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
