Material properties of samples, such as thermal and viscoelastic properties, hardness and particle size, are measured using instruments for materials characterization. In 2015, the global market for materials-characterization instrumentation is projected to grow 2.6% to $2.5 billion. The relatively flaccid growth is due to weakened industrial demand globally, particularly in the oil and gas industry, […]
The market for surface-science techniques consists of five individual technology segments made up of instruments that provide 2-D and 3-D imaging of microscopic samples. Traditional optical microscopes are the largest individual market, but other varieties of microscopes are also considered in this segment. Growth for the surface-science market is expected to be over 4% in […]
Led by demand for Raman spectrometers, the total molecular spectroscopy market is expected to grow 3.7% in 2015 to more than $4 billion. This technology segment, which consists of nine techniques, has an extensive range of applications, from identifying water contaminants to determining protein structure. Offering a wide variety of molecular spectroscopy techniques, Bruker is […]
The total market for atomic spectroscopy reached $3.6 billion in 2014, and the category as a whole is forecast to experience growth of 3% in 2015, slightly less than the growth achieved in 2014. Environmental applications, which commonly focus on specific elements, are significant for these instruments, which are generally used to determine elemental composition […]
Comprising about 7% of the analytical- and life science–instrumentation market, the lab-automation segment covers five categories: liquid handling, microplate readers, management informatics, multiplex and high-throughput (HT) ELISA, and robotics. A medium-sized market, lab-automation techniques increase lab productivity by managing workflow, and increasing the speed, efficiency and accuracy of lab work. The overall lab-automation market grew […]
Mass spectrometry (MS) enjoyed a very good 2014 as revenues exceeded 7%, a nice improvement from 2013, led by LC/MS systems, both quadrupole and time-of-flight (TOF) MS instruments. On the other hand, demand for portable, in-field and magnetic-sector MS instruments was anemic, growing less than 3%. This year, the total MS market is expected to […]
The life science (LS) market consists of 14 distinct technology categories and is the largest of all analytical-instrument markets, including aftermarket and service revenues. In this year’s forecast issue, the LS category also includes capillary electrophoresis, which was previously counted as part of the separations market. In 2014, the LS market increased 5.9% to $11.8 […]
The chromatography market increased to nearly $8.17 billion in 2014 on 3.9% growth. This segment’s forecast excludes capillary electrophoresis, which has been moved to the life science segment (see page 2). Also, clinical HPLC has been added as a subsegment. Aftermarket and service demand grew 4.5% and 5.1%, respectively, last year, while demand for initial […]
Merck KGaA and Sigma-Aldrich Consolidation continued in the lab-products market, as less than a year after Thermo Fisher Scientific’s purchase of Life Technologies (see IBO 2/15/14), Merck KGaA announced a $17 billion deal to buy Sigma-Aldrich (see IBO 9/30/14). The deal highlights the importance of scale and diversification and transforms Merck/EMD Millipore into a major […]
A More Focused Approach As economic headwinds in China, industrial and selected government markets continued in 2014, several analytical-instrument and lab-product companies took steps to focus on a narrower set of businesses and product lines, in some cases, divesting assets and, in other cases, consolidating their positions. Among the year’s most prominent product-line exits were […]
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