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trends in analytical chemistry, vol. I I,
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Analytical instrumentation “top ten” still companies American-owned dominate the $6 billion a year worldwide laboratory equipment business, according to a recent survey by Dr. Gordon Wilkinson ofAnalytical InstruntentIndustyReport, with the top three firms taking over a quarter of the business. A detailed analysis of 1991 dollar revenues of more than 400 of the world’s analytical instrument and lab equipment companies reveals that arevitalised Perkin-Elmer is still number one, with annualized revenues in excess of $700 million. Hewlett Packard, the fast-growing computer giant, ranks number two with sales in excess of $650 million. Japan’s leading supplier, Shimadzu, ranks third ($550m - $6OOm), followed by Fisons Instruments ($450m$5OOm), the UK company which owns ARL, VG and Carlo Erba. Beckman Hitachi ($350m($4OOm-$450m), $4OOm) and Sweden’s Pharmacia Biosystems ($350m-$4OOm) are also listed in Wilkinson’s “top ten”. Making up this top group are the world’s biggest distributors of laboratory products:Fisher Scientific ($550m-$6OOm), BaxDivision ter/Scientific Products ($4OOm-$450m) and VWR Scientific ($4OOm-$450m). “As far as manufacturers are concerned, during 1991, industry leaders
Views and opinions expressed in this section do not necessarily reflect those of the Publisher or the Editors. No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein.
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were able to capitalize on the competitive advantages of low-cost, high volume production, powerful world-wide distribution and a large installed customer base ... indeed, Hewlett Packard achieved a sales growth of 13%, over twice the industry average” states Wilkinson. “Further down the scale, the picture is not so good with the sales growth of many companies slowing as the decline in major economies continued to affect capital equipment spending”. “ln general”, adds Wilkinson, “it was the small- and medium-sized firms that suffered most, with quite a number of companies reporting losses and others going out of business”. Mergers and acquisitions continued distribution apace, “with European being an important driving factor as the “Single Market” approaches”. In the near future, Wilkinson predicts that, “companies are now increasingly looking at strengthening their market positions in the Far East and Japan”. For more information, see AU Report ~018, issue 22, page 4, or call Gordon Wilkinson on + 44 342 323382.
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the scientific committee of the Symposium. Making the presentation, Don Schoeny, Hewlett-Packard’s Analytical Products Group sales and marketing manager, paid tribute to Edholm’s “sustained contributions in the area of multi-dimensional chromatography and on-line derivatisation as approaches to solving sample handling problems in the pharmaceutical industry”. Lars-Erik Edholm was born in Ostersund, Sweden, in 1945. He received his PhD from the University of Lund in 1978 before taking up the post of Assistant Director of Bioanalytical Chemistry at Astra Draco. Since 1989 he has been Director of Bioanalytical Research and Development at the company, focusing on many of the bioanalytical problems associated with the development of pharmaceuticals. Parallel to his work at Astra Draco, Edholm is Professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Lund. There he supervises research on the use of coupled column liquid chromatography (CCLC) for direct separation and determination of drug enantiomers in biosamples using automated procedures.
H-P award: automated sample preparation
STN center in Moscow
The first annual award for advances in automated sample preparation was presented to Dr Lars-Erik Edholm (University of Lund, Sweden, and the pharmaceutical company Astra Draco) at the First International Symposium on Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence applied to Analytical Chemistry (Montreux, Switzerland, 26-28 February 1992). The award comprises a commemorative plaque and a cheque for US$3000. The winner was selected by
STN International Online Service has inaugurated a training center at the N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry in Moscow. The cooperating partners of STN International, FIZ Karlsruhe, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) in Columbus, Ohio, and the Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (JICST) in Tokyo reached an agreement with the Academy of Sciences of the former USSR to set up another STN training center in Novosibirsk in 1992.
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no. 4, I992
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Analytical instrumentation “top ten” still companies American-owned dominate the $6 billion a year worldwide laboratory equipment business, according to a recent survey by Dr. Gordon Wilkinson ofAnalytical InstruntentIndustyReport, with the top three firms taking over a quarter of the business. A detailed analysis of 1991 dollar revenues of more than 400 of the world’s analytical instrument and lab equipment companies reveals that arevitalised Perkin-Elmer is still number one, with annualized revenues in excess of $700 million. Hewlett Packard, the fast-growing computer giant, ranks number two with sales in excess of $650 million. Japan’s leading supplier, Shimadzu, ranks third ($550m - $6OOm), followed by Fisons Instruments ($450m$5OOm), the UK company which owns ARL, VG and Carlo Erba. Beckman Hitachi ($350m($4OOm-$450m), $4OOm) and Sweden’s Pharmacia Biosystems ($350m-$4OOm) are also listed in Wilkinson’s “top ten”. Making up this top group are the world’s biggest distributors of laboratory products:Fisher Scientific ($550m-$6OOm), BaxDivision ter/Scientific Products ($4OOm-$450m) and VWR Scientific ($4OOm-$450m). “As far as manufacturers are concerned, during 1991, industry leaders
Views and opinions expressed in this section do not necessarily reflect those of the Publisher or the Editors. No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein.
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were able to capitalize on the competitive advantages of low-cost, high volume production, powerful world-wide distribution and a large installed customer base ... indeed, Hewlett Packard achieved a sales growth of 13%, over twice the industry average” states Wilkinson. “Further down the scale, the picture is not so good with the sales growth of many companies slowing as the decline in major economies continued to affect capital equipment spending”. “ln general”, adds Wilkinson, “it was the small- and medium-sized firms that suffered most, with quite a number of companies reporting losses and others going out of business”. Mergers and acquisitions continued distribution apace, “with European being an important driving factor as the “Single Market” approaches”. In the near future, Wilkinson predicts that, “companies are now increasingly looking at strengthening their market positions in the Far East and Japan”. For more information, see AU Report ~018, issue 22, page 4, or call Gordon Wilkinson on + 44 342 323382.
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the scientific committee of the Symposium. Making the presentation, Don Schoeny, Hewlett-Packard’s Analytical Products Group sales and marketing manager, paid tribute to Edholm’s “sustained contributions in the area of multi-dimensional chromatography and on-line derivatisation as approaches to solving sample handling problems in the pharmaceutical industry”. Lars-Erik Edholm was born in Ostersund, Sweden, in 1945. He received his PhD from the University of Lund in 1978 before taking up the post of Assistant Director of Bioanalytical Chemistry at Astra Draco. Since 1989 he has been Director of Bioanalytical Research and Development at the company, focusing on many of the bioanalytical problems associated with the development of pharmaceuticals. Parallel to his work at Astra Draco, Edholm is Professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Lund. There he supervises research on the use of coupled column liquid chromatography (CCLC) for direct separation and determination of drug enantiomers in biosamples using automated procedures.
H-P award: automated sample preparation
STN center in Moscow
The first annual award for advances in automated sample preparation was presented to Dr Lars-Erik Edholm (University of Lund, Sweden, and the pharmaceutical company Astra Draco) at the First International Symposium on Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence applied to Analytical Chemistry (Montreux, Switzerland, 26-28 February 1992). The award comprises a commemorative plaque and a cheque for US$3000. The winner was selected by
STN International Online Service has inaugurated a training center at the N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry in Moscow. The cooperating partners of STN International, FIZ Karlsruhe, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) in Columbus, Ohio, and the Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (JICST) in Tokyo reached an agreement with the Academy of Sciences of the former USSR to set up another STN training center in Novosibirsk in 1992.