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) is not only a burgeoning analytical technique, but is developing into a significant tool for purification applications. The inherent qualities of the SFC technique, combined with recent technological improvements, now make it a viable commercial separation method. Although it is still a niche product, purification SFC has a large unrealized potential. […]
Company Announcements Scientific Digital Imaging’s fiscal 2009 revenues for year ended April 30 increased 17.9% to £6.8 million ($11.1 million). Excluding AIM admission expenses and currency gains, operating profit rose 20.7% to £268,000 ($0.2 million) (see IBO 9/15/09). Synoptics, which includes the Syncroscopy, Synbiosis and Syngene brand names, made up 95% of sales. The UK, […]
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