June 2022 – content
Life Sciences
Bio-Rad acquires digital PCR expert
Two acquisitions for bioMérieux
Maravai expands nucleotide manufacturing capabilities
Qiagen acquires Polish recombinant protein expert
IDBS expands offering with Skyland acquisition
Arrayjet establishes US office, launches new product family
Acquisitions expand Axion’s live-cell research instrumentation
Corning sells Genetest business to biospecimen start-up
Volta Labs tops up funding for NGS sample prep system
General Laboratory
Artel to become part of expands LS process company
Nanalysis expands into high-field NMR with acquisition
Exum Instruments wins funding round for laser ablation MS
MT expands bioprocess scale-up software offering
SLS comes through pandemic year unscathed
Chiron expands partner network in North America
Process and hand-held instrumentation
Alphasense becomes part of Ametek Mocon
Picarro wins first equity investment from industrial CRDS customer
Ion Science steps into the breach
Bioprocess sampling platform bought by Merck
Smiths finally closes the sale of its medical device segment
First phase of Sick AG’s NA headquarters expansion nears completion
Detection Technology opens software-focussed hub in China
Sartorius partners for vaccine and biologics manufacturing
Financials
Eppendorf breaks through barrier, while rate of growth reduces sharply
HBIO almost reaches profitability in 2021
10x Genomics up on product sales
Bioprocess solutions push Merck into overall double-digit growth
Acquisition covers Tecan’s sharp second half pandemic-demand decline
PSS down by a fifth in first fiscal half
Horiba Scientific and P&E continue to grow in double digits
Laboratory division leads growth at Mettler Toledo
Acquisitions expected to dramatically increase full fiscal-year revenues at Trajan
XRF revenues buoyed by acquisition and high lithium costs
Revenues down at Specac in fiscal 2021
Foss generates sales growth after three fallow years
Pfeiffer AIRD’s recovery restrained in second half
Nanalysis doubles sales in post-pandemic recovery
Catch-up effects at Sick weakest in Process Automation
Varex Industrial has weak second quarter amidst general recovery
Honeywell’s Advanced Materials grows robustly during 2021
Ametek EIG driven by recovery in aerospace market and acquisitions
AHL suffers from economic climate in target markets
ABB’s process automation unit shows growth spurt in fourth quarter
SDL Technology secures full-year growth despite second half weakness
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