Instrument News

Instrument News – July 2011

Life Sciences

Techne acquires two companies
Qiagen makes a pass at Ipsogen
Seegene and Akonni in licensing agreement
BioTek opens Korean office
Berthold Detection launches new corporate brand
Cell Biosciences buys Brightwell

General Laboratory

Lauda expands in China, buys industrial chiller company
Arquimed moves into larger HQ
Oxford Instruments acquisitions target semicon market
Persistent to buy Agilent’s French software business
Freeman Technology appoints distributors in Asia
Techcomp and Hitachi extend partnership

Process and In-Field

AMDS signs Badger Meter as distributor
Sartorius signs two supply deals

Financial News

Life science firms grow in EU and Japan
Modest organic growth for Merck Millipore
Acquistion boosts Addtech’s sales
US growth strongest for Seegene
Olympus life science sales weak
PSS falls to a loss
Asian sales keep EU lab firms in growth
Porvair hit by weak Seal sales
Sartorius confirms full-year targets
Emerging markets the key for Eppendorf
AJ falls to loss despite sales growth
Process firms up: is chip rebound slowing?
Newport’s stock pops on earnings
HHT falls short on earthquake disruption
Parker Hannifin over target again
Advanced Photonix beats on sales
Exchange rates hit Comet last year

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Instrument News – June 2011

FRONT PAGE

CamScan seeks partner for Middle Eastern distribution

LIFE SCIENCES

TAP changes corporate identity
PerkinElmer acquires NGS informatic business
Thermo Fisher builds its diagnostics foothold
Raindance collaborates with Roche and Ambry
Eppendorf sell Silverquant trademark
Anagnostics partners with Invicon

GENERAL LABORATORY

Hellma Analytics expands during crisis
PerkinElmer buys Labtronics
SI goes direct in Germany
YSI for sale
Accelrys acquires notebook specialist Contur
Nova Capital sells Sterilin to Thermo
Bibby buys thermal control line from Thermo
Milestone presents the UltraWAVE
IDEX adds optical components firm

PROCESS & IN-FIELD

Smiths Detection buys Brazilian partner
Glatt and Thermo in partnership
QRSciences sells instrument assets

FINANCIALS

US life science firms report stronger pharma markets
Life Tech blames tsunami for miss
Bio-Rad earnings slide on costs
Caliper remains in the red
Harvard slow in Q1
Sequenom grows
Many US general lab firms beat estimates in Q1
Thermo Fisher raises guidance
Sigma grows on strong research product sales
FEI grows organically and on acquisitions in the first quarter
Bruker earnings sink once again
PerkinElmer lifts guidance
US security and environment firms stay strong in Q1
More streamlining ahead for ICx
ITT Analytics outperforms expectations in Q1
XRF Scientific's bottom line benefits from acquisition
Implant Sciences grows on strong international demand

MARKET FEATURE

Japanese rebound en par with the EU and US
Lab sales below pre-recession levels

APPOINTMENTS

Instrument News – May 2011

LIFE SCIENCES

Dynasil starts biomedical business

Seward opens Asian office

GE Healthcare adds cellular imaging firm

Qiagen expands with two more purchases

Protagen and Scienion collaborate

Halo Genomics steps up commercial effort

GENERAL LABORATORY

Roentgenanalytik resurrected

Bibby Scientific goes direct in Asia

XEI launches EM sample cleaning system

Labvantage bids for market leadership

PROCESS AND IN-FIELD

Morpho Detection buys Syagen

Sensors and AP2E partner

Xenemetrix chooses EAR as partner

END-USER MARKET FEATURE

Pharma weakness no surprise in another mixed quarter for instrument markets

FINANCIAL NEWS

Qiagen instrument sales plunge

Bio-Rad profits up

Biotage writes itself down to a loss

Roche sees strong instrument sales

Sequenom bottom line plunges

Shimadzu boosted by overseas sales

Horiba gloomy

Biohit identifies Asia as growth market

PerkinElmer tops targets

Sigma sees growths flatten

Neogen blossoms in record quarter

Pall raises forecasts on strong laboratory sales

SPX boosts flat growth with acquisitions

Pfeiffer grows on demand for instrumentation components

APPOINTMENTS

Instrument News April 2011

LIFE SCIENCES

Fluidigm completes IPO
Quest Diagnostics snaps up Celera
Agilent buys Biocius for RapidFire access
JPK strengthens Asian presence
Merck buys Biotest's microbiologcal units
Agilent stocks up on lab automation
Seahorse appoints Australian/NZ partner

GENERAL LABORATORY

VWR buys bio-reagent specialist
JEOL's NMR unit transfered to joint venture
SP changes equity-company owner
V&F appoints distributor for UK and Ireland
Nanosurf finds technology partner
Photon Machines adds technologies
PerkinElmer buys two IT firms
Genecvac and Dionex partner

PROCESS AND IN-FIELD

TeraView wins Asian presence
Hach buys Antipodean partner
Rigaku becomes BaySpec distributor

CONFERENCE REPORTS

Pittcon Editor's Awards end in a tie
The shifting market for trade fairs
Pittcon: no changes planned

FINANCIAL NEWS

Weak conditions for some life science firms
Celera falls below guidance
BD misses on sales
Charges hit Tecan's bottom line
bioMerieux up on instrument demand
Acquisitions drive Harvard
Lab firms outperform in recovering market
SDKK integrates instrumentation
Accelrys now integrated
Bruker earnings drop on costs
VWR returns to profit
Nikon lowers forecasts
Process firms up on industrial strength
Delayed recession' hits HAPSITE sales
HHT struggles against weak US market
X-Rite returns to profit for the full year
Emerson surges on strong American sales
RAE drops to a loss

TRADE REPORT

EU exports top €6 billion in 2010

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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