Instrument News

October 2014 – content

Life Sciences

Bibby Scientific buys in PCR technology

Further funding for Oxford Nanopore

Illumina buys regulatory consulting company

Merck investment to make it a top three laboratory distributor

AstraZeneca to sell R&D facility near Manchester

Oxford Nanopore releases details of road ahead

NGS technologies approved in China

BioLegend buys antibody business

General Laboratory

Advion launches own HPLC system

MOCON starts joint venture for life science packaging consulting

FEI expands EM manufacturing in Brno

Microsaic signs manufacturing partner

Waters opens new MS headquarters

Hamilton Scientific buys further partner

ChemImage celebrates 20^th anniversary

PerkinElmer opens Italian HQs

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Cemtrex CEO tries quelling shareholder unease

Ametek adds two companies to EIG

MAST signs manufacturing partner

Financials

US life science instrument firms Q2 results

Brooks LSS braces for growth after product launch

PacBio demand picks up

Affymetrix lifts guidance as restructuring pays off

Bio-Rad held back by Asian headwinds in Q2

Strong instrument sales drive BD

US remains a problem for GE

Leading instrument firms look solid on sales in Q2

Thermo Fisher beats targets as integration continues

Agilent satisfies Wall Street as split with EMG nears

MT maintains growth in Q2

PerkinElmer misses on sales

Sigma-Aldrich sales flat

Threat analysis firms struggle to thrive in new climate

Inficon growns on security spending

ISC’s worries overshadow success

Analogic remains confident

Smiths Detection sharpens up its survival skills

Comet grows security business

Appointments

September 2014 – content

Life Sciences

Miltenyi buys virus vector specialist

Tecan buys immunoassay firm

Roka Bioscience prices IPO

Siemens divests its microbiology business

Bruker buys 3D fluorescence microscopy company

AYOXXA wins series B funding

Malvern Instruments buys resonant mass measurement product

Waters invests in two ambient ionisation methods

Douglas Scientific signs distributor in Europe

DNAe to become provider of diagnostics products

InSphero signs deal about 3D cell culture

Phenomenex spins out biological sampling company

General Laboratory

AJ adds ICP-MS business to existing elemental analysis portfolio

Two nanoimaging software companies merger

AJ losses quadruple

Brookfield Engineering still going strong after 80 years

Rigol opens manufacturing site in Suzhou

System Scale becomes Perten distributor

Portable NMR developed

Process & hand-held instrumentation

H2Scan becomes OEM supplier to Servomex

Morpho claims breakthrough with SourceID

Teraview opens Asian office                                                                       

Financials

Life science firms beat forecasts in second quarter

New sequencing instrument put Illumina over the top

Fluidigm posts strong sales

New products drive Danaher Life Sciences

Cepheid lifts guidance as demand spikes

HBIO posts first sales gains in two years

WaferGen continues to grow

Mixed fortunes for lab instrument makers

VWR plans IPO after Europe drives stronger quarter

Bruker halves guidance after major restructuring

Shodex column sales slip

Waters beats as pharma picks up

JEOL soars in fiscal 2013

Process analysis firms drive growth with acquisitions

FLIR Detection returns to profit despite weak demand

Xylem raises guidance

Acquisitions make Ametek exceed its guidance

Another strong quarter for Newport

Honeywell up on acquisitions

US and China drive growth for Danaher Environmental

Features

Japanes market rides high on growth in 2014

Chinese exports double in five years

Appointments

August 2014 – content

Life Sciences

Edge Biosystems taken over by private equity firm

Concept Life Sciences builds laboratory service enterprise

Techne buys in instrument expertise for protein analysis

Syapse raises series B funding                                               

Retrogenix opens first foreign office

Singulex partners for development of immunoassay platform

Sphere Fluidics files for patent protection

CRB peptides to be marketed via BIONET catalogue

IDT acquires mutation detection technology

Biochrom and Gilson partner in ELISA automation

DefiniGEN wins funds                                                                      

General Laboratory

Bruker admits defeat in gas chromatography market

Acquisition expands SP Industries’ laboratory equipment portfolio

Thermo Fisher divests lab equipment sales business

PicoQuant expands internal production

Markes merges with its MS business ALMSCO

GOW-MAC launches two next generation instruments

XEI appoints distributor for German-speaking countries

Genevac consolidates sales channels

Shimadzu partners with Dectris for XRD detectors

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Nova Instruments invests in NDT technologies

SICK expands activities in South America

Repligen buys cell retention company

Features

TTP Labtech back in profit after strategic redirection

First quarter hiccup as instrument markets ice over

Back to square one as US export rebound evaporates

Financials

Life science firms not strong international markets

Luminex beats on earning, but assay revenues drop

Eurofins grows impressively

Addtech’s instrument sales spike

WaferGen sales skyrocket in Q1

BD up on instrumentation and emerging markets

Qiagen finds its instrument sales sliding in Q2

Japanese lab firms benefit from yen devaluation

Shimadzu sails over guidance

FEI earnings plunge on costs

Japan continues to drive growth for Olympus

Horiba earnings drop on cost

Corning LS earnings stumble

IDEX sales almost flat in quarter

Process firms benefit from industrial rebound

Newport strong as markets continue to recover

E+H sales disappoint

Parker-Hannifin grows steadily as demand environment improves

Morpho grows in detection

SPX falls on weak pump sales

Mocon earnings plunge

Single-use sales put Pall ahead

Appointments

July 2014 – content

Life Sciences

Sequenom sells mass spectrometer business

Transgenomic trades up

GE HLS to divest of life science microcalorimetry business

Essen receives investment

Roche buys NGS start-up and invests in another

Investments in sequencing remain “high risk”

General Laboratory

Spectris invests in sample prep company

Analis buys Belgian lab furniture company

Anton Paar opens new assembly center

SLS wins status of preferred UK public-sector supplier

S+H celebrates 150 years in scientific instrument market

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Applikon in partnership with process software company

Emerson opens Indo-China office

Watson-Marlow acquires tubing specialist

Features

Leaderboard shows stability in the face of 2013 turbulence

Financials

Exchange rate headwinds make life hard for EU life science firms

Sartorius hit by currency effects

HBIO blames weather as downward trend continues

Exchange rates hold back Merck Millipore

Record order lifts Brooks LSS

Another strong quarter for Biotage

Fluidigm remains in the red

Sluggish markets stunt many laboratory companies

Recovering industrial spending gives Nikon a boost

Leybold grows on process

AJ in the red as instrument sales falls

US headwinds offset stronger international demand at VWR

Pfeiffer’s analytical sales decline

LC remains strong at Tosoh

Industrial uptick bodes well for process analyser firms

Honeywell hopeful of industrial market pick-up in 2014

Intevac back in the black in Q1

Roper hits five-year peak on strong figures

Xylem maintains full-year outlook

HAPSITE sales remain strong

MKS warns of weaker orders ahead

Smiths Detection struggles in its Q3

Appointments

June 2014 – content

Life Science News

PerkinElmer closes US microarray genetic testing services

BioLife Solutions trades up to NASDAQ

Olympus seeks buyer for biopharma site

Protea Biosciences plans to sell European subsidiary

ProteinSimple plans public listing

Thermo Fisher invests in animal diagnostics

Circulomics wins grant for nucleic acid extraction method

Techne invests in immunoassay start-up

Oxford Optronix makes move on North American market

General Lab News

CambTEK expands distributor network into Asia

HiTek Power acquired by AEI

Carlyle Group invests in cold chain firm

SECOPTA moves into larger facility

Spectro Inc undergoes rebranding

Magritek appoints distributor for North America

Aquilant Scientific expands into dissolution testing

Astrotech to sell space operations

Nanalysis enters NMR co-marketing agreement

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Morpho to market DNA identification technology

Redlen wins investment for expansion

Financials

Illumina keeps on startling as NGS market fizzes

Danaher LS&D growth on Western demand

Cepheid expects higher losses

Illumina lifts guidance as Q1 growth tops targets

Bio-Rad held back by costs and “tepid” markets

Affymetrix growth slows in Q1

PacBio doubles revenues in Q1

Thermo and MT report stronger markets for lab sector

Order delays hold back Waters in Q1

Porvair grows Microfiltration sales

Eppendorf falls short in 2013 as markets worsen

Agilent maintains guidance despite sluggish Q2

Thermo Fisher impresses in Q1

MT beats as markets improve

No common trend for process firms in mixed quarter

Costs and weak spending drive FLIR Detection into the red

ABB disappoints in Q1

Acquisitions boost Ametek

Low single-digit growth for Danaher Environmental

Single large order drives HHT

Acquisitions drive Teledyne

Exchange rates hold back Spectris

Features

EU instrument sector feels the pinch in 2013

Appointments

May 2014 – content

Life Science News

JPK establishes Chinese office, elects US representative

Beckman expands with Chinese cytometer developer

Biolin sells dental diagnostics unit

IQuum to be acquired by diagnostics giant

ProteinSimple opens Japanese office

SQI raises funds through share placements

Bio-Rad moves into sequencing

AMSBIO moves US headquarter East

Sysmex and Merck Millipore enter agreement

Gyros signs Chinese partner

General Lab News

Teledyne acquires laser-based sample introduction technology

Leica companies sign Arquimed

­­Blue Scientific wins partner

Majority-acquisition of Neaspec

Lauda adopts new business structure, expands manufacturing

DANI sets up US office

Edwards takeover completed

Thermo Fisher discontinues combustion elemental analysers

Accelrys sees M&A tables turned on itself

Brechbühler takes on German market for Thermo Fisher OEA

Image sensor pioneer sold

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Sartorius takes stake in start-up firm

Ametek to acquire major metrology company

Applikon opens Chinese production site

Axiom launches new NIR probes                   ­

Features

Strong 4^th quarter indicates growth for 2014 in instrument sector

German industry expects growth despite weak 2013

A tale of two cities: Pittcon and Analytica in 2014

Financials

Japan helps and hinders Roche and Olympus

Currency slows a refocused Roche

Gerresheimer still down on US

Strong growth for Eurofins

Domestic market continues to drive Olympus life sciences

GE ambushed by weak US sales

Solid instrument sales for BD

Luminex misses on revenues in Q4

Weak yen hauls up the top-line of many firms

Techcomp boosted by purchase and depreciating yen

Shimadzu hit by charges

Weak yen lifes HORIBA despite continuing headwinds

Skyray profit halves on costs

Sigma sees US rebound this year

Accelrys misses on sales

In-field analysers gain as the economy strengthens

Pall beats on earnings in Q2

Roper returns to form in Q4

Smiths Detection falls short as squeeze continues

Parker looking for growth as climate improves

Olympus maintains momentum

Appointments

April 2014 – content

Life Science News

EKF Diagnostics expands with three acquisitions

OriGene makes further immunoassay acquisition

Brooks Automation invests in cryopreservation product company

RainDance completes E extension

SDI acquires IR camera business

Sample6 to launch food safety portfolio

Lab21 extends distribution agreement for rtPCR IVD

CovalX signs Chinese distributor

General Lab News

Raman assets add molecular spectroscopy capabilities to TSI

TA Instruments remains bullish in M&A

TA Instruments takes lion’s share of Waters acquisitions budget

E+H contemplates AJ delisting

Neaspec becomes majority-owned by nanopositioning specialist

Restructuring at m-u-t AG

CambTEK finds co-marketing partner

Process & hand-held instrumentation

B&W Tek enters into agreements for Raman products

Acquisition strengthens MKS in vacuum gauge market

OCT instrument wins PRISM award

Financials

Life science firms continue to navigate tough market

Brooks Automation sales continue to plunge in the new year

Merck hit by exchange rates

Tecan remains flat in 2013

Instrument launch propels Biotage to stronger Q4

Organic growth now priority for slimline HBIO

Sartorius up on Asia and acquisition

Biolin goes into red in 2013

Trading conditions remain weak for instrument firms

Weak analysis sales put AJ in the red

Acquisitions drive Judges

Purchases lift VWR despite weak sales volumes

Chip slump hold back Pfeiffer

Leybold Vacuum holds firm in 2013

Nikon sees trading improve

Process firms finish year strong as markets improve

Order delays hold back ABB in Q4

Acquisitions lift Honeywell

HAPSITE sales return strongly in the fourth quarter

Xylem posts cautious guidance for 2014

Newly streamlines Intevac looks ahead with confidence

Spectris ends year positively

Features

Pittcon Editors give top award to NIR mirror assembly

Ibsen and TellSpec to use DLP EVM

Lowering the entry barrier for MS

First commercial CE-LC interface

US finishes hardest year since recession

Appointments

March 2014 – content

Life Science

Wafergen buys NGS library preparation business

Analytical Instruments in the new Thermo Fisher Scientific

Acquisition to make Fluidigm “single-cell technology powerhouse”

GE HLS and TFS deal not completed yet

Maverix raises funds for NGS informatics platform

Agilent enters into detector agreement

OriGene to develop antibodies for ISB

CIL enters into marketing agreement with CRO

Illumina claims sequencing milestone

General Laboratory

FEI buys rock imaging and analysis specialist

Horiba acquires fluorescence spectroscopy assets

Agilent names spin-off company

Spinnovation moves operations

Can an OEM deal re-invigorate BCI’s DLS offering?

Andor gives in to OI’s advances

Richardson Gratings publishes handbook and signs distributor

XRF specialist bought by OI

SiliCycle buys reactor product line

VWR continues regional expansion

Process & hand-held instrumentation

SciAps to launch handheld LIBS instrument

­­Olympus expands NDT concern with Canadian acquisition

Lumense raises funds for sensor manufacturing

Repligen sells drug compound

Features

Bottom falls out of the M&A market in 2013

Growth slows for EU instrument sector

Financials

Life science firms grow despite funding squeeze

Affymetrix returns to the black after earnings fail to impress

Legal costs his Bio-Rad in Q4

PBC gain on Roche deal

New product and applied markets drive Danaher

Illumina ends its stellar year with a flourish

Qiagen meets targets for 2013

Cepheid gains as sales impress

Instrument firms soar in target-beating Q4

Thermo Fisher gains on outlook

MT beats as European market improves

Waters satisfies in a stronger Q4

Agilent shares dip on soft guidance

FEI ends the year with record sales

Bruker sails over targets in Q4

IDEX beats on earnings in Q4

Process firms optimistic as industrial sector recovers

Teledyne breaks the billion dollar barrier for instrument sales

Detection drops to loss on costs

HHT ups guidance on strong markets and weak yen

Newport sees final quarter pickup

Ametek looks to growth ahead

Danaher maintains growth

Margins lift Grace’s bottom line

Appointments

February 2014 – content

Life Sciences

Interscience expands manufacturing facility

BioNano Genomics raises further funds

Izon relocates global headquarters

HBIO cuts worldwide staff numbers

GE to buy life science products lines from Thermo Fisher

GenapSys raises funds to commercialise NGS platform

TTP Labtech acquires fluorescence lifetime assets

DNAnexus wins $15m funding

Tute Genomics wins funds

Instem purchase image analysis company

General Laboratory

Spectro widens focus beyond machine condition monitoring

Anton Paar buys expert in surface properties testing

Artel expands with software acquisition

CSC becomes distributor of viscometer family

Fritsch opens second Chinese office

Mocon opens certified laboratory

Newport wins unnamed OEM customer

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Pall buys in single-use bioprocess business

E+H opens sales operations in Africa and Middle East

Block Engineering in OEM deal for oil & gas

Applikon celebrates anniversary

Market Feature

Recovery predicted on stronger markets in Q3

Financials

Life sciences markets buoyant for instrument firms

Olympus confident after rebound in Japanese LS sector

Acquisitions boost Eurofins

PBI marketing push drives sales

US medical devices tax takes bite out of BD

Luminex hit by order delays

Transgenomic remains in the red

WaferGen raises much-needed capital

Trading conditions improve for lab instrument companies

Shimadzu raises forecast seeing strength in several markets

PerkinElmer back in the black

Horiba benefits from weaker yen and semicon rebound

Acquisition drives Corning

Skyray returns to solid growth

Oxford Instruments sees stronger demand ahead

Accelrys drops to a loss in Q3

Process firms see signs of industrial market rebound

Roper cuts guidance and warns of sluggishness ahead

Eurocontrol turns a profit

Stronger orders give Pall hope of industrial recovery

Weak ETD shipments hit Implant

Olympus up on domestic rebound

SPX benefits from cost cuts

Appointments

January 2014 – content

Life Sciences

Illumina leaves qPCR market in restructuring

Biodesy starts commercial operation with fund raising event

Arrayit moves to new headquarters

PathoGenetix raises funding in preparation of product launch

Eagle raises funds for expansion

Ownership change at ImmunoChemistry

Biocartis ends partnership following fundraising

Swift Biosciences launches new library kit

NanoString launches nCounter in US

PerkinElmer distributes oncology tests

BD cooperates in microbial diagnostics

General Laboratory

AJ Japan instigates changes due to results

Dynasil sells product lines to pay down debt

Bibby Scientific consolidates UK manufacturing

Judges raises funds in support of further acquisitions

Avid Nano lowers sample volume requirement for DLS

Newport sells packaging business

Grace granted new FC patent

Porex sold to process filtration giant

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Hamilton buys biomass sensors business                                         

IST AG opens new headquarters

Advanced Sensors bought by PAC

Gas-Arc sold to US gas cutting and welding specialist

Financials

Bottom line problems for life science instrument firms

Sartorius maintains forecast in Q3

Currency puts brakes on Merck

Spending delays hit Brooks

Holm & Halby owner Addtech grows sales and profits

SurModics returns to growth after four difficult years

HBIO suffers again from GE cuts

Tecan adjusts guidance down

Cepheid raises forecasts

Japanese instrument firms benefit from weak yen

Techcomp growth on acquisitions

Academic sales slow for Techne

Restructuring puts VWR in the red

Tosoh grows in LC and reagents

Showa Denko returns to profit

Nikon misses on guidance

Problems in Japan drive AJ to loss

Defence spending still a problem for security firms

Smiths Detection bottom line hit by squeezed spending and charge

API benefits from Silonex buy

Honeywell lowers guidance

HAPSITE sales grow on North American demand

ABB grows strongly in Q3

Intevac Photonics sales dip

Weak yen boosts Hamamatsu

Features

Japanese markets strong as confidence returns

China’s instrument exports growth 61% in five years

Appointments