August 2022 – content

Life Sciences

 Halo Labs closes series C funding round

Exosome and lentivirus characterisation focus of Unchained latest acquisition

SPT Labtech sold on by equity company owner              

LGC sell drug discovery business to equity firm-backed CRO

Refeyn raises funding round for commericalisation of mass photometry

Meridian acquired by Korean Dx company as foothold in US market=

IonPath receives strategic investment from MS giant

BICO buys bioprinter start-up

 

General Laboratory

Judges Scientific latest purchase targets geological core analysis market

Trajan acquires GC consumables supplier              

Fritsch opens dedicated R&D centre

Equity investment fuels creation of new chemicals and standards group

Agilent buys AI software for GC-MS data analysis

Elemental Scientific buys data reduction software for trace elemental analysis

 

Process and hand-held instrumentation

Schneider sells process analyser assets to equity-backed group

Nederman buys energy saving technologies for industrial air systems                            

Swagelok celebrates 75th anniversary

Biopharma production is focus of Emerson’s latest acquisition

Fraunhofer NIR spin-off acquired by drug compounding expert

Kromek signs distribution partner for Americas

 

Features

Analytica 2022: Three technologies to watch

SICRIT: Ambient pressure MS source for inline VOC monitoring

Can gas chromatography be truly revolutionised?

Brave Analyltics develops light-induced, particle-by-particle PAT method

 

Financials

After two record years Integra Biosciences sees uncertainties ahead              

Greiner Bio-One stagnates at high level in 2021

Pandemic demand increases SPT Labtech’s focus on liquid handling

Vaccine demand provides superlative margins for Maravai

Sharp drop of profitability at Cytek

European growth compensates for NanoTemper’s weak Asian markets

LS Dassault remains a growth driver in 2021

Travel restrictions cited as Judges Scientific biggest hurdle in 2021

JEOL benefits from semicon boom and continuing recovery

Agilent sees growth in LC, LC-MS and spectroscopy

Pharmaceutical sales drive Shimadzu Analytical

Semiconductor growth rate reduces at MKS              

Schneider IA recovers from pandemic shock

European sales of analytical products drop at Emerson

Yokogawa stagnates organically

Recovery across all sectors and geographies at E+H

Industrial recovery buoys Sensirion

MCT grows moderately at Nederman

 

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