Instrument Business Outlook back issues from Tuesday, April 15:
Industry leaders: the top 25 of 2002.
Apr 15, 2003 ... Although 2002 proved a more difficult year than expected for the analytical and life science instrument industry, revenue growth, cost cuts, increased efficiencies and refocusing kept the industry stable yet growing. Such stability is evident in IBO's list of the top 25 analytical and life ...
Bruker Daltonics and AXS to merge. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).
Apr 15, 2003 ... Billerica, MA and Madison, WI 4/7/03 -- Bruker Daltonics and Bruker AXS will merge under an agreement approved by the companies' Boards of Directors in a transaction estimated at $103.6 million on a fully diluted basis. The new company will be named Bruker Biosciences Corp. and will trade ...
Affymetrix lowers first quarter forecast. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... Santa Clara, CA 4/3/03 -- Affymetrix announced that it expects product and related revenues for the first quarter of 2003 to be $60-$62 million. Previously, the company had forecasted revenues of $71-$73 million. Affymetrix blamed a weak global economy and cautious capital spending by ...
Whatman cuts product lines and personnel. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).
Apr 15, 2003 ... Maidstone, Kent, UK 3/31/03 -- Whatman plc has announced that it will decrease its product range from approximately 16,000 list numbers to 4,000. It also plans a revised reorganization of its manufacturing facilities that will consolidate manufacturing and technical resources from 14 ...
Corning sells electrochemistry product line. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).(to Nova Analytics)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... Acton, MA, 3/03 -- Corning Life Sciences announced that it has sold its electrochemistry product line to Nova Analytics. The product line includes pH, temperature, conductivity, DO and specific ion meters, as well as electrodes, buffers and solutions. The product line will continue to be ...
X-Rite acquires Thermo product line. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... Grandville, MI 4/1/03 and 4/3/03 -- X-Rite has acquired the COLORx color spectrophotometer product line and related assets from Thermo Electron. The company also announced that Bejamin Moore & Co. has selected X-Rite's MatchRite Color Matching System and will provide the system to its ...
Panametrics files suit against GE. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... New York, NY 4/15/03 -- Panametrics founder and principal shareholder David Chleck and shareholder Edward Carnevale have filed suit against General Electric in US District Court, alleging securities fraud, breach of contract and deceptive business practices in regard to GE's 2002 ...
Lab Equipment/Distribution Sales Index up 8% in 2002. (Executive briefing: news, trends & market intelligence for instrument executives).
Apr 15, 2003 ... Companies within the Laboratory Equipment/Distribution Sales Index showed relatively impressive growth during the fourth quarter of 2002, considering the struggling economy. Fourth-quarter revenues rose 7.7%, primarily driven by sales growth from Fisher Scientific and Apogent, which each ...
Protein array systems proliferate.
Apr 15, 2003 ... With the prominence of proteomics and the scientific and commercial success of DNA microarrays has come the promise of protein microarrays. But for all the publicity, investments and development time devoted to this technology, the market for protein microarrays (protein arrays) has been ...
Government: the Food and Drug Administration announced it is reconsidering the terms of 21 CFR Part 11, a rule regulating the electronic filing of drug and pharmaceutical information. (Industry Watch).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... Government: The Food and Drug Administration announced it is reconsidering the terms of 21 CFR Part 11, a rule regulating the electronic filing of drug and pharmaceutical information. According to industry estimates, companies could spend $50 million to $150 million each to bring ...
Steel: decades of weak industry performance compounded with the recent flailing in worldwide economic markets have contributed to a dramatic overhaul of the steel industry. (Industry Watch).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... Steel: Decades of weak industry performance compounded with the recent flailing in worldwide economic markets have contributed to a dramatic overhaul of the steel industry. During the last two years alone, companies have merged to form Arcelor (Luxembourg, Luxembourg), JFE (Tokyo, Japan) ...
Pharmaceuticals: Quintiles Transnational chairman and founder, Dennis Gillings, successfully bid to take his healthcare company private last week. (Industry Watch).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... Pharmaceuticals: Quintiles Transnational chairman and founder, Dennis Gillings, successfully bid to take his healthcare company private last week. After being rebuffed by the board during previous attempts to purchase the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina company, Gillings finally won ...
Japan: following a spate of agricultural scandals and crises, the Japanese Cabinet in early February passed a set of food reform bills. (Region Watch).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... Japan: Following a spate of agricultural scandals and crises, the Japanese Cabinet in early February passed a set of food reform bills. Under the legislation, the government will establish a food safety commission whose seven members will be charged with studying specific foods for health ...
Scandinavia: partly in response to a dearth of research funds and resources, a group of Swedish and Norwegian universities has established MedCoast Scandinavia, an effort to synchronize funding for scientists engaged in cross-border research. (Region Watch).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... Scandinavia: Partly in response to a dearth of research funds and resources, a group of Swedish and Norwegian universities has established MedCoast Scandinavia, an effort to synchronize funding for scientists engaged in cross-border research. Concerns about personnel shortages in ...
Canada: a handful of pharmaceutical companies and Canadian government and funding organizations have joined with the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford to form the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), a partnership dedicated to mapping and compiling a database of over 350 protein structures. (Region Watch).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... Canada: A handful of pharmaceutical companies and Canadian government and funding organizations have joined with the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford to form the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), a partnership dedicated to mapping and compiling a database of over 350 ...
Thailand: a new DNA and genomics center has opened on Kasetsart University's Saen campus. (Region Watch).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... Thailand: A new DNA and genomics center has opened on Kasetsart University's Saen campus. The center is the first facility in Thailand devoted entirely to the DNA-based analysis of agricultural and food product quality. The government's National Science and Technology Agency has pledged ...
Iraqi conflict spurs growth in Chem-Bio detection.(US Department of Defense increasingly tapping instrument firms for their chemical and biological detecting expertise as it rushes to update equipment )
Apr 15, 2003 ... Amid admissions from US war planners that a resolution of the conflict in Iraq could take months, and with the continued threat of terrorism at home and abroad, the US Department of Defense has been increasingly tapping instrument companies for their chemical and biological detecting ...
Autoscribe will market, implement and support Varian Instruments. (Chromatography: company announcements).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Autoscribe will market, implement and support Varian Instruments UK's ...
Agilent will integrate Dr. Galushko Software Entwicklung's ChromSword software with its ChemStation software and 1100 Series HPLC systems. (Chromatography: company announcements).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Agilent will integrate Dr. Galushko Software Entwicklung's ChromSword software with its ChemStation software and ...
Thermo Electron. (Chromatography: company announcements).(expanding sales force )
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Thermo Electron is expanding its ...
Alltech Associates. (Chromatography: company announcements).(opens office in China)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Alltech Associates became a nonexclusive distributor of Scientific Software's EZChrom EZStart software. It ...
ESA Inc. (Chromatography: company announcements).(Eddie Goodall)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * ESA Inc. restructured its European operations. Eddie Goodall, general ...
Dyax reported that its Biotage subsidiary posted a 23% increase in revenues for 2002 to $23.2 million. (Chromatography: company announcements).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Dyax reported that its Biotage subsidiary posted a 23% increase in revenues for 2002 to $23.2 million. In 2003, Biotage revenues are ...
Spark Holland. (Chromatography: products introductions).
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Spark Holland introduced the Symbiosis XLC-MS, calling it "the first hyphenated technique that integrates sample extraction and LC ...
LECO. (Chromatography: products introductions).
Apr 15, 2003 ... * LECO released the Pegasus 4D, with new ...
Thermo Electron. (Chromatography: products introductions).
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Thermo Electron's Finnigan FOCUS gas chromatograph, a ...
Alltech Associates. (Chromatography: products introductions).
Apr 15, 2003 ... * In February, Alltech Associates began shipping the Model 800 Evaporative ...
SPECTRO BioNova released 21 CFR compliant Geminyx software for its CELENO HPLC products. (Chromatography: products introductions).
Apr 15, 2003 ... * SPECTRO BioNova released 21 CFR compliant Geminyx software for its CELENO HPLC ...
Agilent. (Chromatography: products introductions).
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Agilent introduced the 1100 Series Nanoflow LC System for MS for mass spectrometry based ...
Waters. (Chromatography: products introductions).
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Waters introduced the Waters Purification Factory, a scalable, ...
Waters released the EMD 1000 single quadropole. (Chromatography: products introductions).
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Waters released the EMD 1000 single ...
Waters introduced the 2456 Electrochemical Detector. (Chromatography: products introductions).
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Waters introduced the 2456 Electrochemical ...
Picometrics. (Chromatography: products introductions).
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Picometrics released the ZETALIF evolution series ...
BioAnalytica 2003.
Apr 15, 2003 ... Exhibitions traditionally play a big role in German commerce. For every trade and industry of any substance there is an exhibition at regular intervals. Every major city has an exhibition center that is looking to develop its business. With life science being a field with good ...
In order to focus resources on its core competencies of sterilization, liquid handling and cell cultivation, INTEGRA Biosciences will acquire Micronic BV Lelystad, and INTEGRA's US, French, German and Swiss sales offices have become independent operators under a management buyout agreement. (Organizational News).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * In order to focus resources on its core competencies of sterilization, liquid handling and cell cultivation, INTEGRA Biosciences will acquire Micronic BV ...
Hitachi. (Organizational News).(Hitachi Plan II)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * In late January 2003, Hitachi unveiled its Hitachi Plan II. It will realign its business ...
Tosoh. (Organizational News).(name change)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * All Tosoh-affiliated scientific and diagnostic companies, ...
Agilent formed a Life Sciences Advisory Board, which will meet two to three times each year. (Organizational News).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Agilent formed a Life Sciences Advisory Board, which will meet two to three times each year. The members are Paul Herring, director of corporate research ...
On February 14, 2003, GFS Chemicals acquired APS Analytical Standards. (Organizational News).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * On February 14, 2003, GFS Chemicals acquired APS Analytical ...
Analytik Jena AG. (Organizational News).(sales)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * For its fiscal first quarter ending December 31, 2002, Analytik Jena AG reported a 10% increase in sales to 22.34 million [euro] ($23. 3 million, see page 12). Domestic sales fell 20.7% to 14.2 million [euro], ...
Buchi Labortechnik AG took a minority stake in Indian distributor. (Organizational News).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Buchi Labortechnik AG took a minority stake in Indian distributor, SMP ...
Foss Group. (Organizational News).(finances)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * The Foss Group reported a 3% increase in sales in 2002 to DKK1.303 million ($178.7 million, ...
Under an OEM distribution agreement effective January 1, 2003, PerkinElmer gained worldwide distribution rights to Genomic Solutions' ProXCISIONT Proteomics Gel Cutting Robot and the HybArrayT 12 DNA Hybridization Workstation. (Organizational News).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Under an OEM distribution agreement effective January 1, 2003, PerkinElmer gained worldwide distribution rights to Genomic Solutions' ProXCISIONT Proteomics Gel Cutting ...
OI Corp. (Organizational News).(finances)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * For 2002, OI Corp. reported an 8.5% decrease in revenues to $23.7 million (see page 12). Sales fell for TOC analyzers, microwave digestion products, ion analyzers, gel-permeation chromatography and beverage ...
MWG Biotech. (Organizational News).(finances)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * MWG Biotech reported a 5.3% decrease in 2002 sales to 49.6 million [euro] ($46.8 million, see page 12): Genomic Technology sales fell 37.5% to 11.2 million [euro]; Genomic Information sales grew 26% ...
GeneData and Novartis Pharma will collaborate under a multiyear agreement. (Informatics: company announcements).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * GeneData and Novartis Pharma will collaborate under a multiyear agreement to develop an integrated ...
NuGenesis Technologies and Scientific Software announced that their legal disputes have been resolved. (Informatics: company announcements).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * NuGenesis Technologies and Scientific Software announced that their legal ...
Thermo LabSystems. (Informatics: company announcements).(ISO 9001:2000 certification )(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Thermo LabSystems was awarded ISO ...
CTC Laboratory Systems will exclusively distribute Scimagix' SIMS image. (Informatics: company announcements).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * CTC Laboratory Systems will exclusively ...
NuGenesis. (Informatics: company announcements).(finances )(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * For 2002, NuGenesis reported that it had a double-digit revenue increase and turned cash flow positive. To date, nine ...
ID Business Solutions. (Informatics: company announcements).(14% revenue growth for 2002)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Bioinformatics company ID Business Solutions ...
Bio-Rad. (Informatics: company announcements).(KnowItAll Software Development & Distribution Program)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Bio-Rad's Informatics Division announced its KnowItAll Software Development & Distribution Program for the inclusion of software and database ...
LION bioscience AG launched the LION DiscoveryCenter integration platform. (Informatics: products introductions).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * LION bioscience AG launched the LION DiscoveryCenter ...
Bio-Rad introduced the KnowItAll ADME/Tox edition. (Informatics: products introductions).
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Bio-Rad introduced the KnowItAll ADME/Tox edition, a suite of ADME/Tox ...
The Swegene Microarray Resource Center in Sweden licensed Spotfire's DecisionSite Software. (Informatics: sales/orders of note).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * The Swegene Microarray Resource Center in Sweden licensed ...
LION biscience AG signed a two-year global licensing agreement with Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development. (Informatics: sales/orders of note).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * LION biscience AG signed a two-year global licensing agreement with Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical ...
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma licensed InforSense's enterprise. (Informatics: sales/orders of note).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma licensed InforSense's ...
Nestle will implement NuGenesis' Scientific Data Management Systems (SDMS). (Informatics: sales/orders of note).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Nestle will implement NuGenesis' Scientific Data Management Systems ...
Interlabor Belp AG implemented Scientific Software's CyberLAB. (Informatics: sales/orders of note).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Interlabor Belp AG implemented Scientific ...
The NIH installed Matrix Sciences' MASCOT protein dentification. (Sales/Orders of Note).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * The NIH installed Matrix Sciences' MASCOT ...
FEI. (Surface science: company announcements).(opens facility in Brno, Czech Republic)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * FEI opened a 8,600-square-meter facility in Brno, Czech Republic, to replace its previous site there. Produced at the new facility are the Moran transmission electron microscope and ...
Veeco Instruments. (Surface science: company announcements).(Don R. Karnia promoted)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Veeco Instruments promoted Don R. Karnia, Ph.D., to president. He will be responsibile for all of the ...
Veeco. (Surface science: company announcements).(in China)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * Veeco opened an ...
WITec. (Surface science: product introductions).(new microscopy system)(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * WITec introduced the Mercury 100 atomic force ...
NSL Analytical Services installed an AMRAY SEM with an Oxford ISIS. (Surface science: sales/orders of note).(Brief Article)
Apr 15, 2003 ... * NSL Analytical Services installed an AMRAY SEM with an Oxford ISIS ...