Instrument News – September 2024 – content
Life Sciences
ONT expands nanopore expertise with first acquisition
Bruker buys minority stake in CRO
Hitachi HT buys majority of whole-genome mapping company
Agilent expands oligo and CRISPR capabilities with CDMO acquisition
EBI rakes in more funding as installed base nears 200
ONT receives equity investment from Novo and BioMérieux
General Laboratory
Heidolph Instruments to expand ATS’ Life Sciences division
Agilent Crosslab expands with system usage monitoring firm
Funding results in expanded elemental analysis consumables group
Xylem Analytics builds new campus in Mainz
Portable HPLC developer bought by venture development company
JEOL launches adaptable EM for beginners and experienced users
Radwag opens two foreign offices
Process & hand-held instrumentation
Spectris buys SciAps for missing hand-held offering and LIBS capabilities
Yokogawa expands flowmeter manufacturing to India with purchase
Donaldson purchases Italian fibre membrane fitration expert
Chromatan wins grant for columnless purification in biomanufacturing
Feature
HPLC 2024: review of product launches
Financials
Consumables drive ONT’s underlying growth
Plummeting reagent sales continue at Takara Bio
Pandemic demand drop hits Dassault’s LS unit
B Medical to hold back Azenta in the full year
Microbiology and Industrial Applications help bioMérieux grow
Enzo Biochem improves profitability after clinical lab sale
HHT’s new structure sidelines analytical segment
Currency effects obliterate organic growth at Foss
Weakness in pharma and Chinese markets not boding well for Agilent
Domestic market boosts growth at XRF Scientific
No demand recovery in sight for IMI’s fluid control OEM market
Record sales at Nanalysis while losses deepen
Healthy growth at Prior Scientific
Strong Raman sales from EMEA customers for Renishaw
Flow & process control sales decline at Parker Hannifin
Double-digit organic growth at Emerson’s analytical unit
ITW’s TM&E segment hit by electronics slump
LS of Donaldson to grow at 20% in current fiscal year
ATS’ LS unit relies on acquisitions for annual growth
Cargo inspection provides growth for Varex in difficult H1
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