Instrument News October 2023 – content
Life Sciences
Trane Technologies continues to build its LS business
Metabolomics start-up raises funds
Danaher continues expansion with purchase of antibody specialist
SaaS company Semaphore wins “significant investments”
Bruker acquires single-cell analysis firm and strengthens software unit
Vector Labs buys dPEG® technology for bioconjugation
Eppendorf opens new US distribution centre
General Laboratory
Temperature control business adopts SE status
Anton Paar expands material characterisation portfolio with Brabender acquisition
Exum raises funds for desktop TOF MS for materials research
Pfeiffer invests to reach €1 billion revenue mark
Mervilab expands Calibre’s Spanish footprint
Knauer invests in laboratory workplace organiser start-up
Markes to distribute headspace microextraction method
Horiba launches new Raman microscope
Process and hand-held instrumentation
Siemens to sell its process GC business
Process Insights sold to Industrial Growth Partners
Specim sees investment following acquisition
Life Science digitalisation expert bought by ATS
Syft downsizes operations and raises additional funds
Financials
Currencies and organic growth buoys Abcam ahead of takeover
Export markets drive Leica Microsystems in 2021
Transition of licensing model hits IDBS during 2021
Danaher’s life-science focussed segments hit by Covid to different degrees
Acquisitions prevent worse at Azenta
Freeze dryer firm Christ sees small growth in 2021
Analytics demand experiences strong annual growth at Pfeiffer
Huber reports record results for second pandemic year
Agilent continues to see double-digit organic growth
Record results for Knauer in second pandemic year
GL Sciences grows in high teens
Thermo Fisher comes in $300 million below forecast
Healthcare becomes strongest growing Nikon segment
Bejing Labtech saved by second half
SP Industries prevents sagging of ATS’ life science revenues
Syft Technologies downsizes as semicon downturn halves revenues
Continued strong revenue growth at Kromek
Hach not strongest suit at Danaher’s pre-independence EAS
Yen depreciation and oil industry recovery drive Yokogawa’s growth
Parker Industrial sees waning demand from life science customers
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