Spectris PLC, the holding company for businesses such as Malvern Instruments, PANalytical and Particle Measuring Systems has today announced their Trading Update for the period from July 1 to October 31 2016. Reported revenues have increased by 18% for the 4 month period, which are attributed to group acquisitions and positive impacts of currency exchange […]
Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, today has signed a contract to acquire U.S. centrifuge specialist kSep Holdings, Inc. (kSep). The privately owned company based in Morrisville, North Carolina, has been operating on the market since 2011, and is expected to achieve significant double-digit growth and to generate around […]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc has today announced it’s intention to acquire FEI. The Board’s of both companies have reached agreement on the deal and it is hoped that FEI’s shareholders will approve the deal such that the acquisition can complete early in 2017. The acquisition will be at $107.50 per share in cash, valuing FEI […]
Agilent has posted a strong Q2, so much so that the company has raised full year guidance. Revenue for the quarter was $1.02 billion, an increase of 6% compared with the same period last year. Net income rose 5% to $91 million. “Agilent delivered another strong quarter,” said Mike McMullen, Agilent president and CEO. “Revenue […]
Spectris plc (SXS: LSE) is a UK holding company that listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1988. Today they own several companies in the laboratory technologies space including; Malvern Instruments, Particle Measuring Systems, PANalytical, Servomex and NDC Technologies. Spectris reported revenues for 2015 that are flat on a like for like basis, compared with […]
The Shimadzu Group have posted net sales of 241,255 million Yen for the 9 months ended December 31st 2015. This is an 11.7% increase on the same period last year. Operating income increased by 50% to 22,245 million Yen and net income increased by 45% to 15,270 million Yen. Shimadzu’s business covers several sectors; Analytical […]
PerkinElmer has today announced result for FY 2015. The company reports full year revenues of $2.26 billion which is a year on year organic growth of 4% or 7% on a constant currency basis. Net income for the year grew by 35% to $212 million. Robert Friel, Chairman and CEO said, “I am very pleased […]
“After a slow start in the first half-year 2015, our business picked up well in the third and fourth quarters, allowing us to fully achieve our targets for 2015. Thanks to the successful integration of Vysionics, acquired in 2014, our ongoing internationalization process and the consistent execution of our efficiency programs, we managed to increase […]
Shimadzu (Kyoto, Japan) have today published their Annual Report for the financial year ending March 31st 2015. Shimadzu Corporation began manufacturing and selling instruments for the determination of physical and chemical properties of materials back in 1875. This year they celebrate their 140th anniversary since their foundation. Overall, Group sales are up in the year […]
Oxford Instruments PLC is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 2pm today at their offices in Oxford, UK. Chairman Nigel Keen, will be explaining the “testing time” faced by the Group in the year ending March 31 2015. The company’s share price opened the day down by 15% at 678p. Business in Russia has […]
Waters have today announced that Christopher J. O’Connell will join the company as President, CEO and member of its Board of Directors in September 2015. O’Connell joins from Medtronic PLC after a career spanning 21 years with the company. Retiring CEO, Douglas A. Berthiaume will continue in his role as Chairman of Waters’ Board of […]
BioTek Instruments Inc. (Vermont, USA) develops, manufactures and sells a range of microplate instrumentation used in a variety of life science applications and the drug discovery process. With offices based in eight countries outside the US, the establishment of the UK office in Swindon brings the total to nine. Dominic Herring has been appointed General […]