Instrument News – November 2024 – content

Life Sciences

Protein expression platform wins series C funding

Avantor to sell clinical trials services business

Expansion of Calibre continues                            

Acquisition adds biophysical characterisation to Bruker’s SPR offering

ThinkCyte raises further funds 

Dotmatics invests in software specialist for MsAbs development

Company purchase expands AddLife in the Iberian markets

Hoefer operations terminated prior to 2023 sale

 

General

Messe München to expand Analytica concept into US market              

Dotmatics purchases specialist for GC, LC and MS data analysis

ATG expands with two more acquisitions

Nikon relocates to new global HQs              

Peak Scientific moves into new markets with acquisition              

New HQ facilities for Anton Paar in Switzerland and the UK

Rigaku and Xenocs in cross-selling partnership

 

Process & hand-held instrumentation

E+H and Sick signs partnership and joint-venture agreement

LuminUltra buys Genomadix’ Legionella testing business

Merck purchases viral vector transfection expert

Arcmed and Argento to collaborate on protein column packing service              

Bruker makes PAT using NMR easier

 

Financials

Investment hesitance combines with Chinese weakness at Sartorius

Strong demand in industrial research for AddLife Labtech 

Dropping Covid demand and destocking continues at Merck LS

Software revenues source of growth for Revvity’s LS business

As sales drop further, HBIO focusses on managing costs

Destocking largely complete, though inflection point not reached at Avantor

Exports propel sales at IKA in 2021

Organic growth in the single digits during Bruker's first calendar half

Raman sales for material research help Horiba Scientific

Spectris loses 16% of sales in first calendar half

Instrument sales down 17% at Waters during H1

Leidos SES “ahead of plan for revenue”

Ametek down-revises full-year forecast as destocking continues              

Aviation continues to boost Smiths Detection in full year              

Double-digit growth in Security sales at OSI Systems

Solventum suffers standalone costs              

 

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