Instrument News

October 2024 – content

Life Sciences  

Fluent acquisition expands Illumina’s multiomics capabilities

Nagi Bioscience starts priority access programme              

Singular Genomics in bidding war

Bioinformatics, light sheet and antibodies expand Danaher’s LS division

Certara acquires cheminformatics specialist Chemaxon

Illumina wins ECJ decision on Grail jurisdiction

Spectris buys stake in protein screening company

Two Danaher businesses are fully integrated into Cytiva

Volta Labs ships first sample prep instruments

General Laboratory

Chromatography theme of five recent Calibre acquisitions

Asynt acquires photochemistry expert

Order decline at Atik Cameras forces SDI to restructure

Hamamatsu completes NKT Photonics deal after upping price by a quarter

SepSolve partners with HyperChrom

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Monolithic purification materials in Repligen’s acquisition crosshairs

Veralto sells Trojan’s Norwegian filtration business

Büchi distributes NeoSpectra handheld NIR

ABB expands its position in CEM with acquisition

Sensirion terminates condition monitoring start-up

Financials 

Reducing losses and record revenues at Twist

PacBio held back by purchase delays

Maravai experiences upward momentum in second quarter

Overstocking still holds back most of Danaher’s divisions

Instruments push Illumina into mid-single digit sales reductions

Laboratory’s weakness continues at Porvair

Industrial and scientific sales still in decline at Atlas Copco’s VT

Tosoh column packing materials sales decline in US and China

Electron microscopy and China provide growth for TFS

Nikon’s microscopy business held back in second half

SDI relies on purchases for growth

Spectroscopy and Analytics OEM at Halma continues to suffer from destocking

Analytical instruments and NDT take a hammering at Hamamatsu

Chinese weakness sees MT suffer              

Water treatment beats analytics in Veralto’s first half              

WTS drives record growth at Veolia Water Technologies

Getinge LS suffers sharp organic sales decline

Last quarter weakness curtails Yokogawa in fiscal year

Performance improvements in second quarter at Repligen

Sensirion back to sales growth

Appointments

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

Appointments

August 2024 – content

Life Sciences  

Refeyn opens new US headquarters

Lightcast opens US innovation centre

TSCP companies Vector Labs and Absolute Biotech combine

Nikon opens additional US bioimaging lab

Leica Microsystems expands its offering in light sheet microscopy

Integra Bio continues to expand its network of direct foreign subsidiaries

Bio-Techne co-leads Spear Bio’s series A round

General Laboratory

Micromeritics agrees sale to create global particle characterisation leader 

Change of divisional structure at Oxford Instruments              

Battery Ventures combines two lab software companies

Shimadzu strengthens MVS capabilities with acquisition 

OI expands capabilities in hardness testing with purchase

Laboratory equipment veteran Heidolph starts insolvency proceedings

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Airmodus and APAQ Group further expand ENVEA

Fibre optics specialist expands Nynomic business

Partnerships expand NevadaNano MPS sensor’s commercial reach

PhovIR spins-out from university, MantiSpectra wins additional seed funding

Financials

Tecan sees organic growth with Covid demand subtracted

Goodwill impairment sends BICO’s bottom line deeper into the red

Acquired flow cytometry business keeps Cytek growing vigerously

Mesa Labs driven by acquisitions

75% reduction in mRNA products at Maravai

Spatial biology products drive 10x Genomics’ growth              

Scientific and Metrology drive JEOL’s growth

WITec reports 30% sales increase for fiscal 2022

Busch continues double-digit profit growth in 2021

OI sees export bans affect its Chinese quantum research business              

Semiconductor slump puts pressure on MKS’ top line

Key systems continue to drive Shimadzu’s analytical business

Bioprocess demand pushes down Avantor’s top- and bottom lines

Slow growth for Zeiss IQR division

Indutrade MST benefits from Palas acquisition in 2023

Sensing unit of Konica Minolta reports 16% decline

Low biopharma demand at SPS holds back 3M’s HC division

Security market recovery drives growth at DT

Process Automation contributes to ABB’s growth despite divestments

Materials and Process spurs on Honeywell’s PMT division

Appointments

July 2024 – content

Life Sciences  

Alamar raises $128m in series C round

Custom assay developer buys biosample storage company 

Industry veterans acquire protein-protein interaction technology from Fluidic Analytics

IDT signs partnerships and opens two operations

MOBILion attracts first European customer              

General Laboratory

Menlo Systems expands US and Chinese operations

LUM expands representations in Asian markets

Dotmatics buys fluid dynamic simulation software company              

Acquisition adds further fibre-optics characterisation capabilities to Judges Scientific              

AGI buys flow reactor business Chemtrix

Axcend launches sample module to allow LC reaction monitoring

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Valmet completes purchase of Siemens’ process GC business

Ingersoll Rand buys containment system capabilities and starts LS platform

Viavi Solutions loses out in bid for telecoms specialist Spirent

Features

Analytica 2024: Back to pre-pandemic size

ASMS 2024: Return to robustness

Financials

AddLife Labtech sees strong organic growth diminished by Covid hangover

Stratec flatlining half-year revenues sign of recovery

Qiagen LS still held back by pandemic hangover and overstocking

Pandemic demand decline interrupts Eppendorf’s decade-long growth

Reduced pandemic demand sees Corning LS continue downward trend

Pfeiffer Vacuum sees sales to US analytical customers decline

PerkinElmer experiences single digit growth in 2023

Acquisitions help Horiba’s Process & Environmental segment

Reduction in life science demand sends Ingersoll’s PST into organic decline

HEL growth driven by extra-European exports

IDEX sees no positive inflection point for LS and analytical instruments in 2024

Organic revenues at new record level at Judges Scientific

Technology leads DKSH by organic and reported growth

Inficon S&E leads by growth rate in 2023

Gasmet and Neo Monitors push Nederman M&CT to record result

Beijing SDL Technology halved profits

Record year at Nynomic despite low 2023 growth

2023 growth at Valmet mostly from acquisitions

Alpha MOS sales halve in second half 2023                            

Appointments

June 2024 – content

Life Sciences

 BioLife Solutions sells Stirling Ultracold for nominal sum

 LIMS company buys verification software firm

Funding and partnership successes for Flagship Biosciences

 EU regulator approves Illumina’s plan for Grail divestment

DNA combing firm Genomic Vision enters receivership

NanoString snapped up by Bruker following bankruptcy turmoil

Complete Genomics establishes US manufacturing

General Laboratory

Spectris PMS acquires exclusive distribution partner              

Sample preparation group adds capabilities

ADDvise expands lab division with two more purchases

Lauda opens Singapore hub

Four smaller additions to Bruker CALID and BioSpin

Calibre acquires two UK laboratory equipment firms              

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Handheld and benchtop MS expert expands into FTIR

Acquisitions benefit Teledyne’s Instrumentation and Digital Imaging segments

Industry applications focus of Headwall’s new purchase              

Spectris completes portfolio rationalisation with Red Lion Controls sale

Spectaire receives minority investment

Financials

Weak sales at Illumina to continue in 2024

PacBio growth driven by its 2023 product launches

Sales decline in Life Science and Electronics at Merck

Hoefer divestment affects HBIO’s top- and bottom-line

Reagent sales grow at Revvity’s LS division

US market drives recovery at Xylem M&CS in 2023              

Peak Scientific doubles growth rate

Bruker continues double-digit organic growth trajectory

Hellma tops pre-pandemic sales in 2021

Starna steady despite challenging economic climate

Double-digit organic growth three years in a row at Spectris

Strong finish for Biotage thanks to Astrea acquisition

Demand for Veolia’s Water Technologies exceptionally high

Comet X-ray Modules buck trend

Teledyne’s environmental businesses show before unseen weakness

Pharma and bioprocess headwinds hold back 908 Devices

Stanhope-Seta grows sales by 25%              

Appointments

May 2024 – content

Life Sciences  

Cell culture media expert joins Ampersand’s portfolio

Acquisitions benefit Porvair’s Laboratory and Aerospace & Industrial divisions

Ampersand invests in cryo-EM services company

Antibody manufacturer sold to equity firm

Acquisition of digital microfluidics firm to solidify Integra Bio’s pandemic growth

BioLabs enters partnership with SPT Labtech

General Laboratory

Spectroscopy accessories pioneers combine with equity investment help

Indutrade buys two analytics-focussed companies

ARC sells exclusive rights to catalytic microreactor products

Anton Paar opens two more foreign subsidiaries

Excelitas moves headquarters

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Sartorius expands global manufacturing capacity

Sick and E+H to create JV targeting cleaner industries

Financials 

Instrument sales up at Standard BioTools on eve of merger

Perfect mix of trends put Bio-Rad LS into tail spin

Demand reduction hits Sartorius after three years of growth

Porvair Laboratory sees organic sales reductions

Takara Bio hits the pandemic buffers

Chinese and pharma weakness forces Waters into decline              

Specac continues pandemic recovery with reduced growth rates

Beijing Labtech doubles R&D spend

Logistics delays strike Mettler-Toledo in the fourth quarter

Destocking causes blip in Trajan’s growth history

Elementar sees sharp drop of extra-EU sales in 2021

Acquisition helps Getinge LS to report growth in 2023

Sick misses 2023 growth target

OSI Systems growth powered by Security division

Process automation sole source of growth for E+H in 2023

Changes at Leidos may result in spot light on SES

Smiths Detection’s growth led by other security applications

Appointments

April 2024 – content

Life Sciences

PerkinElmer to build own life science and diagnostics business after acquisition 

LGC expands oligo production and IVD expertise 

Pre-clinical imaging focus of Bruker’s SII purchase

Antibody specialist change private investment firm owner

Investment supports launch of EPR instrument for protein analysis

DNA editing start-up makes first acquisition

NanoString receives acquisition offer in bankruptcy protection

General Laboratory

Two LIMS pioneers combine under brand name Confience

Autoscribe sold to SaaS company

Two acquisitions enhance Bruker’s expertise in non-life science research

OI expands Andor's camera expertise with company purchase              

Plasmion signs formal partnership with MS manufacturer

SDI enters temperature sensors field with latest acquisition

IMI re-organises reporting structure

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Osmolality specialist invests in bioprocess sensor firm

Syft CEO departs, while company "on course to recovery"

Sartorius makes minority investment in nanoparticle analysis firm

Spectaire expands distribution network in Europe and Canada              

Mesa Labs expands sterilisation indicator portfolio with purchase              

Hamilton Process Analytics to expand US field services              

Feature

SLAS and Pittcon 2024: Growing similarities

Financials

Strength in NGS and synbio drives Twist

Chinese weakness and demand decline hold back Bio-Techne

Revenues continue to fall at PSS

LS only segment generating organic growth at Danaher

Neogen updates on integration process and full-year forecast

IDBS sees change of strategy validated by growing revenues

Tough trading conditions hold back SDI Group

New Coherent under pressure from semicon slump

Growth in analytical instruments at TFS only partially offsets pandemic hangover

Scientific’s growth at JEOL offsets semicon and medical weakness

Tosoh sees packing materials demand decline

China looms large in OI’s first fiscal half

Digital business at Camlab performs above expectations

Turnover at Kewaunee decline on decision to stop end-user sales              

Analytics sales buck the trend at Repligen

Pandemic overstocking hits Sensirion hard in 2023

Ion Science growth provided by extra-EU exports

EIG drives Ametek’s growth in calendar 2023

Veralto growth is led by Water Quality segment

Industrial leads growth at Mirion

Appointments

Instrument News – March 2024 – content

Life Sciences

B Medical to become self-contained third Azenta division

Equity investor combines three laboratory automation businesses

Calibre Scientific buys seven businesses in 40 days

Sequencing library preparation specialist buys data analysis company

Bruker to buy ptychography specialist Phasefocus

General Laboratory

HettichLab acquires refrigeration expert

Bruker purchases advanced Raman microscopy business

Hitachi transfers Healthcare business to Hitachi High-Technologies

Tibidabo acquires two specialist camera companies

Malvern Panalytical expands semicon metrology offering

Two LIMS developers merge to create GUS Lab

DKSH expands demonstration lab in China

Teledyne Labs signs first third-party supplier

Process & hand-held instrumentation

SOPAT aims for process particle characterisation leadership with acquisition

Change in reporting structure to give Indutrade “clear strategic focus”

Donaldson opens LS technical centre

Acquisition expands Bruker’s process Raman portfolio

Emerson buys ultrasonic flow meter expert

MT and LabWare achieve integration into Körber PAS-X MES

Financials

Biopharmaceutical instrument sales drop at Mesa Labs

Biosciences unit boosts BD’s Life Sciences division

Dassault LS leads by growth in first half

Covid-related sales hold back organic growth at Azenta

ONT grows on research sequencing

Maravai loses majority of revenues on vaccine-demand decline

Weak demand from analytical instrument market at Atlas Copco’s VT

Academic sales increase 19% at Hamamatsu

HHT continues to suffer declining semiconductor industry demand

Nikon sees growth in LS and industrial microscopy

HettichLab offsets most of pandemic top-line drop in 2021

Key instruments drive A&MI division at Shimadzu

NDT and microscopy up, while semiconductor demand begins to fall at Zeiss

Edwards margin decreases despite double-digit turnover increase

Donaldson LS held back by Disk Drive softness

Growth rate sharply down during Kromek’s first half              

Parker Hannifin’s Industrial divisions decline organically

Measurement and Analytical businesses lead by growth rate at Emerson

Growth in oil and gas industry buoys Yokogawa top line

Industrial segment growth offsets Varex' Chinese weakness

Appointments

February 2024 – content

Life Sciences 

Bruker signs option to acquire IVD specialist

HBIO sells gel electrophoresis assets

Agilent transfers cell analysis business to Diagnostics & Genomics segment

Curiox Biosystems goes for IPO

Laser force cytology expert wins backing from Malvern Panalytical

Becker & Hickl and Renishaw partner on FLIM Raman instrument

Seed funding for Partillion

General Laboratory

Tecniplast expands into laboratory furniture market

Polytec sells adhesive business

Manufacturing tool company buys lab water specialist

Lab automation specialist adds to Addtronics’ manufacturing robotics platform

ULVAC-PHI opens Chinese business

QCL innovator receives majority investment by Bruker

Porsche partnership to shape future of ABB’s analyser production

Evident adopts new business unit structure

Process & hand-held instrumentation

Water sensor specialist to expand ABB’s process analytics portfolio

Trace moisture detection specialist part of Halma’s 2023 acquisitions

Honeywell to restructure its reporting segments

Ametek launches new sulfur recovery tail gas analyser

Acquisition expands Horiba's Raman capabilities into process monitoring

Production transfer and staff cuts at Detection Technology

SciAps moves to new Woburn headquarters

Financials

Stratec expects stable full-year sales after disappointing first half

Sales drop at Enzo Biochem despite discounting clinical lab business              

Corning’s LS division experiences fastest revenue decline

Pre-clinical growth at HBIO offset by business disposal

AddLife Labtech still feels Covid pinch

Microbiology and APAC boost BioMérieux in the first half

SPT Labtech sees growth in liquid handling products during 2022

Stable demand trends for AIRD at Pfeiffer Vacuum

Acquisition spurs sales growth at MKS

Halma's organic growth provided by E&A and Safety divisions

Biopharma markets cause Avantor to stumble in Q2

No organic growth at IMI's PE OEM business

Service contracts drive growth at Nanalysis, while core product sales fall

Capital equipment leads growth at XRF Scientific

Spectroscopy generates record revenues at Renishaw

ITW’s test and measurement businesses see strong increases              

CEM and process analytics generate double digit organic growth for Nederman

Weak performance for ATS Life Science

Analytics records strongest margin improvement at ABB Process Automation

Industrial sales decline, while Security growth remains under par at DT

Indutrade MST growth in line with group trend

Alpha MOS expects organic full-year sales growth

Appointments

Instrument News – January 2023 – content

Life Sciences

Robotics expert bought by investment company

BICO sells cash cow Ginolis to management

TFS eyes Olink to complement LS and MS offering with protein biomarker capabilities

Investor consortium acquires assets of bankrupt Vironova

ONT receives investment from IVD expert

Spear Bio closes oversubscribed seed round

General Laboratory

Equity company creates sample prep automation expert

Excelitas acquires specialty light source company

Illumina gives in on Grail divestment

Photonis rebrands following four-company shopping spree                                                                                                                   

Analytical Instruments focus of Calibre’s latest two acquisitions

DKSH acquires leading Australasian laboratory distributor

STC brings technical ceramics expertise to IDEX HTS

Acquisition sparks new reporting division at Xylem

Process and Laboratory Instrumentation

LI-COR makes acquisitions and strengthens Asian footprint

3M Health Care business to rebrand on spin out

Merck invests in global manufacturing sites

Funding boost for BioFlyte’s commercialisation efforts

Nynomic invests in technology bringing MIR to industrial processes

KPM buys AI computer vision expert

Financials

Underlying growth at Tecan at 7%, while Covid hangover continues

Olink’s growth rate dips at eve of acquisition

Merck LS hit by dropping Covid demand and destocking

LGC sees sales growth despite Covid headwinds

Cytek buoyed by FCI business purchase

Recovery continues as Judges Scientific’s purchases add half of growth

IDEX HST hit by destocking in analytical instrument market

DKSH Technology beats sister divisions by growth              

Xylem M&CS sees strong recovery              

Additional costs push profitability into the red at Analytik Jena

Starna declines in its fiscal 2022

Environmental instruments stagnate, while Teledyne hails record sales              

Reduced biopharma sales hit 3M’s HC division ahead of spin out

908 Devices driven by handheld devices sales

Inficon optimistic despite cyclical slowdown in chip market

Honeywell driven by sustained aerospace recovery

Semiconductor slump affects Nynomic

Appointments