Articles from Instrument Business Outlook (July 15, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
2007 R&D spending by instrument firms.			1584
ABB.			31
Agilent invests in particle sizing.			172
Agilent released the Agilent Fiehn Metabolomics Retention Time Locked Library for GC/MS in June.			33
Agilent.			14
Agilent.			12
Agilent.			9
AMETEK.			22
Analytical NanoTechnologies acquired the Newton Galley Sampler manufacturing division of the Newton Industrial Group for 247,000 [pounds sterling] ($480,000).			36
Applera becomes Applied Biosystems.			60
Applied Biosystems and the Wellcome Trust Sanger are collaborating on a study of cancer genomics and aiming to increase sequence coverage.			38
Applied Biosystems.			28
Applikon Biotechnology named IUL Instruments GmbH a distributor for Germany and Austria.			19
ASD.			23
Aspectrics.			8
ASPEX.			35
Carestream Molecular Imaging partnered with LA-BREPCO.			16
Carl Zeiss.			15
Carl Zeiss.			19
Chemicals.			113
China.			174
Corbett files claim against Applied Biosystems.			264
Currency effects boost lab equipment/consumables sales.			1284
DPS Instruments.			13
DPS Instruments.			14
Emerson Process Management will provide integration and process automation services for its DeltaV digital automation system and Finesse Solutions' TruBio Bioreactor Control System.			37
Energy.			194
Environnement SA.			24
Europe.			169
Fluidigm appointed AME Bioscience and Witec AG as its exclusive distributors for the Nordic Region and Switzerland.			18
Food.		Brief article	171
For the half year ended March 31, Carl Zeiss Semiconductor Technology Group sales rose 16% to 527 million [euro] ($775 million).			36
ForteBio.			18
France.		Brief article	143
Galvanic Applied Sciences.			26
Galvanic Applied Sciences.			27
GOW-MAC.			19
GWC Technologies appointed Biotron Healthcare.			9
Half-year litigation review: two trial dates approach.			1317
Helicos Biosciences.			16
Helicos BioSciences.			20
In April, FEI took an equity position in Imago Scientific Instruments.			28
In April, Nikon Instruments began direct sales and support in Southern California and the Rocky Mountain Territories.			41
In April, OI entered into an agreement with DANI Instruments SpA to sell DANI's sample introduction and detector accessories.			24
In April, Yokogawa Electric acquired Analytical Specialties, adding TruePeak Tunable Diode Laser Gas Analyzers based on tunable diode laser spectroscopy (TDLS), to its VigilantPlant solutions portfolio.			41
In June, China's Ministry of Commerce initiated an antidumping investigation against imported GC/MS systems from Japan.			29
In June, Nikon opened a microscopy imaging center.			15
In June, RM Investors terminated its Letter of Intent.			18
In May, Carl Zeiss acquired a 51% stake in ANASPEC, a former distributor for the company's Nano Technology Systems Division with offices in South Africa and Australia.			41
In May, EDAX, an AMETEK company, launched the Apollo XV silicon drift detector.			16
In May, Pacific Biosciences acquired "sequence by incorporation" technology from LI-COR Biosciences.			29
Invitrogen was named the exclusive distributor of Sequenom's MassARRAY systems and consumables.			17
Ion exchange chromatography leaders merge.			205
JEOL USA named Boeckeler's RMC Products Division.			33
JEOL.			18
JEOL.			21
Lab901 announced in April that it raised 3.55 million [pounds sterling] ($7.0 million) in a funding round led by Alliance Trust Equity Partners.			28
Leica Microsystems.			22
Markes International.			19
Market profile: disposable chromatography.			442
Nanosurf AG.			13
OI entered into a one-year value added resellers (VAR) agreement with Agilent Technologies effective June 1 under which the company will continue building custom systems by coupling its selective detector and sample introduction technologies to Agilent's 7890 GC and 5975C MS systems.			59
Phenomenex.			15
Precision System Science, reagent company Diagenode SA and Nippon Gene announced plans.			18
Protein Forest.			19
QIAGEN purchases instrument company.			241
SRU Biosystems.			15
Symbion Systems.			514
The bottom line.		Statistical table	444
Thermo Fisher Scientific.			32
Thermo Fisher Scientific.			20
Thermo Fisher Scientific.			27
Thermo steps up RNAi market presence.			145
Two leading Indian markets.			858
Under a supply and reseller agreement, Digilab Genomic Solutions will supply its HydroShear device to Applied Biosystems.			23
Varian released the VF-5ht UltiMetal.			16
Varian.			39
Varian.			52
Veeco.			20
ZS Genetics.			35