Instrument News

April 2013 – content

Life Sciences

EKF Diagnostics to target companion diagnostics

HBIO to spin out business unit

Hologic sells Lifecodes business

NuSep divests proteomics data analysis software

OriGene raises series C funding

CGI acquisition finally completed                                                     

QIAGEN launches sample-to-result NGS workflow

IntegenX signs UAE partner

TAP Biosystems enters three cell culture agreements

Innopsys parters for RPPA

General Laboratory

CAMAG couples TLC with MS

Konik becomes Advion distributor for South America

Anton Paar looks back at decade of growth

Danaher sells its share of tools business

Shimadzu opens Taiwan office

API adds product lines through acquisition

EAR takes on handheld XRF

Analytik Jena opens French subsidiary

Phase Focus finds TEM partner for ‘virtual lens’                            

USPTO rules for Biotage in SNAP infringement claim

XEI Scientific awarded patent

Process & handheld instrumentation

SWS licenses out single-chip spectrometer

Xenemetrix launches XRF for marine vessels

Gasmet buys German partner

Features

Four start-ups win Pittcon Editors’ Awards 2013

Optofluidics - Overcoming limits of traditional optical tweezers

Senova - pH measurement for laboratories and cows’ stomachs

French and US research expertise underpin Apix

All-round interferometer for mobile applications

Philadelphia proves perfect home for strongest Pittcon in years

Trade data

Solid export growth for EU instrument firms

Financials

Government funding cuts hold back life science firms

Strong instrument sales and guidance give Qiagen a boost

Nanosphere doubles revenues

OEM sales boost Tecan

Harvard sales drop on sluggish market

Cepheid back in the black in Q4

Biotech demand boost Merck

Transgenomic drops to a loss

Currency effects and sluggish markets hit lab firms

VWR drops to fourth quarter loss

Techne hit by weak US demand

Global nanotool demand drives OI

Loss for IDEX on impairment charges

Showo Denko optimistic ahead

Tosoh grows instrument sales

Sigma hit by currency

Process firms navigate mixed markets

Stable analysis sales for Pfeiffer

Mesa boosted by Bios purchase

ABB sluggish, but orders benefit from project wins

Honeywell’s efforts to control costs pay off despite weak markets

Intevac to slash workforce

Newport plunges in to the red

INFICON grows strongly in Q4

Appointments

­March 2013 – content

Life Sciences

Illumina sued over its rejection of Roche bid

Lonza restructures business units

BioCision raises funds for growth

Labcyte raises funds for portfolio expansion

Illumina sells stake in deCode Genetics

Sphere Fluidics raises additional funds

Avia seeks partners for isothermal formulation testing platform

Affymetrix signs license agreement

Stratos Genomics achieves technical milestone

General Laboratory

Nanoink closes doors                                                             

Techcomp expands European foothold with acquisition      

ICL finalises integration of FTIR gas-cell company

Anton Paar opens direct offices                                            

Eurofins makes 11 purchases in 12 months

Konica buys light testing companies

HORIBA in collaboration targeting drug formulations

Quantachrome Japan opens doors

Halma restructures business

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Life Tech expand capabilities in affinity purification

Sartorius signs exclusive agreement on in-line biosensors

OI re-signs Canadian partner

Features

2012 M&A activities increase, but transaction prices decrease

US record lowest growth since the crisis

Financials

Life Science firms beat estimates in strong Q4

Bio-Rad beats despite fall in profits

Ion Torrent boosts Life Tech

Affymetrix to cut costs and jobs after solid Q4

Illumina boosted by unit sale

Diagnostics drive Danaher LSD

Luminex tops estimates

Many lab firms impress in Q4 but worries remain

Thermo Fisher grows diagnostics

Weak EU holds back MT

FEI beats despite life science slide

Waters positive after sluggish year

Agilent stock dips on earnings

Bruker surges on revenue beat

PerkinElmer narrow losses

Cost-cutting improves profitability for process firms

Danaher grows on water analysis and Chinese acquisition

Acquisitions boos Teledyne

Newly streamlined FLIR returns to profit

Xylem sinks on sluggish markets

Ametek stock jumps on record Q4

Grace stock hits all-time high

Appointments

February 2013 – content

Life Sciences

Miltenyi opens Nordic office

Promega opens Shanghai facility

IBEX expands enzyme manufacturing

Two developers of robotic platforms combine

Hamilton Storage moves into new US HQ

Integra renames Valdea

AMI becomes distributor for Nexterion products in NA

MML continues to buy GE lines

Pressure BioSciences wins distributor

LGC buys bioanalytical operations from CRO

Illumina acquires Verinata Health

Bio-Rad tanks up on proteins

Hamilton and GE collaborate on card punching workflow

Thermo in metabolomics study

General Laboratory

Oxford Instruments expands into SPM technology

NanoWorld expands AFM probe empire

Ametek adds two businesses

Analytik Jena buys stake in Japanese OEM partner

Nova Capital sells part of Bibby Scientific

Gerresheimer buys Indian packaging firm

OI opens Indian direct office

Schauenburg acquires stake in thermal desorption specialist

HTA expands portfolio of GC headspace autosamplers

Block wins contracts for QCL

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Cemtrex to move away from emission monitoring

Pall invests in instrumentation

Finesse and Thermo Fisher renew supply agreement

Cobalt Expansion Leads to Relocation

Features

Recession in many countries hits instrumentation markets

Financials

Exchange rates cause turbulence for lab firm

Weak US demand and exchange rates continue to BD

Merck Millipore grows on currency

Biotage disappoints as exchange rates hit earnings

Brooks Life Science Systems shows dramatic growth

GE Healthcare sales nosedive in Europe

Currency hurts Gerresheimer

Domestic slowdown hits Olympus

Strong growth for many lab instrument firms

Record year for Porvair Filtration

Alpha MOS losses treble

Strong sales put JEOL in the black

Sluggish spending forces Nikon Instruments to downgrade

Skyray profit suffers on costs

Sartorius ends record year

Andor sees microscope sales fall

Process firms struggle with weak industrial demand

Diploma benefits from acquisitions in solid fiscal year

ATMI benefits from rights buy

Weak industrial orders for Parker-Hannifin

Industrial weakness hits Pall

Mesa grows on Bios acquisition

Roper closes 2012 on a strong note

Weak markets for Olympus

Appointments

January 2013 – content

Life Science News

GE Water & Process sells filters and membrane business

SDIX sells pathogen detection business

BGI receive US security clearance for CGI deal

Definiens closes private funding round

CLC bio makes first company acquisition

New division and cost reduction measures at SDI

Affymetrix sells off eBioscience product line

NanoString completes financing

Roche and PSS to automate NGS sample prep

Life Tech partners with Chinese proteomics firm

Agilent adopts NimbleGen users

General Lab News

Thermo Fisher buys NMR assets

ATFilms and Precision Photonics combine

WITec signs two more distributors

Carl Zeiss sells majority of optronics business

Techcomp expands ownerships, while revenues spike

Horiba opens new European headquarters

Advion integrates CMS into LC portfolio of large supplier

Wheaton adds chromatography consumables lines

Semrock reaches sales milestone

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Advanced Holdings moves into new Shanghai facility

Spectris sells UV curing business

Ecotech becomes distributor of PTR-MS

Xylem expands its dewatering pump interest

Financials

Life science firms impress in above-target quarter

Litigation settlement drives Cepheid into the red

Transgenomic hit by costs

Eurofins sails over growth targets

Bio-Rad beats on earnings despite currency headwinds

Consumables drive Sartorius

Sequenom stock soars on outlook

Harvard jumps on IPO news

Poor markets and exchange rates hound lab firms

Agilent warns of slow growth ahead

Shimadzu invests in growth

Markets worsen for HORIBA

VWR back in the red as sales slip

Showa Denko to invest in Shodex

AJ beats on sales

Sigma stung by currency

Security firms continue to bask in healthy markets

Analogic blames weak hospital spending for sluggish quarter

Intevac turn in record quarter

Acquisitions benefit Xylem

HAPSITE growth hit by timing issues

Spectris on track through purchases

Demand returns to Implant Sciences

Additions lift SPX

Appointments

December 2012 – content

Life Sciences

Bio-Rad to enter flow cytometry market

Life Tech buys microscopy partner

PerkinElmer invests in Chinese diagnostics company

Helicos files for bankruptcy protection

Accelrys buys process intelligence company

Illumina confirmed as bidder for its rival

Avacta expands Asian reach

Illumina receives validity judgment in case against GCI

Agilent to co-operate with bioinformatics company

Idaho Technology rebrands                                                                       

General Lab News

Ahlstrom invests in laboratory filtration assets

Sigma-Aldrich to benefit from Corning’s acquisition

VWR buys UK lab supplier

Chata Biosystems expands manufacturing capabilities

Newport acquires vibration isolation specialist

Spark secures partners for SPE technology

Thermo Fisher finds buyer for lab furniture business

McCrone becomes distributor for JEOL Benchtop SEM

Freeman expands Asian distribution deal                                               

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Spectris buys NIR process and remote sensing company

Areva in discussions to sell Canberra

Cobalt Light to found US office                                                           

Financials

Weak markets and exchange rates hit some Life Science firms

Luminex lowers guidance on miss

Danaher slips on exchange rates

Fluidigm grows on single-cell genomics

Purchase boosts Affymetrix in translational medicine

Illumina narrows guidance despite strong sales

Life Tech keeps earnings growing

Qiagen holds firm on guidance

Lab firms impress despite challenging markets

Thermo Fisher raises guidance

Idex grows on acquisitions

MT struggles as markets soften

FEI ahead of Wall Street targets

Expenses hit Corning’s profit

Bruker raises guidance

Sluggish market hit Waters

Chip slumps continues to affect process control firms

Ametek grows with acquisitions

Newport cuts costs

Europe and US drive Danaher

FLIR continues to streamline

Grace hit by European weakness

Acquisitions boost Teledyne

MKS cautious as markets weaken

Features

Encouraging signs of growth for EU firms

Appointments

November 2012 – content

Life Sciences

Life Tech buys cancer bioinformatics company

Arrayjet opens US office

Thermo Fisher completes purchase

Bruker expands preclinical imaging capabilities

Illumina acquires IVF screening company

Eppendorf UK opens new HQ

Promega loses out on Life Tech damages

Tecan signs four co-marketing agreements

Protea signs new distributors

General Laboratory

Merger creates new optical spectroscopy business

Netzsch buys Japanese thermal analysis business

TOPTICA opens additional US office

WITec opens foreign offices

HTT merger with SII Nanotechnology delayed

Excelitas adds power supply company

CrossLab initiative to cover HPLC

HTT and FEI settle FIB dispute

Further expansion for m-u-t Group

Intertek invests in NDT sector

MKS purchases RF company

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Smiths Detection opens location and signs technology partnership

Spectro becomes distributor of choice

Novasep invests in API production sites

Features

Lab markets continue to stagnate as economy worsens

Financials

Weak US market hits forecasts for life science firms

Gerresheimer cautious about outlook for the US lab sector

Eurofins raises guidance

BD drops guidance on currency

Merck Millipore grows on exchange rates and acquisitions

Biotage sees results spike

Enzo cuts staff and facilities

Roche hit by funding shortfall

Olympus hit by Asian weakness

Biohit more cautious on outlook

General lab firms cut outlook as economy worsens

Agilent cuts guidance in weak Q2

VWR returns to profit

Showa Denko goes into red

AJ optimistic due to Asian demand

Shimadzu lowers outlook

Weak pharma hits Sigma-Aldrich

HORIBA lowers guidance

Bruker’s earnings disappoint

Skyray sales plunge once more

Waters earnings drop on cost

Solid results as process firms defy the economy

Weak international demand hits Parker-Hannifin

API drops to loss on stagnant sales

Analogic doubles profit on sales

Pall impresses as supply issues are overcome

Roper’s stock soars on strong earnings and acquisitions

MOCON falls to loss on acquisition costs

Teradyne beats on sales again

Renishaw invests for growth

Appointments

October 2012 – content

Life Sciences

Merck buys cell-culture media specialist

Danaher further expands its diagnostics interest

Life Tech in companion diagnostics deal

Roper acquires clinical information systems Sunquest

BGI to acquire its own NGS platform

BD buys polymer dyes company

Synthetic Genomics buys patent portfolio

Sony DADC in partnership with its parent

Agilent signs two MS co-marketing deals

Bluechiip signs evaluation and early access customer

Correction to Silverquant technology ownership

Stemgent expands stem cell research portfolio

General Lab

Block Engineering signs distributor

Agilent buys SFC assets to offer single-vendor solution

Phenomenex completes Wibby buy with subsidiary foundation

FEI Buys 3D Visualization Software Company

Brandywine Photonics wins first foreign distributor

Microsaic and Biotage launch MS-flash chromatography

Hybrid launches mixed-field analyser

Acal to concentrate on specialist electronics and photonics

Wyatt holds Light Scattering Colloquium

Linkam celebrates 30^th anniversary

VWR makes three more acquisitions

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Tribogenics raises funds for X-ray source development

Modcon finds US representative

Parker expands expertise in biopharma manufacturing

SpectraFluidics Inc launches OEM product

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Features

EMC2012: combined show proves a major draw

US Trade figures show spending pressures

Financials

Exchange rates hold back US life science firms

Sartorius raises guidance

WaferGen cuts sales staff

Bio-Rad down on currency

Strong Swiss Franc hits Integra

GE flat as European headwinds bite

Harvard maintains guidance

Record turnover for Transgenomic

Sequenom misses on sales

Laboratory instrument firms disappoint on outlook

IDEX lowers guidance

MT flat as markets soften

Thermo tops estimates in Q2

Materials drive growth for FEI

Corning profit hit by acquisition

PerkinElmer confirms target

Judges Scientific sinks to a loss

Weak European demand hits many process firms

SPX Flow Technology boosts organic growth

KLA turns in flat quarter

Implant Sciences suffers

Spectris grows despite worsening environment

INFICON up on strong security markets

Intevac photonics sales slump in the double-digits

Xylem lowers guidance

Appointments

September 2012 – content

Life Sciences

DVS collaborates with cloud computing specialist

Intuitive Biosciences acquires assets from protein array specialist

Neogen acquires animal genomics business

Life Technologies makes two purchases in molecular diagnostics field

Transgenomic is new parent Gene Logic

Nanosphere exceeds fund raising target

Roche gives Cellavista back to original inventor

Waters signs partner for complex MS data sets

Wheaton adds to its cell culture lines

Douglas Scientific gains large collaboration partner

Axela signs first European distribution partners                                   

Laboratory

Kanomax becomes majority shareholder of MSI Tokyo

Göttfert opens joint-venture firm in India

Hanna signs up new distribution partners

LUM moves into new headquarters

Particle Measuring Systems turns 40

PI continues integration of miCos

Artel celebrates its 30th anniversary

Picarro raises $7 million in funding round

SiliCycle stocks up on LC column know-how

MOCON establishes certified lab network

EKS expands flow reactor portfolio                                                           

Process & hand-held

TeraView explores new markets

Baird invests in e2v non-core businesses

Teledyne expands sonar imaging portfolio with acquisition                       

Features

AAS, ICP and ICP-MS: overlaps but no complete substitutions

Financials

­­­­Life science firms warn of headwinds

Life Tech trims guidance

Tecan profit takes a tumble

Illumina earnings slip on charge

Danaher maintains momentum

Luminex profit hit by costs

Losses, but Fluidigm beats on sales

Qiagen ups guidance

Affymetrix returns to profit

Economic headwinds hits demand for process firms

Newport cautious, but shares pop

Grace beats on adjusted profit

Danaher up on instrument sales

Ametek looks to acquisitions despite slowdown

FLIR reports a difficult quarter

MKS hit by weak chip spending

Teledyne grows instrument sales

Appointments

August 2012 – content

Life Science

Denator completes sixth round of financing

Luminex buys late-stage PCR platform

Thermo Fisher continues expansion of diagnostics portfolio

SIAL buys buffer provider

Agilent completes Dako deal

Avacta combines operations in single site

WaferGen cuts positions in commercial redirection

Knome launches early access programme

General Laboratory

Spectro relocates headquarters

First sales partner for nanoLiter

Verder Group buys Carbolite

Brechbühler doubles size of company

Porvair adds two companies to Microfiltration

AJ invests in foreign markets and subsidiaries

Leybold Vacuum expands sites in Asia

Edwards changes location of IPO

Two new distributors signed by Advion

Thermo Fisher sells laboratory furniture business

LGC invests in US expansion

FEI buys Korean partner

Waters starts work on MS HQs

Leica takes on direct distribution in NW US

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Princeton Security sold by management

Xylem buys MJK Automation

Sartorius expands in Puerto Rico

Feature

Instrument markets suffer from uncertain economy

Financials

Funding cutbacks still hold back life science firms

Gerresheimer grows despite European weakness

Weak US cannot hold back Merck Millipore

Biotage returns to growth

Competitive pressures hit Roche’s sequencing instruments

Gen-Probe ahead of targets

Emerging markets keep laboratory firms growing

Stronger growth puts Analytik Jena back in the black

Shimadzu earnings slide as European weakness hits sales

Skyray’s profit plunges on costs

Horiba raises guidance

Tosoh grows on overseas demand

Eurozone troubles worry process firms

Medical analysis demand drives HHT

Pall hit by weak lab demand and supply chain problems

Dynasil drops to a loss on costs

Strong US demand drives Parker

Mocon earnings slide on acquisition costs

Appointments

July 2012 – Leaderboard issue

Life Science News

Nimblegen activities to be stopped

PacBio signs exclusive Japanese partner

Qiagen to expand into next-sequencing market with purchase

Prosolia partners with AB Sciex

Complete Genomics considers strategic options

Helicos continues to maximise on its IP estate

Shimadzu extends OEM deal

General Lab

Eltra purchase sparks row

Retsch opens new headquarters

Agilent adds to measurement business

Formulaction is seeking additions to in-house technology base

TA Instruments expands in Germany

Good growth at Wasatch since 2010

Hitachi High Technology buys Japanese instrument business

Doe & Ingalls expands Thermo Fisher customer channel business

Mitegen consolidates product line

SP Scientific expands lyophiliser agreement with Praxair

Izon expands nanopore patent cover

Ocean Optics in spectrometer co-development deal

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Edinburgh Instruments launches gas monitor line

E&H goes into gas analysis market with acquisition

Bluesens contemplates headquarter move

Feature

IN Leaderboard

2011: a good year for many, but path ahead looks murky

Financials

GE notes stronger US market for life science products

Cepheid stumbles to another loss

Harvard earnings slip on costs

Sequenom sees instruments slip

Arrayit sales plummet in Q1

Transgenomic falls short as LIMS glitch hits lab business

GE benefits from strong US demand

Complete Genomics casts about for options as costs spiral

Strong sales, but Fluidigm misses

Lab firms find it harder going in the first quarter

VWR down on instruments

Porvair up on bioscience demand

Sigma grows in emerging regions

Waters slips in emerging markets

Agilent’s profit impresses

Biohit purchase boosts Sartorius

Alpha MOS losses double

Security firms report major spending rebound

Xylem earnings droop on costs

Smiths Detection ahead

Roper ahead of targets again

Analogic benefits from airport security rebound

Security recovery drives record HAPSITE sales

Radiation detection sales boost Princeton Gamma-Tech

Weak instrument sales for Intevac

Teradyne shares pop on beat

Appointments