Instrument Business Outlook

1. The Bottom Line
Data from recent industry financial reports. Dollar amounts are in millions. Company Period Ended Sales Chg Op. Prof. Chg Net Prof. Chg Barringer Technologies 2Q ...
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2. Random Samples
Companies: Dexter said it will purchase the remaining 48% of Life Technologies it does not already own for about $420 million, or $37 per share.
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3. Laboratory Information Management Systems in North America: Fifth Annual...
A new Tactical Sales & Marketing (TSM) Report from Strategic Directions International Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) in North America: Fifth Annual Survey of End-Users ...
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4. International R&D: Industry Up, Government Spending Down
Most international companies had significant spending increases for research and development in 1997, particularly Japanese and European companies. But governments around the globe have been ...
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5. Government R&D Funding Grows Strongly
Public spending on research and development got stronger support in 1997 and 1998 from both executive and legislative camps, as well as university and industry ...
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6. R&D Spending Comparison by Company Size
Research and development budgets as a percentage of sales in analytical instrument companies slipped slightly to 9.1% in 1997, versus 9.3% in 1996 and 9.2% ...
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7. Slowdown in Microelectronics Impacts Filtration Companies
Due to the recent financial turmoil in the Asian markets and the slowdown in the microelectronic industry, first quarter revenues for the filtration sales index ...
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8. Executive Briefing
Mettler Toledo Acquires Bohdan Automation Greifensee, Switzerland, 7/8/98-Mettler-Toledo International acquired Bohdan Automation, supplier of laboratory automation and automated synthesis products. Terms of the transaction were ...
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9. Japan's Economic Crisis: The Impact on Instrument Companies
There is no shortage of alarming news about the Japanese economy. Every major economic publication and many trade publications have recently run articles; pundits have ...
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