The bottom line.

The Bottom Line

Data from recent industry financial reports. Dollar amounts
in millions.

Company                                        Period      Ended

Alpha Innotech                                    2Q       30-Jun
Cambrex (Bioproducts)                             2Q       30-Jun
Enzo BioChem (Research & Dev.)                    3Q       30-Jun
IDEX (Health & Science Technologies)              2Q       30-Jun
Kewaunee Scientific                               1Q       31-Jul
MDS Sciex                                         3Q       31-Jul
MOCON                                             2Q       30-Jun
MTS Systems                                       2Q       30-Jun
Nanometrics                                       2Q       30-Jun
New Brunswick Scientific                          2Q       30-Jun
Pfeiffer Vacuum                                   2Q       30-Jun
Precision System Science                         FYE       30-Jun
Robotic Technology Sys. (Life Science)           6 Mo      30-Jun
SEQUENOM                                          2Q       30-Jun
Sigma-Aldrich                                     2Q       30-Jun
Smiths Group (Detection)                         FYE       31-Jul
Solexa                                            2Q       30-Jun
Spectris (Process Technology)                    6 Mo      30-Jun
Symyx Technologies                                2Q       30-Jun
Takara Bio                                       FYE       31-Mar
Techne                                            4Q       30-Jun
Techne                                           FYE       30-Jun
Tripos                                            2Q       30-Jun

Company                                          Sales      Chg.

Alpha Innotech                                     $3.2     27.1%
Cambrex (Bioproducts)                             $41.1      8.1%
Enzo BioChem (Research & Dev.)                     $1.9    -20.5%
IDEX (Health & Science Technologies)              $81.3     36.5%
Kewaunee Scientific                               $19.3     -5.0%
MDS Sciex                                         $66.1     10.7%
MOCON                                              $6.3     -0.7%
MTS Systems                                       $83.3     -0.1%
Nanometrics                                       $23.4     24.9%
New Brunswick Scientific                          $18.6     22.4%
Pfeiffer Vacuum                                   $52.5      3.9%
Precision System Science                          $31.7      5.2%
Robotic Technology Sys. (Life Science)             $9.7      6.7%
SEQUENOM                                           $7.1     15.1%
Sigma-Aldrich                                    $448.5      1.0%
Smiths Group (Detection)                         $735.7      8.3%
Solexa                                             $1.1    -21.6%
Spectris (Process Technology)                    $285.7      8.0%
Symyx Technologies                                $28.4     18.2%
Takara Bio                                       $146.1     14.7%
Techne                                            $52.1      9.5%
Techne                                           $202.6     13.4%
Tripos                                             $8.9    -33.3%

Company                                         Op. Prof.      Chg.

Alpha Innotech                                      ($0.5)         NM
Cambrex (Bioproducts)                                $8.2)      40.1%
Enzo BioChem (Research & Dev.)                         N/A        N/A
IDEX (Health & Science Technologies)                 $14.5      43.5%
Kewaunee Scientific                                   $0.5     -63.6%
MDS Sciex                                            $10.7     -33.6%
MOCON                                                 $1.2      10.2%
MTS Systems                                          $11.8     -22.8%
Nanometrics                                         ($2.6)         NM
New Brunswick Scientific                             $1.6     2090.4%
Pfeiffer Vacuum                                     $12.8       14.5%
Precision System Science                              $0.1     -91.5%
Robotic Technology Sys. (Life Science)              ($0.1)         NM
SEQUENOM                                            ($4.3)         NM
Sigma-Aldrich                                       $103.4      11.3%
Smiths Group (Detection)                            $137.5       7.6%
Solexa                                             ($10.8)         NM
Spectris (Process Technology)                        $30.0      45.9%
Symyx Technologies                                  ($0.7)         NM
Takara Bio                                         ($13.1)         NM
Techne                                               $28.7       7.2%
Techne                                              $108.5      11.0%
Tripos                                              ($1.5)         NM

Company                                        Net Prof.       Chg.

Alpha Innotech                                    ($0.6)         NM
Cambrex (Bioproducts)                                N/A        N/A
Enzo BioChem (Research & Dev.)                       N/A        N/A
IDEX (Health & Science Technologies)                 N/A        N/A
Kewaunee Scientific                                 $0.1    -82.60%
MDS Sciex                                            N/A        N/A
MOCON                                               $0.9      11.4%
MTS Systems                                         $8.5     -14.3%
Nanometrics                                       ($2.2)         NM
New Brunswick Scientific                            $1.0         NM
Pfeiffer Vacuum                                     $7.9      15.2%
Precision System Science                          ($2.2)         NM
Robotic Technology Sys. (Life Science)               N/A        N/A
SEQUENOM                                          ($4.0)         NM
Sigma-Aldrich                                      $70.3      12.5%
Smiths Group (Detection)                             N/A        N/A
Solexa                                            ($9.8)         NM
Spectris (Process Technology)                        N/A        N/A
Symyx Technologies                                  $0.8      98.2%
Takara Bio                                        ($9.3)         NM
Techne                                             $19.5       5.3%
Techne                                             $73.4      10.9%
Tripos                                            ($1.4)         NM

N/A = not available NM = not meaningful