December 2022 – content
Life Sciences
DNA Script strengthens distribution network in Middle East and South-East Asia
LGC expands Oxford site with manufacturing facility
Zetta Genomics opens first foreign office
Cadence Systems snaps up OpenEye for $500 million
Investment supports Optibrium’s headquarters expansions in UK and US
Nabsys reveals reason for HHT’s funding generosity
Molecular Devices opens European Organoid centre
General Laboratory
Two more purchases benefit SDI’s Sensors and Controls division
MT expands liquid handling manufacturing
Thomas Scientific expands offering with cleanroom and microscopy supplier
Park Systems makes first ever acquisition
Scitara enters agreement with cloud-computing giant
IMI makes two additions to Precision Engineering division
Agilent acquires polymer characterisation specialist PSS
Process & Handheld Instrumentation
Microsaic wins two additional contracts
DeepVerge restructures to save on operational costs
Si-Ware ends year with Eurofins Agro deal
Novatech signs new supplier
Irish process characterisation company acquired by BCLS
Cellexus enters supply and manufacturing deals for single-use reactors
Sensirion launches GC family
Financials
Sharp drop of sales at Stratec, though Smart Consumables revenues stable
Infrastructure investments decrease Abcam’s operating profitability
PSS sees 20% sales drop after three-year growth stint
LGC grows in high double digits without Covid sales in fiscal 2022
Paramit acquisition compensates for falling Covid-demand at Tecan
Pre-clinical product sales hold back HBIO
Sales at XRF Scientific reach new records
Adaptas acquisition lifts IMI’s Precision Engineering sales
Starna grows revenues by 29% during first pandemic year
Spectris’ H1 growth led by pharma and semiconductor sales
Preparative chromatography offers “large commercial potential” for Nanologica
Spectroscopy business drives Renishaw’s AI&MD division
Biotage’s record sales driven by pharmaceutical customers in the Americas
European markets shrink for Mettler Toledo
Park Systems' generates 68% of 2021 revenues in second half
DT’s sub-suppliers hit by “technical problems” in second quarter
Disposals and delays hamper AHL’s growth
Lockdowns make China ABB’s weakest market
Service revenues up dramatically as Microsaic focusses on engineering consultancy
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