Instrument News

August 2024 – content

Life Sciences  

Refeyn opens new US headquarters

Lightcast opens US innovation centre

TSCP companies Vector Labs and Absolute Biotech combine

Nikon opens additional US bioimaging lab

Leica Microsystems expands its offering in light sheet microscopy

Integra Bio continues to expand its network of direct foreign subsidiaries

Bio-Techne co-leads Spear Bio’s series A round

General Laboratory

Micromeritics agrees sale to create global particle characterisation leader 

Change of divisional structure at Oxford Instruments              

Battery Ventures combines two lab software companies

Shimadzu strengthens MVS capabilities with acquisition 

OI expands capabilities in hardness testing with purchase

Laboratory equipment veteran Heidolph starts insolvency proceedings

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Airmodus and APAQ Group further expand ENVEA

Fibre optics specialist expands Nynomic business

Partnerships expand NevadaNano MPS sensor’s commercial reach

PhovIR spins-out from university, MantiSpectra wins additional seed funding

Financials

Tecan sees organic growth with Covid demand subtracted

Goodwill impairment sends BICO’s bottom line deeper into the red

Acquired flow cytometry business keeps Cytek growing vigerously

Mesa Labs driven by acquisitions

75% reduction in mRNA products at Maravai

Spatial biology products drive 10x Genomics’ growth              

Scientific and Metrology drive JEOL’s growth

WITec reports 30% sales increase for fiscal 2022

Busch continues double-digit profit growth in 2021

OI sees export bans affect its Chinese quantum research business              

Semiconductor slump puts pressure on MKS’ top line

Key systems continue to drive Shimadzu’s analytical business

Bioprocess demand pushes down Avantor’s top- and bottom lines

Slow growth for Zeiss IQR division

Indutrade MST benefits from Palas acquisition in 2023

Sensing unit of Konica Minolta reports 16% decline

Low biopharma demand at SPS holds back 3M’s HC division

Security market recovery drives growth at DT

Process Automation contributes to ABB’s growth despite divestments

Materials and Process spurs on Honeywell’s PMT division

Appointments

July 2024 – content

Life Sciences  

Alamar raises $128m in series C round

Custom assay developer buys biosample storage company 

Industry veterans acquire protein-protein interaction technology from Fluidic Analytics

IDT signs partnerships and opens two operations

MOBILion attracts first European customer              

General Laboratory

Menlo Systems expands US and Chinese operations

LUM expands representations in Asian markets

Dotmatics buys fluid dynamic simulation software company              

Acquisition adds further fibre-optics characterisation capabilities to Judges Scientific              

AGI buys flow reactor business Chemtrix

Axcend launches sample module to allow LC reaction monitoring

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Valmet completes purchase of Siemens’ process GC business

Ingersoll Rand buys containment system capabilities and starts LS platform

Viavi Solutions loses out in bid for telecoms specialist Spirent

Features

Analytica 2024: Back to pre-pandemic size

ASMS 2024: Return to robustness

Financials

AddLife Labtech sees strong organic growth diminished by Covid hangover

Stratec flatlining half-year revenues sign of recovery

Qiagen LS still held back by pandemic hangover and overstocking

Pandemic demand decline interrupts Eppendorf’s decade-long growth

Reduced pandemic demand sees Corning LS continue downward trend

Pfeiffer Vacuum sees sales to US analytical customers decline

PerkinElmer experiences single digit growth in 2023

Acquisitions help Horiba’s Process & Environmental segment

Reduction in life science demand sends Ingersoll’s PST into organic decline

HEL growth driven by extra-European exports

IDEX sees no positive inflection point for LS and analytical instruments in 2024

Organic revenues at new record level at Judges Scientific

Technology leads DKSH by organic and reported growth

Inficon S&E leads by growth rate in 2023

Gasmet and Neo Monitors push Nederman M&CT to record result

Beijing SDL Technology halved profits

Record year at Nynomic despite low 2023 growth

2023 growth at Valmet mostly from acquisitions

Alpha MOS sales halve in second half 2023                            

Appointments